Dr Nick Douglas

2026

Journal - Research Article

Campbell, P. O., Bauro, T., Rimon, E., Ioteba, N., Anderson, T., Cunanan, A., … Gardner, J., … Douglas, N. M., & Chambers, S. T. (2026). Assessment of antimicrobial resistance in M. leprae strains from Kiribati. Tropical Medicine & International Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/tmi.70146

Fransisca, L., Kenangalem, E., Ubra, R. R., Ley, B., Price, R. N., Poespoprodjo, J. R., & Douglas, N. M. (2026). Enhancing unique identification of patients with malaria using biometric fingerprinting in Papua, Indonesia. Malaria Journal, 26, 56. doi: 10.1186/s12936-025-05749-0

2025

Journal - Research Article

Sundermann, M., Mehrtens, J. A. H., Douglas, N. M., Gardiner, S. J., Doogue, M., & Chin, P. K. L. (2025). Antibiotic prescribing for cellulitis in the absence of penicillin-cephalosporin cross-reactivity alerts: A retrospective study. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 13(5), e70175. doi: 10.1002/prp2.70175

Fransisca, L., Burdam, F. H., Kenangalem, E., Rahmalia, A., Ubra, R. R., van dan Boogaard, C. H. A., … Douglas, N. M., … Price, R. N. (2025). Enhanced data quality to improve malaria surveillance in Papua, Indonesia. Malaria Journal, 24(1), 177. doi: 10.1186/s12936-025-05358-x

Journal - Research Other

SCOPE Study Group, including Douglas, N. M. (2025). High daily dose Short COurse PrimaquinE after G6PD testing for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea: The SCOPE implementation study protocol. BMC Infectious Diseases, 25, 922. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-11109-9

Campbell, P. O., Douglas, N. M., & Chambers, S. T. (2025). A review of the efficacy,safety, and feasibility of rifmycin-based post-exposure chemoprophylaxis for leprosy. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 10, 84. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed10040084

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Scott-Thomas, A., Chernysheva, E., Campbell, P., Miller, A., Chambers, S., Anderson, T., Douglas, N., & Kennedy, M. (2025). CRISPR-Cas12a detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in human samples for the diagnosis of leprosy. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 61). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com

Scott-Thomas, A., Zawari, M., Chernysheva, E., Wolf, K., Anderson, T., Miller, A., Maze, M., Storer, M., Kennedy, M., Douglas, N., Faatoese, A., & Chambers, S. (2025). Microbial cell-free DNA: A non-invasive approach to diagnosing infectious diseases. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 49). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com

Campbell, P., Naniseni, T., Miller, A., Rimon, E., Ioteba, N., Anderson, T., … Kennedy, M., Douglas, N., & Chambers, S. (2025). Improving the safety and effectiveness of leprosy treatment in Kiribati through enhanced molecular diagnostics. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 31-32). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com

2024

Journal - Research Article

Campbell, P. O., Bauro, T., Rimon, E., Timeon, E., Bland, C., Ioteba, N., Douglas, N. M., … Chambers, S. T. (2024). Single-dose rifampicin leprosy chemoprophylaxis for household contacts in Kiribati: An audit of a combined retrospective and prospective approach. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 9, 58. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed9030058

2023

Journal - Research Article

Yilma, D., Groves, E. S., Brito-Sousa, J. D., Monteiro, W. M., Chu, C., Thriemer, K., … Douglas, N. M. (2023). Severe hemolysis during primaquine radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: Two systematic reviews and individual patient data descriptive analyses. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 109(4), 761-769. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0280

Campbell, P. O., Chin, P. K. L., Dalton, S. C., Metcalf, S. C. L., Douglas, N. M., & Chambers, S. T. (2023). Frequency of pharmacological target attainment with flucloxacillin and cefazolin in invasive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection: A prospective cohort study in hospitalized patients. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 61, 106695. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2022.106695

Journal - Research Other

Poespoprodjo, J. R., Douglas, N. M., Ansong, D., Kho, S., & Anstey, N. M. (2023). Malaria [Seminar]. Lancet, 402, 2328-2345. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01249-7

Fan, D., Fisher, C., Douglas, N. M., Hurrell, M. A., Freeman, J. T., & Jardine, D. L. (2023). A rare case of Streptococcus oralis meningitis in New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 53(10), 1931-1933. doi: 10.1111/imj.16237

Coleman, M., Hill, J., Timeon, E., Rimon, E., Bauro, T., Ioteba, N., … Douglas, N. M., … Campbell, P. O., Williman, J., Priest, P., … Chambers, S. T. (2023). Effectiveness of population-wide screening and mass drug administration for leprosy control in Kiribati: The COMBINE protocol. BMJ Open, 13, e065369. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065369

Campbell, P. O., Gallagher, K., Dalton, S. C., Metcalf, S. C. L., Douglas, N. M., & Chambers, S. T. (2023). Safety and clinical outcomes of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy for infective endocarditis in Christchurch, New Zealand: A retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 134, 172-176. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.008

Alamri, Y., Chua, I., & Douglas, N. M. (2023). A case of purpura fulminans attributed to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1569), 72-76. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Douglas, N. M., Piera, K. A., Rumaseb, A., Ley, B., Anstey, N. M., & Price, R. N. (2023). Primaquine-induced severe hemolysis in the absence of concomitant malaria: Effects on G6PD activity and renal function. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 106(1), 76-80. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0834

2022

Journal - Research Article

The Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network Falciparum Haematology Study Group, including Douglas, N. M. (2022). Haematological consequences of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria: A WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network pooled analysis of individual patient data. BMC Medicine, 20(1), 85. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02265-9

Journal - Research Other

Douglas, N. M., Burkot, T. R., & Price, R. N. (2022). Malaria eradication revisited [Reflection]. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(2), 382-392. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab259

2021

Journal - Research Article

Walker, L. J., Codreanu, T. A., Armstrong, P. K., Goodwin, S., Trewin, A., Spencer, E., … Douglas, N. M., … Kirk, M. D. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infections among Australian passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 16(9), e0255401. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255401

Journal - Research Other

Baird, R. W., & Douglas, N. M. (2021). Re: Epidemiology of Escherichia coli Bacteraemia: A systematic literature review. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(9), e435. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1105

Douglas, N. M., Meumann, E. M., Krause, V. L., Davies, J., for the Northern Territory COVID-19 Response Group. (2021). Successful containment to date of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the Northern Territory. Medical Journal of Australia, 214(5), 218-219. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50840

Gardiner, S. J., Duffy, E. J., Chambers, S. T., Thomas, M. G., Addidle, M., Arnold, B., … Balm, M. N. D., … Berger, S., … Birch, M., Blackmore, T. K., Bloomfield, M., … Bupha-Intr, O., … Campbell, C., Chin, P. K. L., Dalton, S. C., … Douglas, N. M., … Elvy, J., Everts, R., … Hudson, B., … Isenman, H., Issa, M., Kelly, M. J., Li, C., … Maze, M., Metcalf, S. C. L., McCall, C., Murdoch, D., … Pithie, A., Raymond, N., … Ussher, J. E., … Walls, T., & Yew, H. S. (2021). Antimicrobial stewardship in human healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand: Urgent call for national leadership and co-ordinated efforts to preserve antimicrobial effectiveness. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1544), 113-128. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

2020

Journal - Research Article

Dini, S., Douglas, N. M., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Kenangalem, E., Sugiarto, P., Plumb, I. D., … Simpson, J. A. (2020). The risk of morbidity and mortality following recurrent malaria in Papua, Indonesia: A retrospective cohort study. BMC Medicine, 18(1), 28. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-1497-0

Douglas, N. M., Hennessy, J. N., Currie, B. J., & Baird, R. W. (2020). Trends in bacteremia over 2 decades in the top end of the Northern Territory of Australia. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(11), ofaa472. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa472

Douglas, N. M., Kenangalem, E., Hasanuddin, A., Anstey, N. M., Sugiarto, P., Price, R. N., & Poespoprodjo, J. R. (2020). Malaria-related hospitalization during childhood in Papua, Indonesia: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 15(1), e0228018. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228018

Hossain, M. S., Commons, R. J., Douglas, N. M., Thriemer, K., Alemayehu, B. H., Amaratunga, C., … Price, R. N. (2020). The risk of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia after P. falciparum malaria: An individual patient data meta-analysis from the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network. PLoS Medicine, 17(11), e1003393. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003393

Thriemer, K., Poespoprodjo, J.-R., Kenangalem, E., Douglas, N. M., Sugiarto, P., Anstey, N. M., … Price, R. N. (2020). The risk of adverse clinical outcomes following treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria with and without primaquine in Papua, Indonesia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(11), e0008838. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008838

Journal - Research Other

Douglas, N. M., Baird, R. W., & Currie, B. J. (2020). Use of a rapid faeces multiplex PCR assay for diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess. Pathology, 52(6), 725-727. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2020.06.014

2019

Journal - Research Article

Commons, R. J., Simpson, J. A., Thriemer, K., Chu, C. H., Douglas, N. M., Abreha, T., … Price, R. N. (2019). The haematological consequences of Plasmodium vivax malaria after chloroquine treatment with and without primaquine: A WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. BMC Medicine, 17(1), 151. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1386-6

Commons, R. J., Simpson, J. A., Thriemer, K., Hossain, M. S., Douglas, N. M., Humphreys, G. S., … Price, R. N. (2019). Risk of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia after Plasmodium falciparum infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(1), 91-101. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30596-6

Kenangalem, E., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Douglas, N. M., Burdam, F. H., Gdeumana, K., Chalfein, F., … Price, R. N. (2019). Malaria morbidity and mortality following introduction of a universal policy of artemisinin-based treatment for malaria in Papua, Indonesia: A longitudinal surveillance study. PLoS Medicine, 16(5), e1002815. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002815

Kho, S., Andries, B., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Commons, R. J., Shanti, P. A. I., Kenangalem, E., Douglas, N. M., … Price, R. N. (2019). High risk of Plasmodium vivax malaria following splenectomy in Papua, Indonesia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(1), 51-60. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy403

Ley, B., Winasti Satyagraha, A., Rahmat, H., von Fricken, M. E., Douglas, N. M., Pfeffer, D. A., … Price, R. N. (2019). Performance of the Access Bio/CareStart rapid diagnostic test for the detection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine, 16(12), e1002992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002992

Patriani, D., Arguni, E., Kenangalem, E., Dini, S., Sugiarto, P., Hasanuddin, A., … Douglas, N. M., … Poespoprodjo, J. R. (2019). Early and late mortality after malaria in young children in Papua, Indonesia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1), 922. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4497-y

Setyadi, A., Arguni, E., Kenangalem, E., Hasanuddin, A., Lampah, D. A., Thriemer, K., … Douglas, N. M., & Poespoprodjo, J. R. (2019). Safety of primaquine in infants with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Papua, Indonesia. Malaria Journal, 18(1), 111. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2745-7

2018

Journal - Research Article

Alam, M. S., Kibria, M. G., Jahan, N., Thriemer, K., Hossain, M. S., Douglas, N. M., … Ley, B. (2018). Field evaluation of quantitative point of care diagnostics to measure glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. PLoS ONE, 13(11), e0206331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206331

Journal - Research Other

Price, R. N., & Douglas, N. M. (2018). Expanding the use of primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67(7), 1008-1009. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy236

2017

Journal - Research Article

Douglas, N. M., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Patriani, D., Malloy, M. J., Kenangalem, E., Sugiarto, P., … Price, R. N. (2017). Unsupervised primaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria relapses in southern Papua: A hospital-based cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 14(8), e1002379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002379

2016

Journal - Research Article

Burdam, F. H., Hakimi, M., Thio, F., Kenangalem, E., Indrawanti, R., Noviyanti, R., … Douglas, N. M., … Poespoprodjo, J. R. (2016). Asymptomatic vivax and falciparum parasitaemia with helminth co-infection: Major risk factors for anaemia in early life. PLoS ONE, 11(8), e0160917. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160917

Kenangalem, E., Karyana, M., Burdarm, L., Yeung, S., Simpson, J. A., Tjitra, E., … Douglas, N. M. (2016). Plasmodium vivax infection: A major determinant of severe anaemia in infancy. Malaria Journal, 15, 321. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1373-8

Pava, Z., Burdam, F. H., Handayuni, I., Trianty, L., Utami, R. A. S., Tirta, Y. K., … Douglas, N. M., … Price, R. N. (2016). Submicroscopic and asymptomatic Plasmodium parasitaemia associated with significant risk of anaemia in Papua, Indonesia. PLoS ONE, 11(10), e0165340. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165340

2015

Journal - Research Article

Lampah, D. A., Yeo, T. W., Malloy, M., Kenangalem, E., Douglas, N. M., Ronaldo, D., … Price, R. N. (2015). Severe malarial thrombocytopenia: A risk factor for mortality in Papua, Indonesia. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 211(4), 623-634. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu487

Langford, S., Douglas, N. M., Lampah, D. A., Simpson, J. A., Kenangalem, E., Sugiarto, P., … Price, R. N. (2015). Plasmodium malariae infection associated with a high burden of anemia: A hospital-based surveillance study. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(12), e0004195. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004195

2014

Journal - Research Article

Douglas, N. M., Pontororing, G. J., Lampah, D. A., Yeo, T. W., Kenangalem, E., Poespoprodjo, J. R., … Price, R. N. (2014). Mortality attributable to Plasmodium vivax malaria: A clinical audit from Papua, Indonesia. BMC Medicine, 12, 217. doi: 10.1186/s12916-014-0217-z

2013

Journal - Research Article

Douglas, N. M., Simpson, J. A., Phyo, A. P., Siswantoro, H., Hasugian, A. R., Kenangalem, E., … Price, R. N. (2013). Gametocyte dynamics and the role of drugs in reducing the transmission potential of Plasmodium vivax. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 208(5), 801-812. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit261

Douglas, N. M., Lampah, D. A., Kenangalem, E., Simpson, J. A., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Sugiarto, P., … Price, R. N. (2013). Major burden of severe anemia from non-falciparum malaria species in southern Papua: A hospital-based surveillance study. PLoS Medicine, 10(12), e1001575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001575

2012

Chapter in Book - Research

Anstey, N. M., Douglas, N. M., Poespoprodjo, J. R., & Price, R. N. (2012). Plasmodium vivax: Clinical spectrum, risk factors and pathogenesis. In S. I. Hay, R. Price & J. K. Baird (Eds.), Advances in parasitology (Vol. 80). (pp. 151-201). Kidlington, UK: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397900-1.00003-7

Douglas, N. M., John, G. K., von Seidlein, L., & Anstey, N. M. (2012). Chemotherapeutic strategies for reducing transmission of Plasmodium vivax malaria. In S. I. Hay, R. Price & J. K. Baird (Eds.), Advances in parasitology (Vol. 80). (pp. 271-300). Kidlington, UK: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397900-1.00005-0

Journal - Research Article

John, G. K., Douglas, N. M., von Seidlein, L., Nosten, F., Baird, J. K., White, N. J., & Price, R. N. (2012). Primaquine radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: A critical review of the literature. Malaria Journal, 11, 280. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-280

Douglas, N. M., Anstey, N. M., Buffet, P. A., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Yeo, T. W., White, N. J., & Price, R. N. (2012). The anaemia of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Malaria Journal, 11, 135. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-135

2011

Journal - Research Article

Andersen, F., Douglas, N. M., Bustos, D., Galappaththy, G., Qi, G., Hsiang, M. S., … von Seidlein, L. (2011). Trends in malaria research in 11 Asian Pacific countries: An analysis of peer-reviewed publications over two decades. Malaria Journal, 10, 131. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-131

Douglas, N. M., Nosten, F., Ashley, E. A., Phaiphun, L., van Vugt, M., Singhasivanon, P., … Price, R. N. (2011). Plasmodium vivax recurrence following falciparum and mixed species malaria: Risk factors and effect of antimalarial kinetics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 52(5), 612-620. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciq249

Journal - Research Other

Price, R. N., Douglas, N. M., Anstey, N. M., & von Seidlein, L. (2011). Plasmodium vivax treatments: What are we looking for? Current Opinion in Infectious Disease, 24(6), 578-585. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32834c61e3

2010

Journal - Research Article

Cramp, G. J., Harte, D., Douglas, N. M., Graham, F., Schousboe, M., & Sykes, K. (2010). An outbreak of Pontiac fever due to Legionella longbeachae serogroup 2 found in potting mix in a horticultural nursery in New Zealand. Epidemiology & Infection, 138, 15-20. doi: 10.1017/S0950268809990835

Journal - Research Other

Douglas, N. M., Anstey, N. M., Angus, B. J., Nosten, F., & Price, R. N. (2010). Artemisinin combination therapy for vivax malaria. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10(6), 405-416. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70079-7

Price, R. N., & Douglas, N. M. (2010). Maximising the public health benefit of antimalarials. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10(10), 654-655. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70192-4

2009

Journal - Research Other

Douglas, T. M., & Douglas, N. M. (2009). Authors' response: On the post-mortem analogy and the duty to donate. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33(5), 456-457. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00429.x

Price, R. N., & Douglas, N. M. (2009). Artemisinin combination therapy for malaria: Beyond good efficacy. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 49(11), 1638-1640. doi: 10.1086/647947

Price, R. N., Douglas, N. M., & Anstey, N. M. (2009). New developments in Plasmodium vivax malaria: Severe disease and the rise of chloroquine resistance. Current Opinion in Infectious Disease, 22(5), 430-435. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32832f14c1

Douglas, T. M., & Douglas, N. M. (2009). Absence of significant dissent should be sufficient for deceased donor organ procurement in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33(5), 449-454. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00427.x

2007

Journal - Research Article

Douglas, N. M., & Dockerty, J. D. (2007). Survival by ethnicity for children diagnosed with cancer in New Zealand during 1990-1993. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 43, 173-177.

2005

Journal - Research Article

Douglas, N. M., & Dockerty, J. D. (2005). Population-based survival of children in New Zealand diagnosed with cancer during 1990-1993. European Journal of Cancer, 41, 1604-1609. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.03.025