Malaria – in particular antirelapse therapy for Plasmodium vivax infection
Leprosy
Invasive bacterial infection diagnostics and treatment optimisation
Medical epidemiology
Publications
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
Journal - Research Article
Poespoprodjo, J. R., Douglas, N. M., Ansong, D., Kho, S., & Anstey, N. M. (2023). Malaria [Seminar]. Lancet. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01249-7
Journal - Research Other
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
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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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Other
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. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.008
Journal - Research Article
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/
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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 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 Article
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
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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 Article
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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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 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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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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
Journal - Research Article
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
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 Article
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
Journal - Research Other
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
Chapter in Book - Research
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
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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
Chapter in Book - Research
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
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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
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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
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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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
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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
Journal - Research Other
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
Journal - Research Other
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
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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
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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.
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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
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