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.
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Model-guided geospatial surveillance system for antimalarial drug resistance
Gupta, A., Harrison, L., Nain, M., Phulgenda, S., Chhajed, R., Kumar, R., Das, A., Rahi, M., Guerin, P., Anvikar, A., Dhorda, M., Flegg, J., & Bharti, P. (2026). PLOS Global Public Health, 6(1).
Automated reporting of primaquine dose efficacy, tolerability and safety for Plasmodium vivax malaria using a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Edler, P., Rajasekhar, M., Price, D., Adam, I., Awab, G., Barber, B., Brasil, L., Chamma-Siqueira, N., Chu, C., Cui, L., Daher, A., Gomes, M., Gonzalez-Ceron, L., Grigg, M., Karunajeewa, H., Lacerda, M., Ladeia-Andrade, S., Leslie, T., Ley, B., … Price, R. (2025). Malaria Journal, 24(1), 400-400.
Pharmacometric evaluation of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine- amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine seasonal malaria chemoprevention in northern Uganda
Bonnington, C., Nuwa, A., Theiss-Nyland, K., Kajubi, R., Kamya, M., Nankabirwa, J., Ebong, C., Nabakooza, J., Opigo, J., Salandindi, D., Odongo, M., Sararat, C., Watson, J., Suwannasin, K., Proux, S., Koesukwiwat, U., Tarning, J., Imwong, M., Tibenderana, J., … White, N. (2025). Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaf615.
Probabilistic classification of late treatment failure in uncomplicated falciparum malaria
Mehra, S., Taylor, A., Imwong, M., White, N., & Watson, J. (2025). Nature Communications, 16(1).
A cross-sectional survey of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in India using rapid diagnostic test and microscopy across 12 sites of varying transmission, 2023–2024
Dahal, P., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Nema, S., Tripathi, P., Malla, W., Sinha, D., Mohanty, A., Chalageri, V., Shrinivasa, B., Singh, S., Singh, P., Singh, K., Ranjha, R., Baharia, R., Chhajed, R., Nain, M., Das, A., Kumar, R., Gupta, A., … Guérin, P. (2025). Malaria Journal, 24(1).
A need for new tools for prevention of malaria in pregnancy
Saito, M., & McGready, R. (2025). PLoS Medicine, 22(9).
Patterns of patent and sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infections in household members of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage in the health district of Nanoro, Burkina Faso
Kambou, S., Sondo, P., Kabore, B., Bayala, I., Kouevi, A., Compaore, E., Millogo, K., Ismaïla, B., Rouamba, T., Kazienga, A., Karim, D., Rouamba, E., Dahal, P., Otienoburu, S., Raman, J., Dhorda, M., Bamba, S., Guérin, P., & Tinto, H. (2025). Malaria Journal, 24(1).
Investigating the relationship between Pfkelch13 mutations and response to artemisinin-based treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
van Wyk, S., Dahal, P., Vouvoungui, C., Ayuen, D., Shokraneh, F., Soma, A., Watson, J., Guerin, P., & Barnes, K. (2025). BMJ Open, 15(7).
Factors affecting integration of an early warning system for antimalarial drug resistance within a routine surveillance system in a pre-elimination setting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kagoro, F., Allen, E., Raman, J., Mabuza, A., Magagula, R., Kok, G., Malatje, G., Guerin, P., Dhorda, M., Maude, R., & Barnes, K. (2025). PLoS ONE, 20(6).
Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum populations following treatment policy revisions in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Wasakul, V., Verschuuren, T., Thuy-Nhien, N., Booth, E., Quang, H., Thang, N., Chindavongsa, K., Sovannaroth, S., Banouvong, V., Sengsavath, V., Mayxay, M., Tuyen, N., Phuong, V., Duc Trung, P., Gonçalves, S., Chen, S., Phalivong, S., Xayvanghang, S., Mahaphontrakoon, S., … Miotto, O. (2025). Nature Communications, 16(1).
Efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) diagnosed with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa: a WWARN systematic review
Takyi, A., Soma, A., Przybylska, M., Harriss, E., Barnes, K., Dahal, P., Guérin, P., Stepniewska, K., & Carrara, V. (2025). Malaria Journal, 24(1).
Safety and efficacy of single-dose primaquine to interrupt Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in children compared with adults: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Yilma, D., Stepniewska, K., Bousema, T., Drakeley, C., Eachempati, P., Guerin, P., Mårtensson, A., Mwaiswelo, R., Taylor, W., Barnes, K., & WWARN Paediatric Primaquine for P falciparum Transmission Blocking Study Group. (2025). The Lancet. Infectious Diseases, S1473 - 3099(25)00078.
Determinants of the use of insecticide-treated nets and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in Angola.
Aoki, A., Saito, M., Balogun, O., Aiga, H., Francisco, K., & Takehara, K. (2025). International Health, ihaf033.
Submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy and associated adverse pregnancy events: A case-cohort study of 4,352 women on the Thailand–Myanmar border
Gilder, M., Saito, M., Haohankhunnatham, W., Ling, C., Gornsawun, G., Bancone, G., Chu, C., Christensen, P., Imwong, M., Charunwatthana, P., Tun, N., Min, A., Carrara, V., Proux, S., White, N., Nosten, F., & McGready, R. (2025). PLoS Medicine, 22(3).
Probabilistic classification of late treatment failure in uncomplicated malaria
Mehra, S., Taylor, A., Imwong, M., White, N., & Watson, J. (2025). In medRxiv.
A protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis investigating the relationship between Pfkelch13 mutations and response to artemisinin-based treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria
van Wyk, S., Dahal, P., Vouvoungui, J., Ayuen, D., Shokraneh, F., Aboubakar, S., Watson, J., Guerin, P., & Barnes, K. (2025). In medRxiv.
Modeling the within-host dynamics of Plasmodium vivax hypnozoite activation: an analysis of the SPf66 vaccine trial
Mehra, S., Nosten, F., Luxemburger, C., White, N., & Watson, J. (2024). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(51).
Methaemoglobin as a surrogate marker of primaquine antihypnozoite activity in Plasmodium vivax malaria: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Fadilah, I., Commons, R., Chau, N., Chu, C., Day, N., Koh, G., Green, J., Lacerda, M., Llanos-Cuentas, A., Nelwan, E., Nosten, F., Pasaribu, A., Sutanto, I., Taylor, W., Thriemer, K., Price, R., White, N., Baird, J., & Watson, J. (2024). PLoS Medicine, 21(9).
Primaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in children younger than 15 years: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Commons, R., Rajasekhar, M., Allen, E., Yilma, D., Chotsiri, P., Abreha, T., Adam, I., Awab, G., Barber, B., Brasil, L., Chu, C., Cui, L., Edler, P., Gomes, M., Gonzalez-Ceron, L., Grigg, M., Hamid, M., Hwang, J., Karunajeewa, H., … Price, R. (2024). The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 8(11), 798-808.
Lineage-informative microhaplotypes for recurrence classification and spatio-temporal surveillance of Plasmodium vivax malaria parasites
Siegel, S., Trimarsanto, H., Amato, R., Murie, K., Taylor, A., Sutanto, E., Kleinecke, M., Whitton, G., Watson, J., Imwong, M., Assefa, A., Rahim, A., Nguyen, H., Tran, T., Green, J., Koh, G., White, N., Day, N., Kwiatkowski, D., … Auburn, S. (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1).
Transmission-blocking activities of artesunate, chloroquine, and methylene blue on Plasmodium vivax gametocytes
Chaumeau, V., Wasisakun, P., Watson, J., Oo, T., Aryalamloed, S., Sue, M., Htoo, G., Tha, N., Archusuksan, L., Sawasdichai, S., Gornsawun, G., Mehra, S., White, N., & Nosten, F. (2024). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 68(9).
Systematic Review and Geospatial Modeling of Molecular Markers of Resistance to Artemisinins and Sulfadoxine–Pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum in India
Nain, M., Dhorda, M., Flegg, J., Gupta, A., Harrison, L., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Otienoburu, S., Harriss, E., Bharti, P., Behera, B., Rahi, M., Guerin, P., & Sharma, A. (2024). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(5), 910-920.
Spatio-temporal spread of artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia
Flegg, J., Kandanaarachchi, S., Guerin, P., Dondorp, A., Nosten, F., Otienoburu, S., & Golding, N. (2024). PLoS Computational Biology, 20(4).
Comparison of lumefantrine, mefloquine, and piperaquine concentrations between capillary plasma and venous plasma samples in pregnant women with uncomplicated falciparum and vivax malaria
Saito, M., Wilaisrisak, P., Pimanpanarak, M., Viladpai-Nguen, J., Paw, M., Koesukwiwat, U., Tarning, J., White, N., Nosten, F., & McGready, R. (2024). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 68(5).
Does acute malnutrition in young children increase the risk of treatment failure following artemisinin-based combination therapy? A WWARN individual patient data meta-analysis
Group, W., Stepniewska, K., Allan, R., Anvikar, A., Anyorigiya, T., Ashley, E., Bassat, Q., Baudin, E., Bjorkman, A., Bonnet, M., Boulton, C., Bousema, T., Carn, G., Carrara, V., D’Alessandro, U., Davis, T., Denoeud-Ndam, L., Desai, M., Djimde, A., … Guerin, P. (2024). The Lancet Global Health, 12(4), e631 - e640.