Publications

Below is a list of research publications published in scientific journals by WWARN and our research partners. Use the filters to explore the publications by research theme or by using our list of key words. All links lead to PubMed.

If you cannot find a publication, please email info@wwarn.org.

The clinical pharmacology of tafenoquine in the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Watson, J., Commons, R., Tarning, J., Simpson, J., Llanos Cuentas, A., Lacerda, M., Green, J., Koh, G., Chu, C., Nosten, F., Price, R., Day, N., & White, N. (2022). ELife, 11.
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Malaria outbreak in Laos driven by a selective sweep for Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R539T mutants: a genetic epidemiology analysis
Wasakul, V., Disratthakit, A., Mayxay, M., Chindavongsa, K., Sengsavath, V., Thuy-Nhien, N., Pearson, R., Phalivong, S., Xayvanghang, S., Maude, R., Gonçalves, S., Day, N., Newton, P., Ashley, E., Kwiatkowski, D., Dondorp, A., & Miotto, O. (2022). Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23(5), 568-577.
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Pregnancy outcomes after first-trimester treatment with artemisinin derivatives versus non-artemisinin antimalarials: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Saito, M., McGready, R., Tinto, H., Rouamba, T., Mosha, D., Rulisa, S., Kariuki, S., Desai, M., Manyando, C., Njunju, E., Sevene, E., Vala, A., Augusto, O., Clerk, C., Were, E., Mrema, S., Kisinza, W., Byamugisha, J., Kagawa, M., … Dellicour, S. (2022). The Lancet, 401(10371), 118-130.
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The prognostic and diagnostic value of intraleukocytic malaria pigment in patients with severe falciparum malaria
Srinamon, K., Watson, J., Silamut, K., Intharabut, B., Phu, N., Diep, P., Lyke, K., Fanello, C., von Seidlein, L., Chotivanich, K., Dondorp, A., Day, N., & White, N. (2022). Nature Communications, 13.
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Safety of single-dose primaquine as a Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocide: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data
Stepniewska, K., Allen, E., Humphreys, G., Poirot, E., Craig, E., Kennon, K., Yilma, D., Bousema, T., Guerin, P., White, N., Price, R., Raman, J., Martensson, A., Mwaiswelo, R., Bancone, G., Bastiaens, G., Bjorkman, A., Brown, J., D’Alessandro, U., … Chen, I. (2022). BMC Medicine, 20.
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Substantial misdiagnosis of severe malaria in African children.
White, N., Watson, J., Uyoga, S., Williams, T., & Maitland, K. (2022). Lancet (London, England), 400(10355), 807.
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Spatiotemporal spread of Plasmodium falciparum mutations for resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine across Africa, 1990-2020.
Flegg, J., Humphreys, G., Montanez, B., Strickland, T., Jacome-Meza, Z., Barnes, K., Raman, J., Guerin, P., Hopkins Sibley, C., & Dahlström Otienoburu, S. (2022). PLoS Computational Biology, 18(8), e1010317.
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Higher-dose primaquine to prevent relapse of Plasmodium vivax malaria
Watson, J., & White, N. (2022). New England Journal of Medicine, 387(3), 282-283.
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The impact of malaria-protective red blood cell polymorphisms on parasite biomass in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Uyoga, S., Watson, J., Wanjiku, P., Rop, J., Makale, J., Macharia, A., Kariuki, S., Nyutu, G., Shebe, M., Mosobo, M., Mturi, N., Rockett, K., Woodrow, C., Dondorp, A., Maitland, K., White, N., & Williams, T. (2022). Nature Communications, 13(1).
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Making data map-worthy-enhancing routine malaria data to support surveillance and mapping of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial resistance in a pre-elimination sub-Saharan African setting: a molecular and spatiotemporal epidemiology study.
Kagoro, F., Allen, E., Mabuza, A., Workman, L., Magagula, R., Kok, G., Davies, C., Malatje, G., Guérin, P., Dhorda, M., Maude, R., Raman, J., & Barnes, K. (2022). Malaria Journal, 21(1), 207.
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An open dataset of Plasmodium vivax genome variation in 1,895 worldwide samples
Adam, I., Alam, M., Alemu, S., Amaratunga, C., Amato, R., Andrianaranjaka, V., Anstey, N., Aseffa, A., Ashley, E., Assefa, A., Auburn, S., Barber, B., Barry, A., Batista Pereira, D., Cao, J., Chau, N., Chotivanich, K., Chu, C., Dondorp, A., … Mohammed, R. (2022). Wellcome Open Research, 7.
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Field evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EasyScan GO: a digital malaria microscopy device based on machine-learning
Das, D., Vongpromek, R., Assawariyathipat, T., Srinamon, K., Kennon, K., Stepniewska, K., Ghose, A., Sayeed, A., Faiz, M., Netto, R., Siqueira, A., Yerbanga, S., Ouédraogo, J., Callery, J., Peto, T., Tripura, R., Koukouikila-Koussounda, F., Ntoumi, F., Ong’echa, J., … Dhorda, M. (2022). Malaria Journal, 21.
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Cooperation in countering artemisinin resistance in Africa: learning from COVID-19
Rosenthal, P., Björkman, A., Dhorda, M., Djimde, A., Dondorp, A., Gaye, O., Guerin, P., Juma, E., Kwiatkowski, D., Merson, L., Ntoumi, F., Price, R., Raman, J., Roos, D., Ter Kuile, F., Tinto, H., Tomko, S., White, N., & Barnes, K. (2022). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 106(6), 1568-1570.
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Artemisinin resistance in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, originates from its initial transcriptional response
Zhu, L., van der Pluijm, R., Kucharski, M., Nayak, S., Tripathi, J., White, N., Day, N., Faiz, A., Phyo, A., Amaratunga, C., Lek, D., Ashley, E., Nosten, F., Smithuis, F., Ginsburg, H., von Seidlein, L., Lin, K., Imwong, M., Chotivanich, K., … Bozdech, Z. (2022). Communications Biology, 5.
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Temporal distribution of Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence following artemisinin-based combination therapy: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Dahal, P., Simpson, J., Abdulla, S., Ashley, E., Carrara, V., Fanello, C., Hien, H., & Price, R. (2022). Malaria Journal, 21.
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Molecular surveillance for operationally relevant genetic polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum in Southern Chad, 2016–2017
Das, S., Kérah-Hinzoumbé, C., Kebféné, M., Srisutham, S., Nagorngar, T.-Y., Saralamba, N., Vongpromek, R., Khomvarn, T., Sibley, C., Guérin, P., Imwong, M., & Dhorda, M. (2022). Malaria Journal, 21(1).
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Haematological consequences of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network pooled analysis of individual patient data
(2022). BMC Medicine, 20(1).
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Improving the diagnosis of severe malaria in African children using platelet counts and plasma Pf HRP2 concentrations
Williams, T. (2022). Science Translational Medicine.
Methaemoglobinaemia and the radical curative efficacy of 8-aminoquinoline antimalarials
White, N., Watson, J., & Baird, J. (2022). British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88(6), 2657-2664.
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Mapping genetic markers of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Asia: a systematic review and spatiotemporal analysis
Kagoro, F., Barnes, K., Marsh, K., Ekapirat, N., Mercado, C., Sinha, I., Humphreys, G., Dhorda, M., Guerin, P., & Maude, R. (2022). The Lancet Microbe, 3(3), e184 - e192.
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Clinical impact of vivax malaria: a collection review
Phyo, A., Dahal, P., Mayxay, M., & Ashley, E. (2022). PLoS Medicine, 19.
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Boosting the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) through simultaneous screening and treatment of household members of children receiving SMC in Burkina Faso: a protocol for a randomized open label trial.
Sondo, P., Tahita, M., Ilboudo, H., Rouamba, T., Derra, K., Tougri, G., Ouédraogo, F., Konseibo, B., Roamba, E., Otienoburu, S., Kaboré, B., Kennon, K., Ouédraogo, K., Zongo, W.-T.-N., Bocoum, F., Stepniewska, K., Dhorda, M., Guérin, P., & Tinto, H. (2022). Archives of Public Health = Archives Belges de Sante Publique, 80(1), 41.
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Risk of Plasmodium vivax recurrences follows a 30-70 rule and indicates relapse heterogeneity in the population
Stadler, E., Cromer, D., Mehra, S., Adekunle, A., Flegg, J., Anstey, N., Watson, J., Chu, C., Mueller, I., Robinson, L., Schlub, T., Davenport, M., & Khoury, D. (2022). In medRxiv.
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The clinical pharmacology of tafenoquine in the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Watson, J., Commons, R., Tarning, J., Simpson, J., Cuentas, A., Lacerda, M., Green, J., Koh, G., Chu, C., H Nosten, F., Price, R., Day, N., & White, N. (2022). In medRxiv.
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Making Data Map Worthy - Enhancing Routine Malaria Data to Support Surveillance and Mapping of Plasmodium Falciparum Antimalarial Resistance in a Pre-Elimination Sub-Saharan African Setting: A Molecular and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology Study
Kagoro, F., Raman, J., Allen, E., Mabuza, A., Workman, L., Magagula, R., Kok, G., Davies, C., Malatje, G., Guerin, P., Dhorda, M., Maude, R., & Barnes, K. (2022). In Research Square.
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