Thewarach Laha

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Thewarach Laha is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thewarach Laha has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Parasitology, 47 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Thewarach Laha's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (105 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (47 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (32 papers). Thewarach Laha is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (105 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (47 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (32 papers). Thewarach Laha collaborates with scholars based in Thailand, Australia and United States. Thewarach Laha's co-authors include Alex Loukas, Banchob Sripa, Paul J. Brindley, Sasithorn Kaewkes, Michael J. Smout, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Eimorn Mairiang, Jason Mulvenna and Smarn Tesana and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Thewarach Laha

119 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Liver Fluke Induces Cholangiocarcinoma

2007 623 citations Banchob Sripa, Sasithorn Kaewkes et al. profile →
The tumorigenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini – multiple pathways to cancer

2012 348 citations Banchob Sripa, Paul J. Brindley et al. Trends in Parasitology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thewarach Laha Thailand	35	3.3k	1.9k	1.2k	934	861	119	4.9k
Sasithorn Kaewkes Thailand	31	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	928 0.8×	756 0.8×	415 0.5×	66	3.7k
Jason Mulvenna Australia	37	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	731 0.6×	565 0.6×	1.7k 1.9×	96	4.7k
Michael J. Smout Australia	26	1.6k 0.5×	923 0.5×	574 0.5×	399 0.4×	605 0.7×	67	2.8k
Smarn Tesana Thailand	27	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	798 0.7×	443 0.5×	202 0.2×	96	2.6k
Miguel J. Stadecker United States	41	2.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	614 0.5×	346 0.4×	536 0.6×	122	5.3k
Geoffrey N. Gobert Australia	44	3.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	768 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	663 0.8×	131	4.8k
Woon‐Mok Sohn South Korea	28	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	242 0.3×	338 0.4×	214	3.4k
Henry J. McSorley United Kingdom	34	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	681 0.6×	220 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	75	4.8k
Alain Dessein France	39	2.0k 0.6×	791 0.4×	341 0.3×	341 0.4×	486 0.6×	114	4.4k
R. Alan Wilson United Kingdom	55	7.5k 2.3×	5.5k 3.0×	2.3k 2.0×	1.7k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	245	9.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wong, Yide, Bruce A. Rosa, Luke Becker, et al.. (2025). Proteomic characterization and comparison of the infective and adult life stage secretomes from Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(1). e0012780–e0012780. 1 indexed citations

Chaiyadet, Sujittra, et al.. (2024). Recombinant protein production and functional analysis of a M60-like-2 metallopeptidase enzyme from the carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Protein Expression and Purification. 216. 106429–106429. 1 indexed citations

Smout, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Tetraspanins from the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini stimulate cholangiocyte migration and inflammatory cytokine production. Folia Parasitologica. 70. 7 indexed citations

Wong, Yide, Mark S. Pearson, О. С. Федорова, et al.. (2023). Secreted and surface proteome and transcriptome of Opisthorchis felineus. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1195457–1195457. 2 indexed citations

Chaiyadet, Sujittra, Ashley J. Waardenberg, Luke Becker, et al.. (2020). Uptake of Schistosoma mansoni extracellular vesicles by human endothelial and monocytic cell lines and impact on vascular endothelial cell gene expression. International Journal for Parasitology. 50(9). 685–696. 35 indexed citations

Chaiyadet, Sujittra, Prasert Saichua, Raynoo Thanan, et al.. (2020). Characterization and in vitro functional analysis of thioredoxin glutathione reductase from the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Acta Tropica. 210. 105621–105621. 8 indexed citations

Ittiprasert, Wannaporn, Michael J. Smout, Victoria H. Mann, et al.. (2019). Programmed knockout mutation of liver fluke granulin attenuates virulence of infection-induced hepatobiliary morbidity. eLife. 8. 55 indexed citations

Kiatsopit, Nadda, Bonnie L. Webster, Joanne P. Webster, et al.. (2017). Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR. Parasitology Research. 116(4). 1247–1256. 13 indexed citations

Prasopdee, Sattrachai, Smarn Tesana, Cinzia Cantacessi, et al.. (2014). Data set from the proteomic analysis of Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos snails upon infection with the carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Data in Brief. 2. 16–20. 5 indexed citations

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Kaewkes, Sasithorn, et al.. (2014). Specific diagnosis of Opisthorchis viverrini using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) targeting parasite microsatellites. Acta Tropica. 141(Pt B). 368–371. 24 indexed citations

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Sithithaworn, Paiboon, et al.. (2013). A Cross-Sectional Study on the Potential Transmission of the Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Opisthorchis viverrini and Other Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes by Aquaculture Fish. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 10(1). 35–41. 24 indexed citations

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Sripa, Banchob, Bandit Thinkhamrop, Eimorn Mairiang, et al.. (2012). Elevated Plasma IL-6 Associates with Increased Risk of Advanced Fibrosis and Cholangiocarcinoma in Individuals Infected by Opisthorchis viverrini. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6(5). e1654–e1654. 99 indexed citations

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Sripa, Banchob, Paul J. Brindley, Jason Mulvenna, et al.. (2012). The tumorigenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Trends in Parasitology. 1 indexed citations

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Smout, Michael J., Banchob Sripa, Thewarach Laha, et al.. (2011). Infection with the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. Molecular BioSystems. 7(5). 1367–1375. 53 indexed citations

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Sripa, Banchob, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Paiboon Sithithaworn, et al.. (2010). Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis-associated cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand and Laos. Acta Tropica. 120. S158–S168. 264 indexed citations

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Saijuntha, Weerachai, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Sopit Wongkham, et al.. (2008). Genetic variation at three enzyme loci within a Thailand population of Opisthorchis viverrini. Parasitology Research. 103(6). 1283–1287. 19 indexed citations

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Saijuntha, Weerachai, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Sopit Wongkham, et al.. (2008). Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among geographical isolates of Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand and Lao PDR, and phylogenetic relationships with other trematodes. Parasitology. 135(12). 1479–1486. 40 indexed citations

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Laha, Thewarach, Alex Loukas, Paiboon Sithithaworn, et al.. (2007). The bandit, a New DNA Transposon from a Hookworm—Possible Horizontal Genetic Transfer between Host and Parasite. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 1(1). e35–e35. 21 indexed citations

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Kaewpitoon, Natthawut, Thewarach Laha, Sasithorn Kaewkes, et al.. (2007). Characterization of cysteine proteases from the carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. Parasitology Research. 102(4). 757–764. 21 indexed citations

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Laha, Thewarach, et al.. (2006). The dingo non-long terminal repeat retrotransposons from the genome of the hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum. Experimental Parasitology. 113(3). 142–153. 7 indexed citations

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