Wanna Sirimanapong

Dr. Wanna Sirimanapong

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 August 2015 in Fish & Shellfish Immunology
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WSWanna Sirimanapong
Wanna Sirimanapong
AAAlexandra Adams
Alexandra Adams
EOEi Lin Ooi
Ei Lin Ooi
DGDarren Michael Green
Darren Michael Green
DNDang Khoa Nguyen
Dang Khoa Nguyen
Kim ThompsonKim Thompson
Kim Thompson

1 October 2014 in Fish & Shellfish Immunology
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WSWanna Sirimanapong
Wanna Sirimanapong
Kim ThompsonKim Thompson
Kim Thompson
KKKan Kledmanee
Kan Kledmanee
PTPrawporn Thaijongrak
Prawporn Thaijongrak
BCBertrand Collet
Bertrand Collet
AAAlexandra Adams
Alexandra Adams

1 November 2015 in Fish & Shellfish Immunology
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WSWanna Sirimanapong
Wanna Sirimanapong
Kim ThompsonKim Thompson
Kim Thompson
EOEi Lin Ooi
Ei Lin Ooi
MBMichaël Bekaert
Michaël Bekaert
BCBertrand Collet
Bertrand Collet
MLMichael J. Leaver
Michael J. Leaver

28 March 2023 in Pathogens
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WSWanna Sirimanapong
Wanna Sirimanapong
NPNguyễn Ngọc Phước
Nguyễn Ngọc Phước
CCChiara Crestani
Chiara Crestani
SCSwaine Chen
Swaine Chen
RZRuth N. Zadoks
Ruth N. Zadoks
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major pathogen of humans and aquatic species. Fish have recently been recognized as the source of severe invasive foodborne GBS disease, caused by sequence type (ST) 283, in otherwise healthy adults in Southeast Asia. Thailand and Vietnam are among the major aquaculture producers in Southeast Asia, with GBS disease reported in fish as well as frogs in both countries. Still, the distribution of potentially human-pathogenic GBS in aquaculture species is poorly known. Using 35 GBS isolates from aquatic species in Thailand collected from 2007 to 2019 and 43 isolates from tilapia collected in Vietnam in 2018 and 2019, we have demonstrated that the temporal, geographical, and host-species distribution of GBS ST283 is broader than previously known, whereas the distribution of ST7 and the poikilothermic lineage of GBS are geographically restricted. The gene encoding the human GBS virulence factor C5a peptidase, scpB, was detected in aquatic ST283 from Thailand but not in ST283 from Vietnam or in ST7 from either country, mirroring current reports of GBS strains associated with human sepsis. The observed distribution of strains and virulence genes is likely to reflect a combination of spill-over, host adaptation through the gain and loss of mobile genetic elements, and current biosecurity practices. The plastic nature of the GBS genome and its importance as a human, aquatic, and potentially foodborne pathogen suggests that active surveillance of GBS presence and its evolution in aquaculture systems may be justified.

1 October 2018 in Fish & Shellfish Immunology
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WSWanna Sirimanapong
Wanna Sirimanapong
Kim ThompsonKim Thompson
Kim Thompson
ASAndrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn
AAAlexandra Adams
Alexandra Adams
BWBoonsirm Withyachumnarnkul
Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul

24 November 2015 in Journal of Fish Diseases
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TKT Kasantikul
T Kasantikul
AVA Visessripong
A Visessripong
SCS Chatrungreungkul
S Chatrungreungkul
ELE D Lombardini
E D Lombardini
WSWanna Sirimanapong
Wanna Sirimanapong