Publications

Below is a list of VL publications published in scientific journals by IDDO and our research partners. If you cannot find a publication, please view our list of publications for all research themes or email info@iddo.org

Blood transfusion in the care of patients with visceral leishmaniasis: a review of practices in therapeutic efficacy studies.
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Wilson, J., Cota, G., Ritmeijer, K., Musa, A., Alves, F., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2024). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 118(8), 481-490.
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Design, Conduct, Analysis, and Reporting of Therapeutic Efficacy Studies in Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review of Published Reports, 2000-2021.
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Naylor, C., Brack, M., Chatterjee, M., Alves, F., Guerin, P., & Stepniewska, K. (2024). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(2), 365-376.
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Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) drug efficacy study landscape: A systematic scoping review of clinical trials and observational studies to assess the feasibility of establishing an individual participant-level data (IPD) platform
Singh-Phulgenda, S., Kumar, R., Dahal, P., Munir, A., Rashan, S., Chhajed, R., Naylor, C., Maguire, B., Siddiqui, N., Harriss, E., Rahi, M., Alves, F., Sundar, S., Stepniewska, K., Musa, A., Guerin, P., & Pandey, K. (2024). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(4).
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Estimating the proportion of relapse following treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis: meta-analysis using Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) systematic review.
Chhajed, R., Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Brack, M., Naylor, C., Sundar, S., Alves, F., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2024). The Lancet Regional Health. Southeast Asia, 22, 100317.
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Prognostic models predicting clinical outcomes in patients diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review
Wilson, J., Chowdhury, F., Hassan, S., Harriss, E., Alves, F., Musa, A., Dahal, P., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2024, January 1).
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Prognostic models predicting clinical outcomes in patients diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review
Wilson, J., Chowdhury, F., Hassan, S., Harriss, E., Alves, F., Musa, A., Dahal, P., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2024, January 1).
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Haematological dynamics following treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: a protocol for systematic review and individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis.
Munir, A., Dahal, P., Kumar, R., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Siddiqui, N., Naylor, C., Wilson, J., Buck, G., Rahi, M., Alves, F., Malaviya, P., Sundar, S., Ritmeijer, K., Stepniewska, K., Pandey, K., Guérin, P., & Musa, A. (2023). BMJ Open, 13(12), e074841.
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Host, parasite and drug determinants of clinical outcomes following treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: a protocol for individual participant data meta-analysis.
Kumar, R., Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Siddiqui, N., Munir, A., Naylor, C., Wilson, J., Buck, G., Rahi, M., Malaviya, P., Alves, F., Sundar, S., Ritmeijer, K., Stepniewska, K., Guérin, P., & Pandey, K. (2023). BMJ Open, 13(10), e074679.
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Prognostic prediction models for clinical outcomes in patients diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis: protocol for a systematic review
Wilson, J., Chowdhury, F., Hassan, S., Harriss, E., Alves, F., Dahal, P., Stepniewska, K., & Guérin, P. (2023). BMJ Open, 13(10), e075597.
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Understanding COVID-19 testing behaviour in England through a sociodemographic lens
Bajaj, S., Chen, S., Creswell, R., Naidoo, R., Tsui, J.-H., Kolade, O., Nicholson, G., Lehmann, B., Hay, J., Kraemer, M., Aguas, R., Donnelly, C., Fowler, T., Hopkins, S., Cantrell, L., Dahal, P., White, L., Stepniewska, K., Voysey, M., … the EY-Oxford Health Analytics Consortium. (2023). In medRxiv.
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Ophthalmological complications in visceral leishmaniasis and post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: A systematic review of published literature
Singh-Phulgenda, S., Dahal, P., Kumar, R., Munir, A., Naylor, C., Rahi, M., Harriss, E., Siddiqui, N., Alves, F., Musa, A., Stepniewska, K., Sundar, S., Guerin, P., & Pandey, K. (2023). TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 28, 227-228.
Design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of therapeutic efficacy studies in Visceral Leishmaniasis: A systematic review of published reports, 2000-2021
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Naylor, C., Brack, M., Chatterjee, M., Alves, F., Guerin, P., & Stepniewska, K. (2023). In medRxiv.
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Characterisation of populations at risk of sub-optimal dosing of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Africa
Takyi, A., Carrara, V., Dahal, P., Przybylska, M., Harriss, E., Insaidoo, G., Barnes, K., Guerin, P., & Stepniewska, K. (2023). In medRxiv.
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Host, parasite and drug determinants of treatment outcomes in visceral leishmaniasis: An individual patient data meta-analysis using the infectious diseases data observatory data platform
Dahal, P., Kumar, R., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Munir, A., Siddiqui, N., Buck, G., Naylor, C., Brack, M., Rahi, M., Malaviya, P., Wassuna, M., Chappuis, F., Ritmeijer, K., Costa, C., Romero, G., Syriopoulou, V., Musa, A., Alves, F., Stepniewska, K., … Pandey, K. (2023). TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 28, 192-193.
Infectious diseases data observatory (IDDO) visceral leishmaniasis library of clinical therapeutic studies: A protocol for a living systematic review of clinical studies
Singh-Phulgenda, S., Rashan, S., Harriss, E., Dahal, P., Naylor, C., Brack, M., Guérin, P., & Maguire, B. (2022). Wellcome Open Research, 7, 155.
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in pregnancy and vertical transmission: A systematic literature review on the therapeutic orphans
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Maguire, B., Harriss, E., Ritmeijer, K., Alves, F., Guerin, P., & Olliaro, P. (2021). Tropical Medicine and International Health, 26(S1), 56.
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in pregnancy and vertical transmission: A systematic literature review on the therapeutic orphans.
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Maguire, B., Harriss, E., Ritmeijer, K., Alves, F., Guerin, P., & Olliaro, P. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(8), e0009650.
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Serious adverse events following treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Singh-Phulgenda, S., Dahal, P., Ngu, R., Maguire, B., Hawryszkiewycz, A., Rashan, S., Brack, M., Halleux, C., Alves, F., Stepniewska, K., Olliaro, P., & Guerin, P. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(3).
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Gender disparity in cases enrolled in clinical trials of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Olliaro, P., & Guerin, P. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(3).
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Haemoglobin at inclusion in visceral leishmaniasis clinical studies: A systematic review and proposal for an individual patient data meta-analysis
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Ngu, R., Rashan, S., Brack, M., Maguire, B., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2021). TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 26, 55-56.
Visceral Leishmaniasis in pregnancy and vertical transmission: A systematic literature review on the therapeutic orphans
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Maguire, B., Harriss, E., Ritmeijer, K., Alves, F., Guerin, P., & Olliaro, P. (2021). In medRxiv.
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ESTIMATION OF INCIDENCE RISK OF MORTALITY AND SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS FOR ANTILEISHMANIAL THERAPIES: AN INFECTIOUS DISEASES DATA OBSERVATORY SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE FROM 1980 TO 2018
Singh, S., Dahal, P., Ngu, R., Maguire, B., Olliaro, P., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2019). TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 113, S69 - S69.
ESTIMATION OF INCIDENCE RATE OF MORTALITY FOR ANTILEISHMANIAL THERAPIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE FROM 1980 TO 2018
Singh, S., Dahal, P., Ngu, R., Maguire, B., Olliaro, P., Stepniewska, K., Halleux, C., & Alves, F. (2019). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 101, 400-401.
Systematic review of clinical trials assessing the therapeutic efficacy of visceral leishmaniasis treatments: A first step to assess the feasibility of establishing an individual patient data sharing platform
Bush, J., Wasunna, M., Alves, F., Alvar, J., Olliaro, P., Otieno, M., Sibley, C., Strub Wourgaft, N., & Guerin, P. (2017). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(9), e0005781.
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MAXIMIZING THE UTILITY OF VL CLINICAL TRIAL DATA WITHIN AN ETHICAL DATA-SHARING FRAMEWORK
Guerin, P., & Otieno, M. (2017). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 97(5), 199-199.