Publications
Below is a list of research publications published in scientific journals by WWARN and our research partners. Use the filters to explore the publications by research theme or by using our list of key words. All links lead to PubMed.
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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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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.
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).
Probabilistic classification of late treatment failure in uncomplicated malaria
Mehra, S., Taylor, A., Imwong, M., White, N., & Watson, J. (2025). In medRxiv.
A systematic review of the noma evidence landscape: current knowledge and gaps
Maguire, B., Shrestha, R., Dahal, P., Ngu, R., Nizigama, L., Rashan, S., Shrestha, P., Harriss, E., Newton, P., Makino, Y., Varenne, B., & Guérin, P. (2025). In medRxiv.
A protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis investigating the relationship betweenPfkelch13mutations and response to artemisinin-based treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria
van Wyk, S., Dahal, P., Christevy Vouvoungui, J., Ayuen, D., Shokraneh, F., Aboubakar, S., Watson, J., Guerin, P., & Barnes, K. (2025). In medRxiv.
Prevalence of asymptomatic parasitaemia among household members of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage and comparison of the performance of standard rapid diagnostic tests versus ultrasensitive RDT for the detection of asymptomatic parasitaemia in Nanoro, Burkina Faso
Kambou, S., Millogo, K., Sondo, P., Kabore, B., Kouevi, A., Bouda, I., Rouamba, T., Derra, K., Tahita, M., Ilboudo, H., Rouamba, E., Tougri, G., Otienoburu, S., Dhorda, M., Bamba, S., Guerin, P., & Tinto, H. (2024). Parasitology Research, 123(11).
Long Covid: a global health issue – a prospective, cohort study set in four continents
Pazukhina, E., Garcia-Gallo, E., Reyes, L., Kildal, A., Jassat, W., Dryden, M., Holter, J., Chatterjee, A., Gomez, K., Søraas, A., Puntoni, M., Latronico, N., Bozza, F., Edelstein, M., Gonçalves, B., Kartsonaki, C., Kruglova, O., Gaião, S., Chow, Y., … Sigfrid, L. (2024). BMJ Global Health, 9(10).
Methaemoglobin as a surrogate marker of primaquine antihypnozoite activity in Plasmodium vivax malaria: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Fadilah, I., Commons, R., Chau, N., Chu, C., Day, N., Koh, G., Green, J., Lacerda, M., Llanos-Cuentas, A., Nelwan, E., Nosten, F., Pasaribu, A., Sutanto, I., Taylor, W., Thriemer, K., Price, R., White, N., Baird, J., & Watson, J. (2024). PLoS Medicine, 21(9).
Primaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in children younger than 15 years: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Commons, R., Rajasekhar, M., Allen, E., Yilma, D., Chotsiri, P., Abreha, T., Adam, I., Awab, G., Barber, B., Brasil, L., Chu, C., Cui, L., Edler, P., Gomes, M., Gonzalez-Ceron, L., Grigg, M., Hamid, M., Hwang, J., Karunajeewa, H., … WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network Paediatric Primaquine Vivax Study Group. (2024). The Lancet. Child & Adolescent Health, 8(11), 798-808.
Lineage-informative microhaplotypes for recurrence classification and spatio-temporal surveillance of Plasmodium vivax malaria parasites
Siegel, S., Trimarsanto, H., Amato, R., Murie, K., Taylor, A., Sutanto, E., Kleinecke, M., Whitton, G., Watson, J., Imwong, M., Assefa, A., Rahim, A., Nguyen, H., Tran, T., Green, J., Koh, G., White, N., Day, N., Kwiatkowski, D., … Auburn, S. (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1).
Transmission-blocking activities of artesunate, chloroquine, and methylene blue on Plasmodium vivax gametocytes
Chaumeau, V., Wasisakun, P., Watson, J., Oo, T., Aryalamloed, S., Sue, M., Htoo, G., Tha, N., Archusuksan, L., Sawasdichai, S., Gornsawun, G., Mehra, S., White, N., & Nosten, F. (2024). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 68(9).
Systematic Review and Geospatial Modeling of Molecular Markers of Resistance to Artemisinins and Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum in India.
Nain, M., Dhorda, M., Flegg, J., Gupta, A., Harrison, L., Singh-Phulgenda, S., Otienoburu, S., Harriss, E., Bharti, P., Behera, B., Rahi, M., Guerin, P., & Sharma, A. (2024). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(5), 910-920.
Spatio-temporal spread of artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia
Flegg, J., Kandanaarachchi, S., Guerin, P., Dondorp, A., Nosten, F., Otienoburu, S., & Golding, N. (2024). PLoS Computational Biology, 20(4).
Comparison of lumefantrine, mefloquine, and piperaquine concentrations between capillary plasma and venous plasma samples in pregnant women with uncomplicated falciparum and vivax malaria
Saito, M., Wilaisrisak, P., Pimanpanarak, M., Viladpai-Nguen, J., Paw, M., Koesukwiwat, U., Tarning, J., White, N., Nosten, F., & McGready, R. (2024). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 68(5).
Does acute malnutrition in young children increase the risk of treatment failure following artemisinin-based combination therapy? A WWARN individual patient data meta-analysis.
WWARN ACT Malaria and Malnutrition Study Group. (2024). The Lancet. Global Health, 12(4), e631 - e640.
A randomised controlled trial to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of low dose, short course primaquine in adults with uncomplicated P. vivax malaria in two hospitals in India
Ahmad, S., Verma, R., Commons, R., Nitika, Singh-Phulgenda, S., Chhajed, R., Bharti, P., Behera, B., Naser, S., Pal, S., Ranjit, P., Baharia, R., Solanki, B., Upadhyay, K., Guerin, P., Sharma, A., Price, R., Rahi, M., & Thriemer, K. (2024). Trials, 25(1).
Response to comment on 'The clinical pharmacology of tafenoquine in the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: an individual patient data meta-analysis'
Watson, J., Commons, R., Tarning, J., Simpson, J., Llanos Cuentas, A., Lacerda, M., Green, J., Koh, G., Chu, C., Nosten, F., Price, R., Day, N., & White, N. (2024). ELife, 13.
Updating estimates of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria risk in response to changing land use patterns across Southeast Asia.
Tobin, R., Harrison, L., Tully, M., Lubis, I., Noviyanti, R., Anstey, N., Rajahram, G., Grigg, M., Flegg, J., Price, D., & Shearer, F. (2024). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(1), e0011570.
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. (2024). In medRxiv.
Methaemoglobin as a surrogate marker of primaquine antihypnozoite activity inPlasmodium vivaxmalaria: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Fadilah, I., Commons, R., Chau, N., Chu, C., Day, N., Koh, G., Green, J., Lacerda, M., Llanos-Cuentas, A., Nelwan, E., Nosten, F., Pasaribu, A., Sutanto, I., Taylor, W., Thriemer, K., Price, R., White, N., Baird, K., & Watson, J. (2024). In medRxiv.