KKU joins hands with NRCT to deliver screening kits “Liver fluke” with quick results, 40,000 sets to the Department of Disease Control hope to promote people’s health donate as a royal charity His Majesty the King’s 90th Birthday Anniversary
KKU joins hands with NRCT to deliver screening kits “Liver fluke” with quick results, 40,000 sets to the Department of Disease Control hope to promote people’s health donate as a royal charity His Majesty the King’s 90th Birthday Anniversary
Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University together with National Research Office (NRCT) Organized a ceremony for handing out a screening kit liver fluke ready-made rapid diagnosis test (OV-Rapid diagnosis test; OV-RDT) for Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health for use in the “Health Promotion Project for Healthy People Dedicated as a royal merit on the occasion of His Majesty the King Her Majesty Queen Sirikit Her Majesty the Queen The Queen Mother on the auspicious occasion of his 90th birthday
with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Apichart Jirawutthipong, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Khon Kaen University, MD. Prof. Narong Khanteikaew, acting director of the CCA Research Institute, Ms. Waraporn Suchaichit, head of the country’s research and innovation mission in the field of medicine and public health. Prof. Dr. Paiboon Sitthavorn, Chief Researcher and Innovator, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Watcharin Loylom, Secretary and Director of the Cholan Cancer Research Institute
The recipients of the examination kits consisted of Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Saman Futrakul, Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Control 7, Khon Kaen, M.D. Sasithon Tangsawat, Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Control 8, Udon Thani, and Dr. Hascha Nuithong, Deputy Doctor of Public Health, Maha Sarakham Province. Sirikunakorn Room 4, 2nd Floor, Sirikunakorn Building Office of the President Khon Kaen University on August 4, 2022
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Apichart Chirawutiphong said that Khon Kaen University has received support from the National Research Office (NRCT) in granting funding for research operations in the development of innovative screening kits. liver fluke Ready-made, fast type OV-RDT, which will provide such screening kits toDepartment of Disease Control 40,000 sets are used for people in prevention and control zones 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and zone 10, consisting of
- Chiang Mai
- Phitsanulok
- Chonburi
- Khon Kaen
- Udon Thani
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- Ubon Ratchathani
This is to encourage people to have access to the public health service system easily, conveniently, and quickly, which results in more continuity and efficiency of disease prevention and control in the community. to offer as a royal merit on the occasion of His Majesty the King His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua Bodindradebayavarangkun His Majesty’s 70th Birthday Anniversary Queen Sirikit Her Majesty the Queen The Queen Mother On the auspicious occasion of his 90th birthday
“The researchers from the Research Institute bile duct cancer Has developed an innovative rapid liver fluke screening kit OV-RDT for the diagnosis of liver fluke in the community. to the fullest extent in order to be able to use it for maximum efficiency for the nation in the future.”
support strategy “Eliminate liver fluke disease
Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn thanked Khon Kaen University National Research Office And researchers who invented innovation from the Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute that the OV-RDT ready-made liver fluke screening kit received in this time It is a tool to support the strategic plan. “Eliminate liver fluke and bile duct cancer 2016-2025” very well and see concrete results This urinalysis will be one of the factors that will be able to find the true infection. to receive medication to get rid of liver fluke disease in a timely manner It also provides quantitative results in relation to parasite density. This makes it possible to be used for post-drug assessment.
“This includes finding out the rate of re-infection or re-infection as well. by the Department of Disease Control Samples from large target populations can be easily and quickly collected. This will make it possible to cover the population at risk of liver fluke infection across the country. There are more than 6-10 million people. The screening kit, in addition to being a control tool for spatial elimination of parasites, supports the Thai liver fluke removal policy to reduce cholangiocarcinoma, but also leads to the success of control liver fluke This results in reducing the risk of cholangiocarcinoma incidence further.”
Rapid test kit for liver fluke
The Rapid Liver Fluke Test (OV-RDT) is an innovation at the Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute. Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University has invented and developed an innovative method for diagnosing liver fluke in a new way using a specific detector or monoclonal antibody specific to the liver fluke. and as a secretion detector or the liver fluke antigen in the urine
It is a further development from the ELISA examination to have a simpler form. shorter time and can be used in the field The inspection takes only 10 minutes. However, the FDA has already applied for permission to register, but it is still in the commercial production process. in the near future The public will be able to purchase the OV-RDT ready-made liver fluke test kit for self-screening.
