Dr Noi Suwanarusk

2026

Journal - Research Article

Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., Ezenwanne, C. S., Snounou, G., Malleret, B., Kosaisavee, V., … Russell, B. (2026). First continuous in vitro culture of Plasmodium coatneyi reveals insights into barriers to human infection. International Journal for Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2026.104892

2025

Journal - Research Article

Lamont, B., Russell, B. M., Suwanarusk, R., Nielsen, J. E., Sørensen, K., Yung, D., … Pletzer, D., & Muhsin-Sharafaldine, M.-R. (2025). Antiparasitic effect of peptoids against Cryptosporidium parvum. Microbiology, 171, 001607. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001607

2024

Journal - Research Article

Whitta, S., Lamont, B., Suwanarusk, R., Russell, B. M., & Muhsin-Sharafaldine, M.-R. (2024). Comparative efficacy and safety of anti-cryptosporidial agents: An in vitro study on Nitazoxanide, Halofuginone Lactate, KDU731, and Paromomycin against Cryptosporidium parvum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, 1463457. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1463457

Journal - Research Other

Christensen, P., Cinzah, R., Suwanarusk, R., Chua, A. C. Y., Kaneko, O., Kyle, D. E., Aung, H. L., Matheson, J., … Cook, G. M., … Russell, B. (2024). Extended blood stage sensitivity profiles of Plasmodium cynomolgi to doxycycline and tafenoquine, as a model for Plasmodium vivax. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 68(5), e00280-24. doi: 10.1128/aac.00280-24

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lamont, B., Suwanarusk, R., Yung, D., Barron, A. E., Pletzer, D., Russell, B., & Muhsin-Sharafaldine, M.-R. (2024). Antiparasitic activity of novel peptoids against Cryptosporidium parvum. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 57). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/

2023

Journal - Research Article

Muhsin-Sharafaldine, M.-R., Abdel Rahman, L., Suwanarusk, R., Grant, J., Parslow, G., French, N., … Russell, B., Morgan, X. C., & Ussher, J. E. (2023). Dientamoeba fragilis associated with microbiome diversity changes in acute gastroenteritis patients. Parasitology International, 97, 102788. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102788

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

2022

Journal - Research Article

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, 89, 102589. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102589

2021

Journal - Research Article

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

2019

Journal - Research Article

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

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Russell, B., Malleret, B. J., Han, J. H., Ong, J. J. Y., Ward, K., Chua, A., … Suwanarusk, R., … Renia, L. (2019, August-September). Unravelling the molecular basis for vivax malaria's unhealthy attraction to human reticulocytes. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

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

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

2017

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

2016

Authored Book - Research

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.

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

2015

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Russell, B., Zhang, R., Suwanarusk, R., Malleret, B., Cooke, B. M., Nosten, F., … Tan, K. S. W. (2015). Spiroindolone disruption of host cell deformability resulting in rapid clearance of vivax malaria parasites. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPVR). (pp. 74-75). Retrieved from http://icpvr.org/

Zhang, R., Lee, W.-C., Cooke, B. M., Suwanarusk, R., Malleret, B., Lau, Y.-L., … Russell, B. (2015). The biomechanical ontogeny of P. vivax infected reticulocytes with special reference to rosette formation and the disappearance of circulating schizonts. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPVR). (pp. 73). Retrieved from http://icpvr.org/

Teng, W. C., Kiat, H. H., Suwanarusk, R., Chong, C. S., & Koh, H. L. (2015). Medicinal plant use for malaria: Trends and prospects. Planta Medica, 81(11), PM4. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1556317

2014

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

2013

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

2012

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

2011

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

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

2010

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

2009

Journal - Research Article

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

2008

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

2007

Journal - Research Article

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

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

2006

Journal - Research Article

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

Journal - Research Other

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

2004

Journal - Research Other

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