MD, Ph-D

is currently enrolled in the 4th year of a PhD program in the L'Ecole Doctorale Sciences Fondamentales Santé (SFS) de l'Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) by conducting research subject “inventory of sandflies and their related pathogens in Laos” within the Faculte´ de Pharmacie, EA7510 ESCAPEUSC ANSES PETARD.

After graduated from the Lao University of Health Science and then followed his master’s degree in tropical medicine and international health at the Institut Francophone de Medecine Tropicale (IFMT), Vientiane, Laos, he has joined the Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL) and currently working as head of the laboratory of medical entomology by leading several projects as following:

Tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance in Laos

Arthropod hematophagous vectors including mosquitoes, sandflies, ticks and chigger mites, etc. and their related pathogens in karstic areas in Laos

Natural reservoir of zoonotic pathogens in Laos

Khamsing Vongphayloth, MD

Head of medical entomology and vector-borne disease laboratory

Institut Pasteur du Laos

Samsenthai Rd, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Tel: +85621 21285321

Fax: +856 21285326

Mobile/Whatsapp: +856 2022233425

Email: k.vongphayloth@pasteur.la; khamsing-v@live.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-8547

Renaux Torres MC, Pellot C, Somwang P, Khositharattanakool P, Vongphayloth K, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, et al. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Pha Tong cave, Northern Thailand with a description of two new species and taxonomical thoughts about Phlebotomus stantoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17 9:e0011565; doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011565. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37729218.

Vongphayloth K, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Lakeomany K, Phommavanh N, Mekarnia N, Khadri MS, et al. On the systematics of Phlebotomus betisi and two new related species from Laos with proposal of the new subgenus Lewisius. Parasite. 2023;30:21; doi: 10.1051/parasite/2023021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37294211.

Temmam S, Vongphayloth K, Baquero E, Munier S, Bonomi M, Regnault B, et al. Author Correction: Bat coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 and infectious for human cells. Nature. 2022;607 7920:E19; doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05048-7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35798954.

Vongphayloth K, Apanaskevich DA, Lakeomany K, Phommavanh N, Sinh Nam V, Fiorenzano JM, et al. The Genus Haemaphysalis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Laos: An Update of Species Records and a Review of Taxonomic Challenges. J Med Entomol. 2022;59 6:1986-92; doi: 10.1093/jme/tjac075. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35980598.