Welcome to center of excellence in Vet parasitology 

The research group led by Professor Morakot Kaewthamasorn investigates haemosporidian parasites (including malaria parasites and related species) and parasitic bacteria—specifically Anaplasma, hemotrophic mycoplasmas, and Bartonella spp.—in animal hosts. Our research further explores the ecology and transmission dynamics of hematophagous arthropod vectors, such as mosquitoes, sand flies, bat flies, and ticks. These vectors are examined in both domesticated and wild animal populations, including rodents, primates, and bats.

For inquiries regarding collaboration or additional information, please contact kotscmi@outlook.com.

Recent publications (see more at my Google Scholar)

1. Soomro S, Tuangpermsub S, Ngamprasertwong T, Kaewthamasorn M*. A comprehensive genetic and phylogenetic study of Trypanosoma spp. in bats and sand flies from shared habitats in Thailand. Parasit Vectors. 2025 (accepted). (Impact factor 2024 = 3.5, Q1, Scopus percentile #96)

2. Novianto D, Tuangpermsub S, Ngamprasertwong T, Kaewthamasorn M*. Host associations and genetic diversity of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) in bats from Thailand. Parasit Vectors. 2025 May 24;18(1):188. doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-06814-y. (Impact factor 2024 = 3.5, Q1, Scopus percentile #96)

3. Ghauri, M. S. Z., Soomro, S., Arnuphapprasert, A., Kaewthamasorn, M*. Molecular characterization of the oriental cat flea, Ctenocephalides orientis, parasitizing goats based on nuclear and mitochondrial protein-coding genes. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases, (2024). 8, 100286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2025.100286 (Impact factor 2024 = 3.1, Q1)

4. Thongmeesee K, Narapakdeesakul D, Kaewthamasorn M, Wattanaphansak S, Tiawsirisup S. Characterization of hemotropic Mycoplasma (hemoplasma) isolates from Thai domestic pigs using the 23S ribosomal RNA gene. Acta Trop. 2025 Jun 15;268:107698. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2025. (Impact factor 2024 = 2.5, Q1)

5. Tuangpermsub S, Arnuphapprasert A, Riana E, Ngamprasertwong T, Kaewthamasorn M*. Mitochondrial genome characterization of a Reticulinasus sp. (Argasidae: Ornithodorinae) parasitizing bats in Thailand. Parasit Vectors. 2025 Feb 13;18(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-06697-z. (Impact factor 2024 = 3.5, Q1, Scopus percentile #96)

6. Byun H-R, Rieu M-S, Ji S-R, Nam H-Y, Seo S, Choi C-Y, Linh BK, Thanh HL, Kaewthamasorn M, Sahara A, Galay RL, Wang S-L, Erdenechimeg T, Batbayar N, Matsui S, Kawaji N, Avais M, Chae J-S. Detection of tick-borne pathogens in blood-fed ticks from animals across nine Asian countries. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Mar 4;13(3):e0244924. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02449-24. (Impact factor 2024 = 3.8, Q2)

7. Kittichai, V., Kaewthamasorn, M., Arnuphaprasert, A., Jomtarak, R., Naing, K. M., Tongloy, T., Chuwongin, S., & Boonsang, S. A deep contrastive learning-based image retrieval system for automatic detection of infectious cattle diseases. Journal of Big Data, (2025). 12(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-024-01057-7 (Impact factor 2024 = 6.4, Q1, Scopus percentile #98)

8. Sontigun N, Sansamur C, Klong-Klaew T, Kaewthamasorn M, Fungwithaya P, Mektrirat R. Seasonal Infective Dynamics and Risk Factors Associated with Prevalence of Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Parasites from Meat Goats in Southern Thailand. Animals. 2025; 15(14):2040. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15142040 (Impact factor 2024 = 2.7, Q1, Scopus percentile #95)

9. Busayakanon S, Kaewthamasorn M, Pinetsuksai N, Tongloy T, Chuwongin S, Boonsang S, Kittichai V. Identification of veterinary and medically important blood parasites using contrastive loss-based self-supervised learning. Vet World. 2024 Nov;17(11):2619-2634. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2024.2619-2634. (Impact factor 2024 = 2.0, Q1)

10. Soomro S, Tuangpermsub S, Ngamprasertwong T, Kaewthamasorn M*. An integrative taxonomic approach reveals two putatively novel species of phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Thailand. Parasit Vectors. 2025 Jan 6;18(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06640-8. (Impact factor 2024 = 3.5, Q1, Scopus percentile #96)

11. Kittichai V, Kaewthamasorn M, Chaiphongpachara T, Laojun S, Saiwichai T, Naing KM, Tongloy T, Boonsang S, Chuwongin S. Enhance fashion classification of mosquito vector species via self-supervised vision transformer. Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 28;14(1):31517. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-83358-8. (Impact factor 2024 = 3.9, Q1)

12. Novianto D, Hadi UK, Soviana S, Supriyono, Kaewthamasorn M, Darusman HS. Modeling of the Habitat Characteristics and Ecological Niche of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in a Fine-Scale Area of a Primate Research Center Using the Maximum Entropy Model. Zoonoses Public Health. 2025 Mar;72(2):136-149. doi: 10.1111/zph.13192. (Impact factor 2024 = 2.3, Q1, Scopus percentile #92)

13. Ghauri MSZ, Soomro S, Novianto D, Arnuphapprasert A, Kaewthamasorn M*. Molecular detection and genetic characterization of hemotropic mycoplasmas in goats and fleas from Thailand. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 29;14(1):29702. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81525-5. (Impact factor 2024 = 3.9, Q1)

14. Nguyen TT, Nugraheni YR, Nguyen HLA, Arnuphapprasert A, Pengsakul T, Thong LQ, Ampol R, Siriyasatien P, Kaewthamasorn M*. Survey of sand fly fauna in six provinces of Southern Vietnam with species identification using DNA barcoding. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Oct 29;17(1):443. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06509-w. (Impact factor 2023 = 3.0, Q1, Scopus percentile #96)

Recent activities

International Collaborations