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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
A 72-year-old Male Farmer from Laos with Extensive Skin Lesions on the Lower Leg
Slesak, G., Inthalad, S., & Newton, P. (2015). In Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine (pp. 123-125). Elsevier.
45 A 2-month-old Girl from Laos with Dyspnoea, Cyanosis and Irritability
Mayxay, M., Soukaloun, D., & Newton, P. (2015). In Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine (pp. 185-187). Elsevier.
15 A 3-year-old Boy from Laos with Right Suppurative Parotitis
Rattanavong, S., Douangnoulak, V., Norindr, B., Newton, P., & Fhogartaigh, C. (2015). In Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine (pp. 92-94). Elsevier.
25 A 72-year-old Male Farmer from Laos with Extensive Skin Lesions on the Lower Leg
Slesak, G., Inthalad, S., & Newton, P. (2015). In Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine (pp. 123-125). Elsevier.
39 A 30-year-old Male Trader from China with Persistent Fever
Newton, P., Keoluangkhot, V., Mayxay, M., Green, M., & Fernández, F. (2015). In Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine (pp. 168-170). Elsevier.
Artemether-lumefantrine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis of day 7 lumefantrine concentrations and therapeutic response using individual patient data
Ashley, E., Aweeka, F., Barnes, K., Bassat, Q., Borrmann, S., Dahal, P., Davis, T., Deloron, P., Denis, M., Djimde, A., Faucher, J., Genton, B., Guérin, P., Hamed, K., Hodel, E., Huang, L., Jullien, V., Karunajeewa, H., Kiechel, … Workman, L. (2015). BMC Medicine, 13(1).
Baseline data of parasite clearance in patients with falciparum malaria treated with an artemisinin derivative: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Abdulla, S., Ashley, E., Bassat, Q., Bethell, D., Bjorkman, A., Borrmann, S., D’Alessandro, U., Dahal, P., Day, N., Diakite, M., Djimde, A., Dondorp, A., Duong, S., Edstein, Fairhurst, R., Faiz, M., Falade, C., Flegg, J., Fogg, C., … Winstanley, P. (2015). Malaria Journal, 14(1).
Genomic epidemiology of the current wave of artemisinin resistant malaria
Amato, R., Miotto, O., Woodrow, C., Almagro-Garcia, J., Sinha, I., Campino, S., Mead, D., Drury, E., Kekre, M., Sanders, M., Amambua-Ngwa, A., Amaratunga, C., Amenga-Etego, L., Anderson, T., Andrianaranjaka, V., Apinjoh, T., Ashley, E., Auburn, S., Awandare, G., … MalariaGEN Plasmodium falciparum Community Project. (2015).
Group A streptococcal strains isolated in Lao People's Democratic Republic from 2004 to 2013
Rattanavong, S., Dance, D., Davong, V., Baker, C., Frost, H., Phetsouvanh, R., Vongsouvath, M., Newton, P., Steer, A., & Smeesters, P. (2015). Epidemiology and Infection, 1-4.
Neorickettsia sennetsu as a Neglected Cause of Fever in South-East Asia.
Dittrich, S., Phuklia, W., Turner, G., Rattanavong, S., Chansamouth, V., Dumler, S., Ferguson, D., Paris, D., & Newton, P. (2015). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(7), e0003908.
The Diversity and Geographical Structure of Orientia tsutsugamushi Strains from Scrub Typhus Patients in Laos.
Phetsouvanh, R., Sonthayanon, P., Pukrittayakamee, S., Paris, D., Newton, P., Feil, E., & Day, N. (2015). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(8), e0004024.
A Systematic Review of the Mortality from Untreated Leptospirosis.
Taylor, A., Paris, D., & Newton, P. (2015). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(6), e0003866.
Drug resistance. Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance.
Mok, S., Ashley, E., Ferreira, P., Zhu, L., Lin, Z., Yeo, T., Chotivanich, K., Imwong, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., Dhorda, M., Nguon, C., Lim, P., Amaratunga, C., Suon, S., Hien, T., Htut, Y., Faiz, M., Onyamboko, M., Mayxay, M., … Bozdech, Z. (2015). Science (New York, N.Y.), 347(6220), 431-435.
The use of dried cerebrospinal fluid filter paper spots as a substrate for PCR diagnosis of the aetiology of bacterial meningitis in the Lao PDR
Elliott, I., Dittrich, S., Paris, D., Sengduanphachanh, A., Phoumin, P., & Newton, P. (2014). Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 19(10), E466 - E472.
Bartonella henselae endocarditis in Laos - 'The unsought will go undetected'
Rattanavong, S., Fournier, P., Chu, V., Frichitthavong, K., Kesone, P., Mayxay, M., Mirabel, M., & Newton, P. (2014). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(12), ARTN e3385.
Europe and the United Nations: Clinical Trials, Not Criminal Trials
Attaran, A., Bate, R., Bonino, S., & Newton, P. (2014). HPHR Journal, 2014(4).
First isolation and genomic characterization of enterovirus A71 and coxsackievirus A16 from hand foot and mouth disease patients in the Lao PDR
Nguyen, V., Sibounheuang, B., Phommasone, K., Vongsouvath, M., Newton, P., Piorkowski, G., Baronti, C., de Lamballerie, X., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2014). New Microbes and New Infections, 2(6), 170-172.
Evaluation of a new handheld instrument for the detection of counterfeit artesunate by visual fluorescence comparison.
Ranieri, N., Tabernero, P., Green, M., Verbois, L., Herrington, J., Sampson, E., Satzger, R., Phonlavong, C., Thao, K., Newton, P., & Witkowski, M. (2014). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91(5), 920-924.
Cost of treating inpatient falciparum malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border
Kyaw, S., Drake, T., Ruangveerayuth, R., Chierakul, W., White, N., Newton, P., & Lubell, Y. (2014). Malaria Journal, 13(1), 416.
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance in Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Dance, D., Davong, V., Soeng, S., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P., & Turner, P. (2014). International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 44(4), 368-369.
Falsified medicines in Africa: all talk, no action
Newton, P., Tabernero, P., Dwivedi, P., Culzoni, M., Monge, M., Swamidoss, I., Mildenhall, D., Green, M., Jähnke, R., de Oliveira, M., Simao, J., White, N., & Fernández, F. (2014). Lancet Global Health, 2(9), e509 - e510.
Rickettsia felis Infections and comorbid conditions, Laos, 2003-2011.
Dittrich, S., Phommasone, K., Anantatat, T., Panyanivong, P., Slesak, G., Blacksell, S., Dubot-Pérès, A., Castonguay-Vanier, J., Stenos, J., Newton, P., & Paris, D. (2014). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(8), 1402-1404.
Spread of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Ashley, E., Dhorda, M., Fairhurst, R., Amaratunga, C., Lim, P., Suon, S., Sreng, S., Anderson, J., Mao, S., Sam, B., Sopha, C., Chuor, C., Nguon, C., Sovannaroth, S., Pukrittayakamee, S., Jittamala, P., Chotivanich, K., Chutasmit, K., Suchatsoonthorn, C., … Tracking Resistance to Artemisinin Collaboration (TRAC). (2014). The New England Journal of Medicine, 371(5), 411-423.
Thiamin supplementation does not reduce the frequency of adverse events after anti-malarial therapy among patients with falciparum malaria in southern Laos.
Mayxay, M., Khanthavong, M., Cox, L., Sichanthongthip, O., Imwong, M., Pongvongsa, T., Hongvanthong, B., Phompida, S., Vanisaveth, V., White, N., & Newton, P. (2014). Malaria Journal, 13, 275.