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
A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis to determine the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy, tolerability and safety in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in Latin America
Nguyen, K., de Pina-Costa, A., Rajasekhar, M., Chamma-Siqueira, N., Daher, A., Ferreira, M., do Socorro M. Gomes, M., Gonzalez-Ceron, L., Green, J., Koh, G., Ladeia-Andrade, S., Llanos-Cuentas, A., Monteiro, W., Negreiros, S., de Oliveira, A., Pereira, D., Viana, G., Vieira, J., Zuluaga-Idarraga, L., … Commons, R. (2026). The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 63, 101634.
Use of procalcitonin point-of-care testing to guide de-escalation of antibiotic therapy in adults with suspected bacterial sepsis in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled open-label trial
Chowdhury, F., Uddin, R., Ali, M., Dutta, P., Das, D., Hanif, A., Di Gregorio, S., Kar, M., Bin Jahangir, F., Khan, S., Chowdhury, K., Mohasin, Abu Sayeed, A., Roshid, H., Chy, N., Hossain, A., Sattar, A., Schilstra, M., de Jong, E., … Dondorp, A. (2026). EClinicalMedicine, 99, 104171.
The Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe: A public health intelligence system for collecting and curating reports of substandard and falsified medical products from publicly available Internet news media.
Freifeld, C., Van Assche, K., Olliaro, A., Battain, M., Kitignavong, I., Vidhamaly, V., Boupha, P., Boutsamay, K., Thi Do, N., Bellingham, K., Pimxayvong, V., Olinh, T., Rosado Olmo, A., Xu, J., Jiang, S., Soult, A., Insal, S., Guérin, P., Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2026). PLOS Digit Health, 5(9), e0001648.
Corrigendum to SPICE-GRADE: simultaneous processing of indirect causal evidence in complex pathways using GRADE - an exploratory case study. [Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 194C (2026) 112219]
Eachempati, P., Guyatt, G., Vandvik, P., Guerin, P., Dahal, P., Barnes, K., & Agoritsas, T. (2026). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 197, 112369.
A novel framework for quantifying the clinical impact of substandard and falsified antimicrobials: Application to typhoid fever
Cavany, S., Adipo, L., van Assche, K., Caillet, C., Dolecek, C., Hauk, C., Mendes, J., Nanyonga, S., Stoesser, N., Newton, P., Parry, C., & Cooper, B. (2026). PLOS Global Public Health, 6(8), e0007207 - e0007207.
Adherence to smartphone-delivered antimicrobial prescribing guidelines in hospitals in Lao PDR: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.
Chansamouth, V., Chommanam, D., Lee, S., Vongphachanh, S., Vongsouvath, M., Keomany, S., Paphasiri, V., Phamisith, C., Sengsavang, S., Douangdala, P., Detleuxay, K., Rattana, S., Soumphonphakdy, B., Keoluangkhot, V., Mukaka, M., Day, N., van Doorn, H., Turner, P., Mayxay, M., … Ashley, E. (2026). PLOS Medicine, 23(8), e1005205.
Seven-day versus fourteen-day low-dose primaquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria in India: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial
Baharia, R., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Naser, S., Gupta, A., Chhajed, R., Hossain, M., Yadav, K., Verma, R., Pal, S., Ranjit, P., Solanki, B., Upadhyay, K., Dabhi, L., Sharma, R., Chowdhury, S., Chakravorty, A., Rajasekhar, M., Lee, G., Mnjala, H., … Commons, R. (2026). The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 100849.
Zoonotic neglected tropical diseases at the animal-human interface in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Two decades of surveillance in Laos and Cambodia
Blacksell, S., Ward, M., Young, J., Bush, R., Windsor, P., Khounsy, S., Phommachanh, P., Theppangna, W., Siengsanan-Lamont, J., Burns, R., Turner, P., Gilbert, J., Kong, L., Tum, S., Karlsson, E., Conlan, J., Hughes, T., Kolenchery, J., Roberts, T., … Day, N. (2026). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20(7), e0014584 - e0014584.
The case for N-acetylcysteine in dengue associated liver injury: time for definitive evidence
McBride, A., Vuong, N., Adhikari, S., Han, S., Chia, P., Trieu, H., Lam, P., Chanh, H., Rajahram, G., Horby, P., Yeo, T., Kestelyn, E., Watson, J., Trung, T., & Yacoub, S. (2026). Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Research Priorities for Children With Food Allergy: A UK James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership
Parslow, R., Shokraneh, F., Brown, S., Feeney, M., Roberts, G., Soltani, H., Walsh, J., Dobson, A., Vaughan, E., Marriage, D., Holland, S., Kelly, M., Shaw, H., Kennedy, A., Byrne, E., Jackson, L., Jackson, G., Gluyas, L., Gower, J., … Ridd, M. (2026). Clinical & Experimental Allergy.
Current and novel biomarkers for predicting and assessing therapeutic response in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review
Radford, S., John, A., Latino-Kelly, A., Alexander, C., Wilding, O., Chauhan, J., Shokraneh, F., Pradhan, S., & Moran, G. (2026). Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 19, 17562848261463913.
Data retrieval and harmonisation for individual participant data meta-analysis in the context of a neglected tropical disease: challenges and lessons from the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory visceral leishmaniasis data platform
Dahal, P., Phulgenda, S., Buck, G., Stepniewska, K., & Guerin, P. (2026). BMJ Public Health, 4(3), e003986.
Improving communication of prognostic uncertainty in advanced illness: a realist review
Etkind, S., Weetman, K., Hyams, K., Acharya, T., Shokraneh, F., & MacArtney, J. (2026). BMJ Open, 16(7), e115385.
Evaluation of scientific outcomes of TDR-supported clinical research and development fellows in low- and middle-income countries: a bibliometric analysis
Vahedi, M., Dahal, P., Jaberi, E., Assefa, D., Maula, W., Casamitjana, N., & Launois, P. (2026). Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 15(1), 73.
Accuracy and Usability of a New Rapid Diagnostic Test for the Diagnosis of Dengue in Vientiane, Laos
Phimolsannousith, V., Sibounheuang, B., Chanthongthip, A., Vongsouvath, M., Mayxay, M., Mukaka, M., Luangraj, M., Newton, P., Ashley, E., Hopkins, H., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2026). Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13(7), ofag422.
Blood, CSF, and Urine Biomarkers for Paediatric Brain Tumours: A Systematic Review of Liquid Biopsy Approaches
Read, J., Yu, J., Paterson, C., Shokraneh, F., Davies, P., Higgins, J., & Kurian, K. (2026). Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics, wuag039.
A snapshot of selected neglected tropical disease research using the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform database, 1999–2023
Peploe, R., Jauncey, H., Sakai, Y., Karam, G., Ross, A., Charnaud, S., Dahal, P., Solomon, A., Guerin, P., & Naylor, C. (2026). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20(6), e0014338.
Incidence of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Patients Treated With Immunosuppressive and Chemotherapeutic Agents
Ikeuchi, K., Saito, M., Okushin, K., Kishida, T., Kado, A., Moriya, K., Koike, K., Tsutsumi, T., & Yotsuyanagi, H. (2026). Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Neglected rickettsial diseases in Southeast Asia: Twenty-five years of progress in surveillance, diagnostics, and clinical research
Blacksell, S., Robinson, M., Saraswati, K., Perrone, C., Batty, E., Wongsantichon, J., Sonthayanon, P., Wangrangsimakul, T., Elliott, I., Newton, P., & Day, N. (2026). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20(5), e0014318 - e0014318-.
Real‐World Use of Topical Treatments for Atopic Eczema in Children and Young People: Systematic Review
Hua, P., Newman, S., Shokraneh, F., Huntley, A., & Ridd, M. (2026). Clinical & Experimental Allergy.
Altered Pharmacokinetics and Delayed Sputum Conversion in Tuberculosis Patients Co‐Infected With HIV
Phyo, A., Hoglund, R., Saito, M., Thi, S., Swe, L., Chotsiri, P., Aung, H., Tun, W., Maung, B., Pateekham, C., Watthanaworawit, W., Gornsawun, G., White, N., Nosten, F., & Tarning, J. (2026). Tropical Medicine & International Health.
Predicting Salmonella Typhi incidence using prevalence metrics from sentinel studies of community-onset bloodstream infections: a secondary analysis of observational data
Hagedoorn, N., Murthy, S., Marchello, C., Williman, J., Ahmmed, F., Andrews, J., Basnyat, B., Carter, A., Datta, S., Dehraj, I., Doyle, K., Garrett, D., Jacob, J., Jeon, H., John, J., Khanam, F., Lee, J., Liu, X., Marks, F., … Crump, J. (2026). Vaccine, 85, 128691.
Therapeutic trials in visceral, dermal, and cutaneous leishmaniasis
Kumar, R., Dahal, P., & Pandey, K. (2026). In Leishmaniasis (pp. 160-182). Taylor & Francis.
Individual patient data meta-analysis: a cost-effective and efficient tool to advance paediatric research in low- and middle-income countries
McElwee, F., Farlow, A., & Guerin, P. (2026). BMJ Open, 16(5), e100150 - e100150.
The effect of genetically predicted higher adulthood body mass index on blood pressure traits: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomisation studies.
Gatua, W., Chen, G., Shokraneh, F., Liu, Y., Lawlor, D., Higgins, J., & Gaunt, T. (2026). Wellcome Open Research, 11, 250 - 250.