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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.
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When it just won't go away: oral artemisinin monotherapy in Nigeria, threatening lives, threatening progress
Ujuju, C., Anyanti, J., Newton, P., & Ntadom, G. (2017). Malaria Journal, 16(1), 489.
Enrolling pregnant women in research: ethical challenges encountered in Lao PDR (Laos)
Chansamouth, V., McGready, R., Chommanam, D., Homsombath, S., Mayxay, M., & Newton, P. (2017). Reproductive Health, 14(S3).
Poor performance of two rapid immunochromatographic assays for anti-Japanese encephalitis virus immunoglobulin M detection in cerebrospinal fluid and serum from patients with suspected Japanese encephalitis virus infection in Laos
Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Castonguay-Vanier, J., Chanthongthip, A., Phonemixay, O., Thongpaseuth, S., Vongsouvath, M., Newton, P., Bharucha, T., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2017). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(8), 373-377.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Persons with Eosinophilic Meningitis, Laos
Ming, D., Rattanavong, S., Bharucha, T., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Dubot-Pérès, A., Newton, P., & Robinson, M. (2017). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(12), 2112-2113.
A comparison of two molecular methods for diagnosing leptospirosis from three different sample types in patients presenting with fever in Laos
Woods, K., Nic-Fhogartaigh, C., Arnold, C., Boutthasavong, L., Phuklia, W., Lim, C., Chanthongthip, A., Tulsiani, S., Craig, S., Burns, M., Weier, S., Davong, V., Sihalath, S., Limmathurotsakul, D., Dance, D., Shetty, N., Zambon, M., Newton, P., & Dittrich, S. (2017). Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(9), 1017.e1 - 1017.e7.
Rickettsial neurological infections
Newton, P. (2017). In Journal of the Neurological Sciences (Vols. 381, p. 36). Elsevier.
Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: A systematic review
Bonell, A., Lubell, Y., Newton, P., Crump, J., & Paris, D. (2017). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(9), e0005838.
Evaluation of screening technologies for assessing medicine quality
Stergachis, A., Batson, J., Crawford, S., Fernandez, F., Kaale, E., Kalyanaraman, R., Kwiringira, W., Newton, P., Olsen, B., Rodriguez, J., Wilson, B., Young, S., Zook, A., & Roth, L. (2017). Pharmacopeial Forum, 43(5).
Clostridium difficile infection in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: first isolation and review of the literature.
Cheong, E., Roberts, T., Rattanavong, S., Riley, T., Newton, P., & Dance, D. (2017). BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1), 635.
Acute respiratory infections in hospitalized children in Vientiane, Lao PDR - the importance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Nguyen, V., Dubot-Pérès, A., Russell, F., Dance, D., Vilivong, K., Phommachan, S., Syladeth, C., Lai, J., Lim, R., Morpeth, M., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Richet, H., & De Lamballerie, X. (2017). Scientific Reports, 7(1).
A current perspective on antimicrobial resistance in Southeast Asia
Zellweger, R., Carrique-Mas, J., Limmathurotsakul, D., Day, N., Thwaites, G., & Baker, S. (2017). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Burkholderia pseudomallei in a lowland rice paddy: seasonal changes and influence of soil depth and physico-chemical properties.
Manivanh, L., Pierret, A., Rattanavong, S., Kounnavongsa, O., Buisson, Y., Elliott, I., Maeght, J., Xayyathip, K., Silisouk, J., Vongsouvath, M., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P., Lacombe, G., Ribolzi, O., Rochelle-Newall, E., & Dance, D. (2017). Scientific Reports, 7, 3031.
Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Yeap, A., Woods, K., Dance, D., Pichon, B., Rattanavong, S., Davong, V., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P., Shetty, N., & Kearns, A. (2017). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(2), 423-428.
Do anti-malarials in Africa meet quality standards? The market penetration of non quality-assured artemisinin combination therapy in eight African countries
Newton, P., Hanson, K., & Goodman, C. (2017). Malaria Journal, 16(204), 1-21.
Role of medicines of unknown identity in adverse drug reaction-related hospitalizations in developing countries: Evidence from a cross-sectional study in a teaching hospital in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Caillet, C., Sichanh, C., Assemat, G., Malet-Martino, M., Sommet, A., Bagheri, H., Sengxeu, N., Mongkhonmath, N., Mayxay, M., Syhakhang, L., Lapeyre-Mestre, M., Newton, P., & Roussin, A. (2017). Drug Safety.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Leptospira spp. in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic using disk diffusion
Boss, J., Dance, D., Chanthongthip, A., Newton, P., Wuthiekanun, V., & Robinson, M. (2017). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100(5), 1073-1078.
THE MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Yeap, A., Woods, K., Dance, D., Pichon, B., Rattanavong, S., Davong, V., Newton, P., Shetty, N., & Kearns, A. (2017). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 95(5), 328-328.
TARGET PRODUCT PROFILE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN BACTERIAL AND NON-BACTERIAL INFECTIONS TO GUIDE ANTIMICROBIALS USE IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: AN EXPERT CONSENSUS
Dittrich, S., Tadesse, B., Moussy, F., Chua, A., Zorzet, A., Tangden, T., Dolinger, D., Page, A.-L., Crump, J., Valerie, D., Bassat, Q., Lubell, Y., Heinrich, N., Newton, P., Rodwell, T., & Gonzalez, I. (2017). In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (Vols. 95, Issues 5, pp. 527-527).
NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOMES OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS INFECTION IN PEDIATRIC AND ADULT PATIENTS AT MAHOSOT HOSPITAL, VIENTIANE, LAO PDR
Douangdala, P., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Kosalaraksa, P., Lumbiganon, P., & Soukaloun, D. (2017). In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (Vols. 97, Issues 5, pp. 42-43).
A ROBUST INCUBATOR TO FACILITATE MORE WIDESPREAD BACTERIAL CULTURE FOR LOW RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Miller, A., Ghionea, S., Vongsouvath, M., Davong, V., Mayxay, M., Somoskovi, A., Newton, P., Bell, D., & Friend, M. (2017). In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (Vols. 97, Issues 5, pp. 358-358).
128 Scrub Typhus and Other Tropical Rickettsioses
Day, N., & Newton, P. (2017). In Infectious Diseases (pp. 1091 - 1097.e1). Elsevier.
Scrub Typhus and Other Tropical Rickettsioses
Day, N., & Newton, P. (2017). In Infectious Diseases, 2-Volume Set (pp. 1091 - 1097.e1).
Febrile illness in adolescents and adults
Crump, J., Newton, P., Baird, S., & Lubell, Y. (2017). In Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 6): Major Infectious Diseases (pp. 365-384). World Bank Group.
Detection of A. cantonensis by qPCR in Laos
Ming, D., Rattanavong, S., Bharucha, T., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Dubot-Pérès, A., Newton, P., & Robinson, M. (2017). Emerging Infectious Diseases.
An epidemic of dystonic reactions in central Africa.
Peyraud, N., Rafael, F., Parker, L., Quere, M., Alcoba, G., Korff, C., Deats, M., Esteve, P., Cabrol, J., Serafini, M., Ciglenecki, I., Rull, M., Larabi, I., Baud, F., Grandesso, F., Ilunga, B., Alvarez, J.-C., & Newton, P. (2017). Lancet Global Health, 5(2), e137 - e138.