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

 

Accurate measurement of viral clearance in early phase antiviral studies in COVID-19.
Wongnak, P., Watson, J., Jittamala, P., Schilling, W., Seers, T., Leopold, S., & White, N. (2025). J Infect Dis.
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IgG Antibodies to Pneumococcal Serotypes 1 and 5 in Relation to PCV13 Vaccination Status in Children Aged Under 5 Years in Lao PDR: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Toh, Z., Tang, K., Vilivong, K., Lai, J., Bounkhoun, T., Chanthaluanglath, V., Chanthongthip, A., Balloch, A., Newton, P., Dubot-Pérès, A., Dance, D., Licciardi, P., & Russell, F. (2025). Vaccines, 13(8), 873.
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Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review
Providencia, R., Aali, G., Zhu, F., Katairo, T., Ahmad, M., Bray, J., Pelone, F., Marijon, E., Cassandra, M., Celermajer, D., & Shokraneh, F. (2025). Communications Medicine, 5(1), 348.
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Estimating scrub typhus and murine typhus incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar
Oo, W., Bowhay, T., Myat, T., Htike, W., Lwin, K., Blacksell, S., Tanganuchitcharnchai, A., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Robinson, M., Ussher, J., Murdoch, D., Win, H., & Crump, J. (2025). Tropical Medicine and International Health.
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Prevalence and risk factors for murine typhus, scrub typhus, and spotted fever group rickettsioses among adolescent and adult patients presenting to Yangon General Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar
Bowhay, T., Myat, T., Oo, W., Mone, H., Sharples, K., Robinson, M., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Blacksell, S., Tanganuchitcharnchai, A., Ussher, J., Murdoch, D., Htike, W., & Crump, J. (2025). Tropical Medicine and International Health.
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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), e100251.
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Handheld spatially offset raman spectroscopy for rapid non-invasive detection of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in medicinal syrups
Banerjee, S., Mosca, S., Legge, I., Gangadharan, B., Walsby-tickle, J., Arman, B., Stokes, R., Bharucha, T., Deats, M., Merchant, H., McCullagh, J., Zitzmann, N., Caillet, C., Newton, P., & Matousek, P. (2025). Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 265.
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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).
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Pneumococcal density and respiratory co-detection in severe pediatric pneumonia in Laos
Dubot-Pérès, A., Lee, S., Dance, D., Satzke, C., Moore, K., Pell, C., Ortika, B., Nation, M., Dunne, E., Vilivong, K., Bounkhoun, T., Phommachan, S., Lim, R., Lai, J., Morpeth, M., Mayxay, M., de Lamballerie, X., Newton, P., & Russell, F. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15(1).
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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).
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Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Laos
Vilivong, K., Mayxay, M., Dance, D., De Lamballerie, X., Newton, P., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2025). Wellcome Open Research, 8, 533.
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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), 153.
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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.
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Defining the noma research agenda
Galli, A., Comparet, M., Dagne, D., Baratti-Mayer, D., Cao, T., Guérin, P., Guevara, M., Hetzel, M., Jeantet, C., Mpinga, E., Muendane, V., Okanlawon, M., Placella, E., Ribes, M., Sherlock, M., Utzinger, J., & Steinmann, P. (2025). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(4).
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Hide and seek with falsified medicines: Current challenges and physico-chemical and biological approaches for tracing the origin of trafficked products.
Perez-Mon, C., Hauk, C., Roncone, A., Bontempo, L., Kelly, S., Caillet, C., Deats, M., Ogden, R., & Newton, P. (2025). Forensic Science International, 370, 112474.
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Within-host modeling of primaquine-induced hemolysis in hemizygote glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient healthy volunteers.
Watson, J., Mehdipour, P., Moss, R., Jittamala, P., Zaloumis, S., Price, D., Dini, S., Hanboonkunupakarn, B., Leungsinsiri, P., Poovorawan, K., Chotivanich, K., Bancone, G., Commons, R., Day, N., Pukrittayakamee, S., Taylor, W., White, N., & Simpson, J. (2025). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 69(4), e0154924.
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Mass testing for discovery and control of COVID-19 outbreaks in adult social care: an observational study and cost-effectiveness analysis of 14 805 care homes in England
Chen, S., Creswell, R., Hounsell, R., Cantrell, L., Bajaj, S., Dahal, P., Tsui Lok Hei, J., Kolade, O., Amswych, M., Naidoo, R., Fowler, T., Hopkins, S., Stepniewska, K., Voysey, M., White, L., Shretta, R., & Lambert, B. (2025). BMJ Public Health, 3(1).
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Tuberculosis preventive therapy: scientific and ethical considerations for trials of ultra-short regimens
Walker, T., Watson, J., Moore, D., Frick, M., & Jamrozik, E. (2025). Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Laos
Vilivong, K., Mayxay, M., Dance, D., De Lamballerie, X., Newton, P., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2025). Wellcome Open Research, 8, 533.
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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).
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Wrangling Real-World Data: Optimizing Clinical Research Through Factor Selection with LASSO Regression.
Howard, K., Anderson, W., Podichetty, J., Gould, R., Boyce, D., Dasher, P., Evans, L., Kao, C., Kumar, V., Hamilton, C., Mathé, E., Guerin, P., Dodd, K., Mehta, A., Ortman, C., Patil, N., Rhodes, J., Robinson, M., Stone, H., & Heavner, S. (2025). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(4), 464.
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Stop searching and you will find it: Search-Resistant Concepts in systematic review searches.
Shokraneh, F. (2025). BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 30(2), 134-137.
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Identifying falsified COVID-19 vaccines by analysing vaccine vial label and excipient profiles using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry
Arman, B., Clarke, R., Bharucha, T., Fernandez, L., Walsby-Tickle, J., Deats, M., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Banerjee, S., Chunekar, S., Patil, K., Gairola, S., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H., Stokes, R., Kuwana, R., Maes, A., Charrier, J.-P., Probert, F., … Gangadharan, B. (2025). Npj Vaccines, 10(1).
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Antiviral efficacy of fluoxetine in early symptomatic COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial (PLATCOV).
Jittamala, P., Boyd, S., Schilling, W., Watson, J., Ngamprasertchai, T., Siripoon, T., Luvira, V., Batty, E., Wongnak, P., Esper, L., Almeida, P., Cruz, C., Ascencao, F., Aguiar, R., Ghanchi, N., Callery, J., Singh, S., Kruabkontho, V., Ngernseng, T., … PLATCOV Collaborative Group. (2025). EClinicalMedicine, 80, 103036.
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MicroRNA in neuroexosome as a potential biomarker for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
Arizono, K., Sedohara, A., Tuvshinjargal, K., Tanaka, T., Koga, M., Nakahara, F., Ootani, A., Kanno, Y., Ikeuchi, K., Saito, M., Adachi, E., Tsutsumi, T., & Yotsuyanagi, H. (2025). Journal of NeuroVirology, 1-19.
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