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Paul
Newton
Head of Medicine Quality Research Group
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Medicine quality
Professor Paul Newton is Head of the IDDO Medicine Quality Research Group. He was appointed Head of the WorldWide Antimalarial Research Network (WWARN) Antimalarial Quality Group in 2010. He was the founding Director of the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) in the Microbiology Laboratory of Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane, Laos, from 2000 to 2019 and now works based from Oxford. After junior doctor training in infectious disease and internal medicine in the UK, he worked in the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit in Bangkok on malaria and melioidosis for four years before moving to Laos.
All Publications
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) mass spectrometry of falsified antimalarials
Bernier, M., Li, A., Winalski, L., Zi, Y., Li, Y., Caillet, C., Newton, P., Wang, Z., & Fernández, F. (2018). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 32(8), 1585-1590.
Comparison of glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase status by fluorescent spot test and rapid diagnostic test in Lao PDR and Cambodia
Henriques, G., Phommasone, K., Tripura, R., Peto, T., Raut, S., Snethlage, C., Sambo, I., Sanann, N., Nguon, C., Adhikari, B., Pongvongsa, T., Imwong, M., von Seidlein, L., Day, N., White, N., Dondorp, A., Newton, P., Ley, B., & Mayxay, M. (2018). Malaria Journal, 17(1), 1.
Rivers as carriers and potential sentinels for Burkholderia pseudomallei in Laos
Zimmermann, R., Ribolzi, O., Pierret, A., Rattanavong, S., Robinson, M., Newton, P., Davong, V., Auda, Y., Zopfi, J., & Dance, D. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8(1), 8674.
Detection of Japanese encephalitis virus RNA in human throat samples in Laos – a pilot study
Bharucha, T., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Seephonelee, M., Vongsouvath, M., Vongsouvath, M., Rattanavong, S., Piorkowski, G., Lecuit, M., Gorman, C., Pommier, J.-D., Newton, P., de Lamballerie, X., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8(1).
Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection against vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in low and middle-income countries: a protocol for a prospective observational study
Chan, J., Nguyen, C., Lai, J., Dunne, E., Andrews, R., Blyth, C., Datta, S., Fox, K., Ford, R., Hinds, J., La Vincente, S., Lehmann, D., Lim, R., Mungun, T., Newton, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Pomat, W., Xeuatvongsa, A., von Mollendorf, C., … Russell, F. (2018). BMJ Open, 8(5).
Artemether-lumefantrine dosing for malaria treatment in young children and pregnant women: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic meta-analysis
Kloprogge, F., Newton, P., Mayxay, M., Nosten, F., Ashley, E., McGready, R., van Vugt, V., Proux, S., Price, R., Stepniewska, K., White, N., Guerin, P., & Tarning, J. (2018). PLoS Medicine.
Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing enables rapid whole-genome assembly ofRickettsia typhiin a resource-limited setting
Elliott, I., Batty, E., Ming, D., Robinson, M., Nawtaisong, P., de Cesare, M., Newton, P., & Bowden, R. (2018).
Antibiotics and activity spaces: protocol of an exploratory study of behaviour, marginalisation and knowledge diffusion
Haenssgen, M., Charoenboon, N., Zanello, G., Mayxay, M., Reed-Tsochas, F., Jones, C., Kosaikanont, R., Praphattong, P., Manohan, P., Lubell, Y., Newton, P., Keomany, S., Wertheim, H., Lienert, J., Xayavong, T., Warapikuptanun, P., Khine Zaw, Y., U-Thong, P., Benjaroon, P., … Ariana, P. (2018). BMJ Global Health, 3(2).
Development of an improved RT-qPCR Assay for detection of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) RNA including a systematic review and comprehensive comparison with published methods.
Bharucha, T., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Vongsouvath, M., Vongsouvath, M., Davong, V., Panyanouvong, P., Piorkowski, G., Garson, J., Newton, P., de Lamballerie, X., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2018). PLoS One, 13(3), e0194412.
Febrile illness in Asia: gaps in epidemiology, diagnosis, management for informing health policy
Shrestha, P., Roberts, T., Homsana, A., Myat, T., Crump, J., Lubell, Y., & Newton, P. (2018). Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(8), 815-826.
A prospective hospital study to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for the early detection of leptospirosis in Laos
Dittrich, S., Boudthasavong, L., Keokhamhoung, D., Phuklia, W., Craig, S., Tulsiani, S., Burns, M.-A., Weier, S., Dance, D., Davong, V., Vongsouvath, M., Mayxay, M., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P., & Woods, K. (2018). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98(4), 1056-1060.
Association between reported aetiology of central nervous system infections and the speciality of study investigators-a bias compartmental syndrome?
Bharucha, T., Vickers, S., Ming, D., Lee, S., Dubot-Pérès, A., de Lamballerie, X., & Newton, P. (2018). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(12), 579-583.
Melioidosis in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Dance, D., Luangraj, M., Rattanavong, S., Sithivong, N., Vongnalaysane, O., Vongsouvath, M., & Newton, P. (2018). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 3(1), 21.
Azithromycin resistance in Shigella spp. in Southeast Asia
Darton, T., Thanh Tuyen, H., Chung The, H., Newton, P., Dance, D., Phetsouvanh, R., Davong, V., Campbell, J., Minh Hoang, N., Thwaites, G., Parry, C., Pham Thanh, D., & Baker, S. (2018). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62(4), e01748 - 17.
Non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars associated with invasive and non-invasive disease in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Le Thi Phuong, T., Rattanavong, S., Vongsouvath, M., Davong, V., Phu Huong Lan, N., Campbell, J., Darton, T., Thwaites, G., Newton, P., Dance, D., & Baker, S. (2018). Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(9), 418-424.
Why do people participate in mass anti-malarial administration? Findings from a qualitative study in Nong District, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR (Laos)
Adhikari, B., Phommasone, K., Kommarasy, P., Soundala, X., Souvanthong, P., Pongvongsa, T., Henriques, G., Newton, P., White, N., Day, N., Dondorp, A., von Seidlein, L., Mayxay, M., Cheah, P., & Pell, C. (2018). Malaria Journal, 17(1).
PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE OF THE BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® TRAVEL-RELATED FEBRILE ILLNESS PANEL AT THE MAHOSOT HOSPITAL IN VIENTIANE, LAOS
Robinson, M., Vaughn, M., Spampanato, N., Hanberg, B., Smith, C., Trauscht, R., Hillman, A., Nawtaisong, P., Thongpaseuth, S., Vongsouvath, M., Phonemixay, O., Thangnimitchok, N., Kensinger, B., Newton, P., & Crisp, R. (2018). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 99(4), 605-606.
ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION SURVEILLANCE IN A PHASE 2 PROSPECTIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED COHORT IN VIENTIANE, LAOS
Harris, E., Endtz, H., Keovichith, I., Paboriboune, P., Steenkeste, N., Newton, P., Messaoudi, M., Flaissier, B., Dance, D., & Picot, V. (2018). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 99(4), 409-409.
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF MEDICINE QUALITY SCREENING DEVICES IN LAOS
Luangasanatip, N., Caillet, C., Vickers, S., Zambrzycki, S., Newton, P., & Lubell, Y. (2018). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 99(4), 344-345.
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE. DIFFERENTIAL SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF SCRUB TYPHUS AND MURINE TYPHUS IN THE LAO PDR
Roberts, T., Rattanavong, S., Elliot, I., Phommasone, K., Mayxay, M., Chansamouth, V., Homsana, A., Robinson, M., Blacksell, S., Parker, D., & Newton, P. (2018). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 99(4), 237-237.
Spontaneous emergence of a gnathostoma spinigerum adult worm from the abdominal skin of a laotian woman: A case report
Phetsouvanh, R., Habe, S., Newton, P., Vongsouvaht, M., Horii, Y., Doanh, P., & Nawa, Y. (2018). In Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health (Vols. 49, Issue 1, pp. 1-5).
A MIXED METHOD STUDY OF HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR FOR FEBRILE ILLNESSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MALARIA CONTROL AND ELIMINATION IN SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE, LAO PDR
Adhikari, B., Phommasone, K., Pongvosa, T., Koummarasy, P., Soundala, X., Henriques, G., Sirithiranont, P., Parker, D., von Seidlein, L., White, N., Day, N., Dondorp, A., Newton, P., Cheah, P., Pell, C., & Mayxay, M. (2018). In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (Vols. 99, Issues 4, pp. 125-125).
Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing enables rapid whole-genome assembly ofRickettsia typhiin a resource-limited setting
Elliott, I., Batty, E., Ming, D., Robinson, M., Nawtaisong, P., de Cesare, M., Newton, P., & Bowden, R. (2018). In bioRxiv.
Evaluation of consensus method for the culture of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil samples from Laos.
Dance, D., Knappik, M., Dittrich, S., Davong, V., Silisouk, J., Vongsouvath, M., Rattanavong, S., Pierret, A., Newton, P., Amornchai, P., Wuthiekanun, V., Langla, S., & Limmathurotsakul, D. (2018). Wellcome Open Research.
Molecular epidemiology of dengue viruses in three provinces of Lao PDR, 2006-2010.
Castonguay-Vanier, J., Klitting, R., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Piorkowski, G., Baronti, C., Sibounheuang, B., Vongsouvath, M., Chanthongthip, A., Thongpaseuth, S., Mayxay, M., Phommasone, K., Douangdala, P., Inthalath, S., Souvannasing, P., Newton, P., de Lamballerie, X., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2018). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(1), e0006203.