Publications
Below is a list of research publications published in scientific journals by IDDO and WWARN and our research partners. Use the filters to explore the publications by research theme or by using our list of key words. If you cannot find a publication, please email info@iddo.org
Improving the diagnosis of severe malaria in African children using platelet counts and plasma Pf HRP2 concentrations
Watson, J., Uyoga, S., Wanjiku, P., Makale, J., Nyutu, G., Mturi, N., George, E., Woodrow, C., Day, N., Bejon, P., Opoka, R., Dondorp, A., John, C., Maitland, K., Williams, T., & White, N. (2021). In medRxiv.
Systematic review of the scrub typhus treatment landscape: Assessing the feasibility of an individual participant-level data (IPD) platform
Saraswati, K., Maguire, B., McLean, A., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Ngu, R., Newton, P., Day, N., & Guérin, P. (2021). In medRxiv.
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.
Applying the Shuffle Model of Differential Privacy to Vector Aggregation
Scott, M., Cormode, G., & Maple, C. (2021). CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3163, 50-59.
Purchasing high-cost medical equipment in hospitals: A systematic review
Hinrichs-Krapels, S., Ditewig, B., Boulding, H., Chalkidou, A., Erskine, J., & Shokraneh, F. (2021). In medRxiv.
The prognostic and diagnostic value of intraleukocytic malaria pigment: an individual patient data pooled meta-analysis of 32,000 patients with severe falciparum malaria in Africa and Asia
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. (2021). In medRxiv.
Methaemoglobinaemia and the radical curative efficacy of 8-aminoquinoline antimalarials
White, N., Watson, J., & Baird, K. (2021). In Authorea.
The WHO guideline on drugs to prevent COVID-19: small numbers- big conclusions.
Schilling, W., Callery, J., Chandna, A., Hamers, R., Watson, J., & White, N. (2021). Wellcome Open Research, 6, 71.
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.
Methodological variations in design and conduct of visceral leishmaniasis clinical trials: A systematic review
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Ngu, R., Rashan, S., Brack, M., Maguire, B., Guerin, P., & Stepniewska, K. (2021). TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 26, 57-57.
CONVERSION RULES BETWEEN HAEMOGLOBIN AND HAEMATOCRIT IN PATIENTS WITH UNCOMPLICATED PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM OR PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA: INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS USING WORLDWIDE ANTIMALARIAL RESISTANCE NETWORK DATA REPOSITORY (WWARN)
Dahal, P. (2021). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 105(5), 222-222.
Time-to-death is a potential confounder in observational studies of blood transfusion in severe malaria
Watson, J., Leopold, S., Dondorp, A., & White, N. (2021). The Lancet Haematology, 8(1), e12.
The WHO guideline on drugs to prevent COVID-19: small numbers- big conclusions.
Schilling, W., Callery, J., Chandna, A., Hamers, R., Watson, J., & White, N. (2021). Wellcome Open Research, 6, 71.
Questioning the claimed superiority of malaria parasite ex vivo viability reduction over observed parasite clearance rate?
White, N., & Watson, J. (2020). The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 224(4), 738-739.
Is malaria parasite ex-vivo viability reduction really "superior" to observed parasite clearance rate?
White, N., & Watson, J. (2020). The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Outcome of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) infection in pediatric and adult patients at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Mayxay, M., Douangdala, P., Vilayhong, C., Phommasone, K., Chansamouth, V., Vongsouvath, M., Rattanavong, S., Chang, K., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Chanthongthip, A., Thongpaseuth, S., Newton, P., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2020). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(2), 567-575.
A systematic literature review of microscopy methods reported in malaria clinical trials
Das, D., Dahal, P., Dhorda, M., Citarella, B., Kennon, K., Stepniewska, K., Felger, I., Chappuis, F., & Guerin, P. (2020). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(3), 836-841.
Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19
Yamayoshi, S., Sakai-Tagawa, Y., Koga, M., Akasaka, O., Nakachi, I., Koh, H., Maeda, K., Adachi, E., Saito, M., Nagai, H., Ikeuchi, K., Ogura, T., Baba, R., Fujita, K., Fukui, T., Ito, F., Hattori, S.-I., Yamamoto, K., Nakamoto, T., … Kawaoka, Y. (2020). Viruses, 12(12), 1420.
Diagnostic accuracy of an in-house Scrub Typhus enzyme linked immunoassay for the detection of IgM and IgG antibodies in Laos.
Elders, P., Dhawan, S., Tanganuchitcharnchai, A., Phommasone, K., Chansamouth, V., Day, N., Garcia-Rivera, J., Hertz, J., Mayxay, M., Vongsouvath, M., Dubot-Pérès, A., Robinson, M., Newton, P., & Blacksell, S. (2020). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(12).
Quality assurance in anti-tuberculosis drug procurement by the Stop TB Partnership—Global Drug Facility: Procedures, costs, time requirements, and comparison of assay and dissolution results by manufacturers and by external analysis
Hauk, C., Schäfermann, S., Martus, P., Muzafarova, N., Babaley, M., Waning, B., & Heide, L. (2020). PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0243428.
Machine learning analysis plans for randomised controlled trials: detecting treatment effect heterogeneity with strict control of type I error
Watson, J., & Holmes, C. (2020). Trials, 21(1), 156.
Convalescent plasma transfusion therapy in severe COVID-19 patients- a safety, efficacy and dose response study: A structured summary of a study protocol of a phase II randomized controlled trial
Chowdhury, F., Hoque, A., Chowdhury, F., Amin, M., Rahim, A., Rahman, M., Yasmin, R., Amin, M., Miah, M., Kalam, M., & Rahman, M. (2020). Trials, 21(1), 883.
Impact of delays to incubation and storage temperature on blood culture results in tropical countries: A multi-centre study
Soeng, S., Ling, C., Cusack, T.-P., Dance, D., Hinfonthong, P., Lee, S., Newton, P., Nosten, F., Reed, T., Roberts, T., Sengduangphachanh, A., Sihalath, S., Wangrangsimakul, T., Turner, P., & Ashley, E. (2020). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 101(Supplement 1), 195-195.
Graphing and reporting heterogeneous treatment effects through reference classes
Watson, J., & Holmes, C. (2020). Trials, 21(1), 386.
Hepcidin-mediated hypoferremia disrupts immune responses to vaccination and infection
Frost, J., Tan, T., Abbas, M., Wideman, S., Bonadonna, M., Stoffel, N., Wray, K., Kronsteiner-Dobramysl, B., Smits, G., Campagna, D., Duarte, T., Lopes, J., Shah, A., Armitage, A., Arezes, J., Lim, P., Preston, A., Ahern, D., Teh, M., … Drakesmith, H. (2020). Med, 2(2), 164 - 179.e12.