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Dr Noi Suwanarusk

PositionSenior Research Fellow
DepartmentDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology
Research summaryParasitology; malaria

Research

I work with Dr Bruce Russell on malaria. Vivax Malaria is the most widely distributed cause of human malaria. It is also the most and difficult to diagnose and treat.

Our work focuses on the biology of the parasite Plasmodium and how we can kill it using therapeutics or vaccinations. To do this we have developed key ex vivo tools and methods to examine P. vivax drug susceptibility and reticulocyte invasion.

Publications

Basilico, N., Parapini, S., D'Alessandro, S., Misiano, P., Romeo, S., Dondio, G., … Russell, B. M., Suwanarusk, R., … Taramelli, D. (2023). Favorable preclinical pharmacological profile of a novel antimalarial pyrrolizidinylmethyl derivative of 4-amino-7-chloroquinoline with potent in vitro and in vivo activities. Biomolecules, 13, 836. doi: 10.3390/biom13050836

Ward, K. E., Christensen, P., Racklyeft, A., Dhingra, S. K., Chua, A. C. Y., Remmert, C., Suwanarusk, R., Matheson, J., … Russell, B., & Bifani, P. (2023). Integrative genetic manipulation of Plasmodium cynomolgi reveals multidrug resistance-1 Y976F associated with increased in vitro susceptibility to mefloquine. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227(10), 1121-1126. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac469

Christensen, P., Racklyeft, A., Ward, K. E., Matheson, J., Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., … Aung, H. L., … Cook, G. M., … Russell, B. (2022). Improving in vitro continuous cultivation of Plasmodium cynomolgi, a model for P. vivax. Parasitology International. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102589

Marfurt, J., Wirjanata, G., Prayoga, P., Chalfein, F., Leonardo, L., Sebayang, B. F., … Suwanarusk, R., … Russell, B., … Price, R. N. (2021). Longitudinal ex vivo and molecular trends of chloroquine and piperaquine activity against Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax before and after introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Papua, Indonesia. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs & Drug Resistance, 17, 46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.06.002

Chua, A. C. Y., Ong, J. J. Y., Malleret, B., Suwanarusk, R., Kosaisavee, V., Zeeman, A.-M., … Russell, B., & Bifani, P. (2019). Robust continuous in vitro culture of the Plasmodium cynomolgi erythrocytic stages. Nature Communications, 10, 3635. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11332-4

Teng, W.-C., Kiat, H. H., Suwanarusk, R., & Koh, H.-L. (2016). Medicinal plants and malaria: Applications, trends, and prospects. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 472p.

Authored Book - Research

Basilico, N., Parapini, S., D'Alessandro, S., Misiano, P., Romeo, S., Dondio, G., … Russell, B. M., Suwanarusk, R., … Taramelli, D. (2023). Favorable preclinical pharmacological profile of a novel antimalarial pyrrolizidinylmethyl derivative of 4-amino-7-chloroquinoline with potent in vitro and in vivo activities. Biomolecules, 13, 836. doi: 10.3390/biom13050836

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Ward, K. E., Christensen, P., Racklyeft, A., Dhingra, S. K., Chua, A. C. Y., Remmert, C., Suwanarusk, R., Matheson, J., … Russell, B., & Bifani, P. (2023). Integrative genetic manipulation of Plasmodium cynomolgi reveals multidrug resistance-1 Y976F associated with increased in vitro susceptibility to mefloquine. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227(10), 1121-1126. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac469

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Christensen, P., Racklyeft, A., Ward, K. E., Matheson, J., Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., … Aung, H. L., … Cook, G. M., … Russell, B. (2022). Improving in vitro continuous cultivation of Plasmodium cynomolgi, a model for P. vivax. Parasitology International. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102589

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Marfurt, J., Wirjanata, G., Prayoga, P., Chalfein, F., Leonardo, L., Sebayang, B. F., … Suwanarusk, R., … Russell, B., … Price, R. N. (2021). Longitudinal ex vivo and molecular trends of chloroquine and piperaquine activity against Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax before and after introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Papua, Indonesia. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs & Drug Resistance, 17, 46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.06.002

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Chua, A. C. Y., Ong, J. J. Y., Malleret, B., Suwanarusk, R., Kosaisavee, V., Zeeman, A.-M., … Russell, B., & Bifani, P. (2019). Robust continuous in vitro culture of the Plasmodium cynomolgi erythrocytic stages. Nature Communications, 10, 3635. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11332-4

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Chu, T. T. T., Sinha, A., Malleret, B., Suwanarusk, R., Park, J. E., Naidu, R., … Russell, B., & Chandramohanadas, R. (2018). Quantitative mass spectrometry of human reticulocytes reveal proteome-wide modifications during maturation. British Journal of Haematology, 180(1), 118-133. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14976

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Cravo, P., Machado, R. B., Leite, J. A., Leda, T., Suwanarusk, R., Bittencourt, N., … Russell, B., … Costa, F. T. M. (2018). In silico epitope mapping and experimental evaluation of the Merozoite Adhesive Erythrocytic Binding Protein (MAEBL) as a malaria vaccine candidate. Malaria Journal, 17, 20. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-2144-x

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Bancone, G., Malleret, B., Suwanarusk, R., Cowwiwat, N., Chu, C. S., McGready, R., … Russell, B. (2017). Asian G6PD-Mahidol reticulocytes sustain normal Plasmodium vivax development. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 216(2), 263-266. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix278

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Basilico, N., Parapini, S., Sparatore, A., Romeo, S., Misiano, P., Vivas, L., … Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., … Taramelli, D. (2017). In vivo and in vitro activities and ADME-Tox profile of a quinolizidine-modified 4-aminoquinoline: A potent anti-P. falciparum and Anti-P. vivax blood-stage antimalarial. Molecules, 22(12), 2102. doi: 10.3390/molecules22122102

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Kosaisavee, V., Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., Kyle, D. E., Malleret, B., Zhang, R., … Ong, J. J. Y., … Russell, B. (2017). Strict tropism for CD71+/CD234+ human reticulocytes limits the zoonotic potential of Plasmodium cynomolgi. Blood, 130(11), 1357-1363. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-02-764787

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Auburn, S., Serre, D., Pearson, R. D., Amato, R., Sriprawat, K., To, S., … Suwanarusk, R., Russell, B., … Price, R. N. (2016). Genomic analysis reveals a common breakpoint in amplifications of the Plasmodium vivax multidrug resistance 1 locus in Thailand. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 214(8), 1235-1242. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw323

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Zhang, R., Lee, W.-C., Lau, Y.-L., Albrecht, L., Lopes, S. C. P., Costa, F. T. M., Suwanarusk, R., … Russell, B. (2016). Rheopathologic consequence of Plasmodium vivax rosette formation. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(8), e0004912. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004912

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Zhang, R., Suwanarusk, R., Malleret, B., Cooke, B. M., Nosten, F., Lau, Y.-L., … Russell, B. (2016). A basis for rapid clearance of circulating ring-stage malaria parasites by the spiroindolone KAE609. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 213(1), 100-104. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv358

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de Cassan, S. C., Shakri, A. R., Llewellyn, D., Elias, S. C., Cho, J. S., Goodman, A. L., … Suwanarusk, R., … Russell, B. M., … Draper, S. J. (2015). Preclinical assessment of viral vectored and protein vaccines targeting the Duffy-binding protein region II of Plasmodium vivax. Frontiers in Immunology, 6, 348. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00348

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Malleret, B., Li, A., Zhang, R., Tan, K. S. W., Suwanarusk, R., Claser, C., … Russell, B. (2015). Plasmodium vivax: Restricted tropism and rapid remodeling of CD71-positive reticulocytes. Blood, 125(8), 1314-1324. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-596015

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Malmquist, N. A., Sundriyal, S., Caron, J., Chen, P., Witkowski, B., Menard, D., Suwanarusk, R., … Scherf, A. (2015). Histone methyltransferase inhibitors are orally bioavailable, fast-acting molecules with activity against different species causing malaria in humans. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 59(2), 950-959. doi: 10.1128/AAC.04419-14

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Suwanarusk, R., Russell, B., Ong, A., Sriprawat, K., Chu, C. S., PyaePhyo, A., … Renia, L. (2015). Methylene blue inhibits the asexual development of vivax malaria parasites from a region of increasing chloroquine resistance. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(1), 124-129. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku326

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Teng, Y., Suwanarusk, R., Ngai, M. H., Srinivasan, R., Ong, A. S. M., Ho, B., … Chai, C. L. L. (2015). An amidation/cyclization approach to the synthesis of N-hydroxyquinolinones and their biological evaluation as potential anti-plasmodial, anti-bacterial, and iron(II)-chelating agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 25(3), 607-610. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.12.014

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Kuhen, K. L., Chatterjee, A. K., Rottmann, M., Gagaring, K., Borboa, R., Buenviaje, J., … Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., … Diagana, T. T. (2014). KAF156 is an antimalarial clinical candidate with potential for use in prophylaxis, treatment, and prevention of disease transmission. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 58(9), 5060-5067. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02727-13

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Lee, W.-C., Malleret, B., Lau, Y.-L., Mauduit, M., Fong, M.-Y., Cho, J. S., Suwanarusk, R., … Russell, B. (2014). Glycophorin C (CD236R) mediates vivax malaria parasite rosetting to normocytes. Blood, 123(18), e100-e109. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-12-541698

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Loh, C. C.-Y., Suwanarusk, R., Lee, Y. Q., Chang, K. W. K., Choy, K.-Y., Rénia, L., Russell, B., … Chow, L. M. C. (2014). Characterization of the commercially-available fluorescent chloroquine-BODIPY conjugate, LynxTag- CQGREEN, as a marker for chloroquine resistance and uptake in a 96-well plate assay. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e0110800. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110800

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Koh, S., Shimasaki, N., Suwanarusk, R., Ho, Z. Z., Chia, A., Banu, N., … Bertoletti, A. (2013). A practical approach to immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma using T cells redirected against hepatitis B virus. Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2, e114. doi: 10.1038/mtna.2013.43

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Lee, W.-C., Russell, B., Lau, Y.-L., Fong, M.-Y., Chu, C., Sriprawat, K., … Suwanarusk, R., … Renia, L. (2013). Giemsa-stained wet mount based method for reticulocyte quantification: A viable alternative in resource limited or malaria endemic settings. PLoS ONE, 8(4), e60303. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060303

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Malleret, B., Xu, F., Mohandas, N., Suwanarusk, R., Chu, C., Leite, J. A., … Russell, B. (2013). Significant biochemical, biophysical and metabolic diversity in circulating human cord blood reticulocytes. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e76062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076062

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McNamara, C. W., Lee, M. C. S., Lim, C. S., Lim, S. H., Roland, J., Nagle, A., … Suwanarusk, R., Russell, B., … Winzeler, E. A. (2013). Targeting Plasmodium PI(4)K to eliminate malaria. Nature, 504(7479), 248-253. doi: 10.1038/nature12782

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Russell, B., Malleret, B., Suwanarusk, R., Anthony, C., Kanlaya, S., Lau, Y. L., … Renia, L. (2013). Field-based flow cytometry for ex vivo characterization of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum antimalarial sensitivity. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 57(10), 5170-5174. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00682-13

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Borlon, C., Russell, B., Sriprawat, K., Suwanarusk, R., Erhart, A., Renia, L., … D'Alessandro, U. (2012). Cryopreserved Plasmodium vivax and cord blood reticulocytes can be used for invasion and short term culture. International Journal for Parasitology, 42(2), 155-160. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.10.011

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Chotivanich, K., Udomsangpetch, R., Suwanarusk, R., Pukrittayakamee, S., Wilairatana, P., Beeson, J. G., … White, N. J. (2012). Plasmodium vivax adherence to placental glycosaminoglycans. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e34509. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034509

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Kosaisavee, V., Lek-Uthai, U., Suwanarusk, R., Grüner, A. C., Russell, B., Nosten, F., … Snounou, G. (2012). Genetic diversity in new members of the reticulocyte binding protein family in Thai Plasmodium vivax isolates. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e32105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032105

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Rénia, L., Howland, S. W., Claser, C., Gruner, A. C., Suwanarusk, R., Teo, T.-H., Russell, B., & Ng, L. F. P. (2012). Cerebral malaria: Mysteries at the blood-brain barrier. Virulence, 3(2), 193-201. doi: 10.4161/viru.19013

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Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., Malleret, B., Costa, F. T. M., Snounou, G., Baird, J. K., … Rénia, L. (2012). Human ex vivo studies on asexual Plasmodium vivax: The best way forward. International Journal for Parasitology, 42(12), 1063-1070. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.08.010

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Kaewpongsri, S., Sriprawat, K., Suwanarusk, R., Kyle, D. E., Lek-Uthai, U., Leimanis, M., … Russell, B., … Renia, L. (2011). The presence of leukocytes in ex vivo assays significantly increases the 50-percent inhibitory concentrations of artesunate and chloroquine against Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 55(3), 1300-1304. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01103-10

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Malleret, B., Claser, C., Ong, A. S. M., Suwanarusk, R., Sriprawat, K., Howland, S. W., Russell, B., … Rénia, L. (2011). A rapid and robust tri-color flow cytometry assay for monitoring malaria parasite development. Scientific Reports, 1, 118. doi: 10.1038/srep00118

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Prajapati, S. K., Joshi, H., Shalini, S., Patarroyo, M. A., Suwanarusk, R., Kumar, A., … Dash, A. P. (2011). Plasmodium vivax lineages: Geographical distribution, tandem repeat polymorphism, and phylogenetic relationship. Malaria Journal, 10, 374. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-374

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Proux, S., Suwanarusk, R., Barends, M., Zwang, J., Price, R. N., Leimanis, M., … Russell, B., … Snounou, G. (2011). Considerations on the use of nucleic acid-based amplification for malaria parasite detection. Malaria Journal, 10, 323. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-323

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Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., Borlon, C., Costa, F. T. M., Chu, C. S., Rijken, M. J., … Rénia, L. (2011). A reliable ex vivo invasion assay of human reticulocytes by Plasmodium vivax. Blood, 118(13), e74-e81. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-04-348748

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Carvalho, B. O., Lopes, S. C. P., Nogueira, P. A., Orlandi, P. P., Bargieri, D. Y., Blanco, Y. C., … Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., … Costa, F. T. M. (2010). On the cytoadhesion of Plasmodium vivax—infected erythrocytes. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 202(4), 638-647. doi: 10.1086/654815

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Leimanis, M. L., Jaidee, A., Sriprawat, K., Kaewpongsri, S., Suwanarusk, R., Barends, M., … Russell, B., … Nosten, F. (2010). Plasmodium vivax susceptibility to ferroquine. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 54(5), 2228-2230. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01572-09

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Rottmann, M., McNamara, C., Yeung, B. K. S., Lee, M. C. S., Zou, B., Russell, B., … Suwanarusk, R., … Diagana, T. T. (2010). Spiroindolones, a potent compound class for the treatment of malaria. Science, 329(5996), 1175-1180. doi: 10.1126/science.1193225

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Sriprawat, K., Kaewpongsri, S., Suwanarusk, R., Leimanis, M. L., Lek-Uthai, U., Phyo, A. P., … Russell, B., … Nosten, F. (2009). Effective and cheap removal of leukocytes and platelets from Plasmodium vivax infected blood. Malaria Journal, 8, 115. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-115

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Lek-Uthai, U., Suwanarusk, R., Ruengweerayut, R., Skinner-Adams, T. S., Nosten, F., Gardiner, D. L., … Russell, B. (2008). Stronger activity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease inhibitors against clinical isolates of Plasmodium vivax than against those of P. falciparum. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 52(7), 2435-2441. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00169-08

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Russell, B., Chalfein, F., Prasetyorini, B., Kenangalem, E., Piera, K., Suwanarusk, R., … Price, R. N. (2008). Determinants of in vitro drug susceptibility testing of Plasmodium vivax. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 52(3), 1040-1045. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01334-07

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Sharrock, W. W., Suwanarusk, R., Lek-Uthai, U., Edstein, M. D., Kosaisavee, V., Travers, T., … Russell, B. (2008). Plasmodium vivax trophozoites insensitive to chloroquine. Malaria Journal, 7, 94. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-94

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Suwanarusk, R., Chavchich, M., Russell, B., Jaidee, A., Chalfein, F., Barends, M., … Price, R. N. (2008). Amplification of pvmdr1 associated with multidrug-resistant Plasmodium vivax. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 198(10), 1558-1564. doi: 10.1086/592451

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Boonma, P., Christensen, P. R., Suwanarusk, R., Price, R. N., Russell, B., & Lek-Uthai, U. (2007). Comparison of three molecular methods for the detection and speciation of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria Journal, 6, 124. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-124

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Suwanarusk, R., Russell, B., Chavchich, M., Chalfein, F., Kenangalem, E., Kosaisavee, V., … Price, R. N. (2007). Chloroquine resistant Plasmodium vivax: In vitro characterisation and association with molecular polymorphisms. PLoS ONE, 2(10), e1089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001089

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Kosaisavee, V., Suwanarusk, R., Nosten, F., Kyle, D. E., Barrends, M., Jones, J., … Russell, B., & Lek-Uthai, U. (2006). Plasmodium vivax: Isotopic, PicoGreen, and microscopic assays for measuring chloroquine sensitivity in fresh and cryopreserved isolates. Experimental Parasitology, 114(1), 34-39. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.02.006

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Imwong, M., Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., Nzila, A., Leimanis, M. L., Sriprawat, K., … Renia, L. (2011). Methotrexate is highly potent against pyrimethamine-resistant Plasmodium vivax [Brief report]. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 203(2), 207-210. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiq024

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Russell, B., Suwanarusk, R., & Lek-Uthai, U. (2006). Plasmodium vivax genetic diversity: Microsatellite length matters [Update]. Trends in Parasitology, 22(9), 399-401. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.06.013

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Suwanarusk, R., Cooke, B. M., Dondorp, A. M., Silamut, K., Sattabongkot, J., White, N. J., & Udomsangpetch, R. (2004). The deformability of red blood cells parasitized by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 189(2), 190-194. doi: 10.1086/380468

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