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Contact Details

Email
noi.suwanarusk@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research summary
Parasitology; 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

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 Journal - Research Article

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 Journal - Research Article

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 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 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 Journal - Research Article

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