Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
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An infectious disease immunologist and microbiologist with expertise in host-pathogen interactions, antimicrobial resistance, and immune responses to emerging and re-emerging pathogens. Research focuses on elucidating molecular and cellular mechanisms of infection, including dengue virus immunity, melioidosis-associated inflammation, and translational approaches for pathogen detection to strengthen public health systems. Actively engaged in interdisciplinary and international collaborations addressing global health security and evidence-based infectious disease control.
Education
Ph.D. (Microbiology)
Mahidol University, Thailand
2012
M.Sc. (Microbiology)
Mahidol University, Thailand
2005
B.Sc. (Biology)
Mahidol University, Thailand
Second Class Honors
2002
Research Interests
Immune response against viral and bacterial infectious diseases
Detection methods of pathogenic microorganisms in environments
Nindee, J., Ekchariyawat, P., Pingkul, N., Thananate, W., Panyasu, K., Bunyamali, T., Penwichit, P., Puttikhunt, C., Sangiambut, S., & Junjhon, J. (2025). Seroepidemiological surveillance of neutralizing antibodies against dengue virus serotypes among healthy adults in Bangkok, Thailand. One Health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 21, 101202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101202
Ketkhao, P., Utrarachkij, F., Parikumsil, N., Poonchareon, K., Kerdsin, A., Ekchariyawat, P., Narongpun, P., Nakajima, C., Suzuki, Y., & amp; Suthienkul, O. (2024). Phylogenetic diversity and virulence gene characteristics of Escherichia coli from pork and patients with urinary tract infections in Thailand. PloS One, 19(7), e0307544. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307544
Khongpraphan, S., Ekchariyawat, P., Sanongkiet, S., Luangjindarat, C., Sirisinha, S., Ponpuak, M., Midoeng, P., Pudla, M., & Utaisincharoen, P. (2024). Differentiation in pyroptosis induction by Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia thailandensis in primary human monocytes, a possible cause of sepsis in acute melioidosis patients. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(7), e0012368. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012368
Wright, S. W., Ekchariyawat, P., Sengyee, S., Phunpang, R., Dulsuk, A., Saiprom, N., Thiansukhon, E., Pattanapanyasat, K., Korbsrisate, S., West, T. E., & amp; Chantratita, N. (2024). Dysfunctional host cellular immune responses are associated with mortality in melioidosis. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 13(1), 2380822. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2024.2380822
Wright, S. W., Sengyee, S., Ekchariyawat, P., Phunpang, R., Dulsuk, A., Rerolle, G., Bashmail, A., Chantratita, N., Gharib, S. A., & amp; West, T. E. (2024). Γδ T Cells Mediate Protection against Neutrophil-associated Lung Inflammation in Pulmonary Melioidosis. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 71(5), 546–558. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2024-0072OC
Ekchariyawat, P., Saengfak, R., Sanongkiet, S., Charoenwongpaiboon, T., Khongpraphan, S., Mala, S., Luangjindarat, C., Munyoo, B., Chabang, N., Charoensutthivarakul, S., Borwornpinyo, S., Tuchinda, P., Ponpuak, M., Pudla, M., & Utaisincharoen, P. (2023). ECDD-S16 targets vacuolar ATPase: A potential inhibitor compound for pyroptosis-induced inflammation. PloS One, 18(11), e0292340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292340
Fen, S. H. Y., Tandhavanant, S., Phunpang, R., Ekchariyawat, P., Saiprom, N., Chewapreecha, C., Seng, R., Thiansukhon, E., Morakot, C., Sangsa, N., Chayangsu, S., Chuananont, S., Tanwisaid, K., Silakun, W., Buasi, N., Chaisuksant, S., Hompleum, T., Chetchotisakd, P., Day, N. P. J., … Chantratita, N. (2023). Antibiotic susceptibility of clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in northeast Thailand during 2015-2018 and the genomic characterization of β-lactam-resistant isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 95(5), AAC.02230-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02230-20
Muangnapoh, C., Tamboon, E., Supha, N., Toyting, J., Chitrak, A., Kitkumthorn, N., Ekchariyawat, P., Iida, T., & Suthienkul, O. (2022). Multilocus Sequence Typing and Virulence Potential of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Isolated from Aquatic Bird Feces. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(3), e0088622. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00886-22
Pudla, M., Sanongkiet, S., Ekchariyawat, P., Luangjindarat, C., Ponpuak, M., & Utaisincharoen, P. (2022). TLR9 Negatively Regulates Intracellular Bacterial Killing by Pyroptosis in Burkholderia pseudomallei-Infected Mouse Macrophage Cell Line (Raw264.7). Microbiology Spectrum, 10(5), e0348822. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03488-22
Junjhon, J., Panyasu, K., Chaiyaloom, S., Saipin, K., Somasa, P., Sangiambut, S., Puttikhunt, C., Sriburi, R., Keelapang, P., Ekchariyawat, P., Avirutnan, P., Hirunpetcharat, C., & Sittisombut, N. (2021). Generation and characterization of luciferase-secreting, single-round infectious DENV-2 reporter for functional antibody assays. Journal of Virological Methods, 291, 114119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114119
Rungrojn, A., Chaisiri, K., Paladsing, Y., Morand, S., Junjhon, J., Blacksell, S. D., & Ekchariyawat, P. (2021). Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Rickettsia spp. From Wild Small Mammals in Public Parks and Urban Areas of Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6040199
Wright, S. W., Kaewarpai, T., Lovelace-Macon, L., Ducken, D., Hantrakun, V., Rudd, K. E., Teparrukkul, P., Phunpang, R., Ekchariyawat, P., Dulsuk, A., Moonmueangsan, B., Morakot, C., Thiansukhon, E., Limmathurotsakul, D., Chantratita, N., & West, T. E. (2021). A 2-Biomarker Model Augments Clinical Prediction of Mortality in Melioidosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(5), 821–828. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa126
Yimthin, T., Cliff, J. M., Phunpang, R., Ekchariyawat, P., Kaewarpai, T., Lee, J.-S., Eckold, C., Andrada, M., Thiansukhon, E., Tanwisaid, K., Chuananont, S., Morakot, C., Sangsa, N., Silakun, W., Chayangsu, S., Buasi, N., Day, N., Lertmemongkolchai, G., Chantratita, W., … Chantratita, N. (2021). Blood transcriptomics to characterize key biological pathways and identify biomarkers for predicting mortality in melioidosis. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 10(1), 8–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1858176
Pumpuang, A., Phunpang, R., Ekchariyawat, P., Dulsuk, A., Loupha, S., Kwawong, K., Charoensawat, Y., Thiansukhon, E., Day, N. P. J., Burtnick, M. N., Brett, P. J., West, T. E., & Chantratita, N. (2019). Distinct classes and subclasses of antibodies to hemolysin co-regulated protein 1 and O-polysaccharide and correlation with clinical characteristics of melioidosis patients. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 13972. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48828-4
