Research Topics
| N J WhiteSummaryAffiliation: Mahidol University Country: Thailand Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
New medicines for tropical diseases in pregnancy: catch-22Nicholas J White
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
PLoS Med 5:e133. 2008
Population pharmacokinetics of artesunate and amodiaquine in African childrenKasia Stepniewska
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 8:200. 2009..The aim of this study was to evaluate the PK properties of a newly developed and registered fixed dose combination (FDC) of artesunate and amodiaquine...
Primaquine to prevent transmission of falciparum malariaNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Electronic address
Lancet Infect Dis 13:175-81. 2013....
RelapseNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Adv Parasitol 80:113-50. 2012..Long-latency P. vivax phenotypes may be more widespread and more prevalent than currently thought. These observations have important implications for the assessment of radical treatment efficacy and for malaria control and elimination...
Rationale for recommending a lower dose of primaquine as a Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocide in populations where G6PD deficiency is commonNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 11:418. 2012..25 mg base/kg) would be safer and equally effective. This lower dose could be deployed together with ACTs without G6PD testing wherever use of a specific gametocytocide is indicated...
The effects of serum lipids on the in vitro activity of lumefantrine and atovaquone against Plasmodium falciparumKesinee Chotivanich
MORU, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 11:177. 2012..In this study, the consequences of lipidaemia on anti-malarial drug efficacy were assessed in vitro...
A review of mixed malaria species infections in anopheline mosquitoesMallika Imwong
Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 10:253. 2011..To determine whether mixed species infections in humans are derived from mainly from simultaneous or separate mosquito inoculations the literature on malaria species infection in wild captured anopheline mosquitoes was reviewed...
Spatio-temporal patterns of malaria infection in Bhutan: a country embarking on malaria eliminationKinley Wangdi
Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 10:89. 2011..Poisson regression was performed to study the trend of malaria incidences at district level from 1994 to 2008. Spatial Empirical Bayesian smoothing was deployed to identify clusters of malaria at the sub-district level from 2004 to 2008...
The role of simple mathematical models in malaria elimination strategy designLisa J White
Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Malar J 8:212. 2009..However, in many malaria countries reliable data are not available and policy must be formed based on information like an estimate of the average parasite prevalence...
Spread of anti-malarial drug resistance: mathematical model with implications for ACT drug policiesWirichada Pongtavornpinyo
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 7:229. 2008..Formulating an appropriate dynamic data-driven model is a powerful predictive tool for exploring the impact of these strategies quantitatively...
The relationship between the haemoglobin concentration and the haematocrit in Plasmodium falciparum malariaSue J Lee
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit MORU, Mahidol University, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, 3rd Floor, 60th Anniversary Chalermprakiat Building, 420 6 Ratchawithi Rd, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 7:149. 2008..Anaemia is assessed either by measurement of the haematocrit or the haemoglobin concentration. For comparisons across studies, it is often necessary to derive one measure from the other...
Modulating effects of plasma containing anti-malarial antibodies on in vitro anti-malarial drug susceptibility in Plasmodium falciparumPreeyaporn Monatrakul
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 9:326. 2010..This study characterized the effects of 'immune' plasma to Plasmodium falciparumon the in vitro susceptibility of P. falciparum to anti-malarial drugs...
World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) IV: clinical pharmacologyKaren I Barnes
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Malar J 6:122. 2007....
Development of temporal modelling for forecasting and prediction of malaria infections using time-series and ARIMAX analyses: a case study in endemic districts of BhutanKinley Wangdi
Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 9:251. 2010..To strengthen the country's prevention and control measures, this study was carried out to develop forecasting and prediction models of malaria incidence in the endemic districts of Bhutan using time series and ARIMAX...
Randomized controlled trial of artesunate or artemether in Vietnamese adults with severe falciparum malariaNguyen H Phu
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 190 Ham Tu, Quan 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Malar J 9:97. 2010..These two artemisinin derivatives had not been compared in a randomized trial...
Some considerations in the design and interpretation of antimalarial drug trials in uncomplicated falciparum malariaKasia Stepniewska
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 5:127. 2006....
Overestimating resistance in field testing of malaria parasites: simple methods for estimating high EC50 values using a Bayesian approachKasia Stepniewska
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 6:4. 2007..If isolates cannot be stored for re-testing, more accurate estimations of the degree of resistance can be obtained using a Bayesian approach to data analysis which is described here...
Thrombocytopaenia in pregnant women with malaria on the Thai-Burmese borderSaw Oo Tan
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, PO Box 46 Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand
Malar J 7:209. 2008..Examined here is thrombocytopaenia in pregnant women infected with Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax in a low transmission area on the north-western border of Thailand...
Practical PCR genotyping protocols for Plasmodium vivax using Pvcs and Pvmsp1Mallika Imwong
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 4:20. 2005..P. vivax resistance to drugs has more recently emerged and monitoring the situation would be helped, as for P. falciparum, by molecular methods that can be used to characterize parasites in field studies and drug efficacy trials...
Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax in Kolkata, IndiaJung Ryong Kim
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 5:71. 2006..There has been limited information on the genotypic polymorphism of P. vivax in this malaria endemic area. Three highly polymorphic and single copy genes were selected for a study of genetic diversity in Kolkata strains...
Effectiveness of five artemisinin combination regimens with or without primaquine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria: an open-label randomised trialFrank Smithuis
Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland, Yangon, Myanmar
Lancet Infect Dis 10:673-81. 2010..We aimed to compare effectiveness of four fixed-dose ACTs and a loose tablet combination of artesunate and mefloquine, and assess the addition of a single gametocytocidal dose of primaquine...
Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trialArjen M Dondorp
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit MORU, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Lancet 376:1647-57. 2010..We compared parenteral treatment with either artesunate or quinine in African children with severe malaria...
Sharing malariasN J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Lancet 363:1006. 2004
The parasite clearance curveN J White
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 10:278. 2011..The factors affecting parasite clearance are reviewed. Methods of presentation and the approaches to analysis are discussed...
Intermittent presumptive treatment for malariaNicholas J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
PLoS Med 2:e3. 2005
Determinants of relapse periodicity in Plasmodium vivax malariaNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 10:297. 2011..Long-latency P. vivax phenotypes may be more widespread and more prevalent than currently thought. These observations have important implications for the assessment of radical treatment efficacy and for malaria control and elimination...
Plasmodium knowlesi: the fifth human malaria parasiteN J White
Department of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clin Infect Dis 46:172-3. 2008
The role of anti-malarial drugs in eliminating malariaNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 7:S8. 2008..More evidence is needed on the safety of primaquine when administered without screening for G6PD deficiency to inform individual and mass treatment approaches in the context of malaria elimination programmes...
How antimalarial drug resistance affects post-treatment prophylaxisNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 7:9. 2008..More information is needed on PTP following intermittent preventive treatments, and on the relationship between the duration of PTP and immunity, so that policy recommendations can have a firmer evidence base...
Hyperparasitaemia and low dosing are an important source of anti-malarial drug resistanceNicholas J White
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 8:253. 2009..The importance of anti-malarial treatment dosing has been underappreciated. Treatment recommendations are often for the lowest doses that produce "satisfactory" results...
Antimalarial drug resistanceNicholas J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Clin Invest 113:1084-92. 2004..Artemisinin-derivative combinations are particularly effective, since they act rapidly and are well tolerated and highly effective. Widespread use of these drugs could roll back malaria...
Cardiotoxicity of antimalarial drugsNicholas J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Lancet Infect Dis 7:549-58. 2007..At currently recommended doses, other antimalarial drugs do not have clinically significant cardiac effects. More information on amodiaquine, primaquine, and the newer structurally related compounds is needed...
Qinghaosu (artemisinin): the price of successN J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Science 320:330-4. 2008..A global subsidy would make these drugs more affordable and available. ACTs are central to current malaria elimination initiatives, but there are concerns that tolerance to artemisinins may be emerging in Cambodia...
The murine cerebral malaria phenomenonNicholas J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Trends Parasitol 26:11-5. 2010..The value of the mouse model in identifying pathological processes or therapeutic interventions in human cerebral malaria is questionable...
Modelling malaria controlNicholas J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
PLoS Med 3:e111. 2006
Fake antimalarials in Southeast Asia are a major impediment to malaria control: multinational cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of fake antimalarialsA M Dondorp
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Trop Med Int Health 9:1241-6. 2004..To assess the prevalence of counterfeit antimalarial drugs in Southeast (SE) Asia...
Pharmacokinetics of high-dose oseltamivir in healthy volunteersY Wattanagoon
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53:945-52. 2009..Probenecid coadministration may allow considerable dose saving for oseltamivir, but more information on OC penetration into respiratory secretions is needed to devise appropriate dose regimens...
Antimalarial drugs reduce cytoadherence and rosetting Plasmodium falciparumR Udomsangpetch
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Infect Dis 173:691-8. 1996..These results suggest that artemisinin derivatives are more effective than quinine in preventing pathologic processes in parasitized erythrocytes that contribute to microvascular obstruction in severe malaria...
Quantification of artemisinin in human plasma using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometryN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Pharm Biomed Anal 49:768-73. 2009..The limit of detection was 0.257 ng/mL for artemisinin and the calibration range was 1.03-762 ng/mL using 50 microL plasma. The method was free from matrix effects as demonstrated both graphically and quantitatively...
Comparison of imipenem and ceftazidime as therapy for severe melioidosisA J Simpson
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clin Infect Dis 29:381-7. 1999..011). Both treatments were well tolerated. Imipenem is a safe and effective treatment for acute severe melioidosis and may be considered an alternative to ceftazidime...
A comparison of the in vivo kinetics of Plasmodium falciparum ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen-positive and -negative erythrocytesP N Newton
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Blood 98:450-7. 2001..017) after treatment with an artemisinin derivative than after treatment with quinine. Parasitization of red cells leads to changes in the erythrocyte that shorten their survival even if the parasite is removed subsequently...
Use of artemisinin derivatives for the control of malariaF Nosten
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Madihol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Med Trop (Mars) 58:45-9. 1998..Similar trends were observed in Vietnam where artemisinin is widely used. Combination therapies that include an artemisinin derivative could have a major role in the control of malaria and the spread of drug resistance...
A comparison of oral artesunate and artemether antimalarial bioactivities in acute falciparum malariaY Suputtamongkol
Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Br J Clin Pharmacol 52:655-61. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The oral antimalarial bioavailability following artemether was significantly lower than that after artesunate. Artemether oral antimalarial bioavailability is reduced in acute malaria...
Validation and application of a liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric method for determination of artesunate in pharmaceutical samplesN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Pharm Biomed Anal 45:149-53. 2007..3 (70:30, v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. The assay was implemented for the analysis of artesunate for injection purchased from Guilin Pharmaceutical Company in China...
Limited polymorphism in the dihydropteroate synthetase gene (dhps) of Plasmodium vivax isolates from ThailandMallika Imwong
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49:4393-5. 2005..Mutations of Pvdhps and Pvdhfr were correlated. Multiple mutations were associated with high-grade sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance...
Comparative bioavailability of oral, rectal, and intramuscular artemether in healthy subjects: use of simultaneous measurement by high performance liquid chromatography and bioassayP Teja Isavadharm
Department of Immunology and Parasitology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand
Br J Clin Pharmacol 42:599-604. 1996..Further studies are needed to determine whether i.r. artemether would be an effective treatment of severe malaria in the rural tropics in situations where oral or parenteral administration is not possible...
Oral quinine pharmacokinetics and dietary salt intakeP Newton
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 57:111-3. 2001..5 (4.3-10.2) h] than after a low-salt diet [10.0 (7.6-14.8) h] (P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: Dietary salt does not affect the relative oral bioavailability of quinine sulphate...
A comparison of artesunate alone with combined artesunate and quinine in the parenteral treatment of acute falciparum malariaP N Newton
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:519-23. 2001..There is no benefit evident from combining parenteral administration of these 2 antimalarial drugs in the acute phase of treatment...
Major pitfalls in the measurement of artemisinin derivatives in plasma in clinical studiesN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 876:54-60. 2008..These various pitfalls have undoubtedly contributed to the large inter-subject variation in plasma concentration profiles and derived pharmacokinetic parameters for these important antimalarial drugs...
Pharmacokinetic determinants of the window of selection for antimalarial drug resistanceK Stepniewska
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:1589-96. 2008..The windows were examined for the currently available antimalarials. Drugs with elimination half-lives of less than 1 day, such as the artemisinins and quinine, do not select for resistance during the elimination phase...
Quinine pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships in uncomplicated falciparum malariaS Pukrittayakamee
Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:3458-63. 2003..4 microg/ml and an MIC of 0.7 microg/ml for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Thailand. To ensure a cure, the minimum parasiticidal concentration must be exceeded during four asexual cycles (>6 days)...
Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and pharmacodynamics of artemether-lumefantrineN J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clin Pharmacokinet 37:105-25. 1999..Characterisation of these pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships provided the basis for dosage optimisation, an approach that could be applied to other antimalarial drugs...
Artemether bioavailability after oral or intramuscular administration in uncomplicated falciparum malariaKamolrat Silamut
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:3795-8. 2003..5 to 3.0 h) than after intramuscular administration (median, 8 h; range, 4 to 24 h) (P=0.001). Intramuscular artemether is absorbed very slowly in patients with acute malaria...
A new approach to evaluate regression models during validation of bioanalytical assaysT Singtoroj
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Pharm Biomed Anal 41:219-27. 2006..The results showed that log-log transformation without weighting was the simplest model to fit the calibration data and ensure good predictability for this data set...
Development and validation of a high-throughput zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for determination of the anti-influenza drug peramivir in plasmaN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Chromatogr A 1215:145-51. 2008..Validation of over-curve samples ensured that it would be possible with dilution if samples went outside the calibration range...
Ex-vivo short-term culture and developmental assessment of Plasmodium vivaxK Chotivanich
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:677-80. 2001..This simple method of culturing P. vivax ex vivo is suitable for antimalarial susceptibility and immunoparasitology studies...
Contribution of humoral immunity to the therapeutic response in falciparum malariaM Mayxay
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 65:918-23. 2001..7 [0.1-3.5] versus 2.6 [0.1-12.1]; P < 0.001). These results suggest that antimalarial antibodies may play an important supportive role in the therapeutic response to antimalarial drugs during acute falciparum malaria...
Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum HRP-2 in successfully treated acute falciparum malariaM Mayxay
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:179-82. 2001..The PfHRP-2 dipstick test provides a useful indicator of recent severe malaria, but does not predict the therapeutic response...
Prognostic value of cytokine concentrations (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10) and clinical parameters in severe melioidosisA J Simpson
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Infect Dis 181:621-5. 2000..Therefore, APACHE II scores and either IL-6 or IL-10 concentration may be the most reliable parameters for stratification of patients in future studies of severe gram-negative sepsis...
Safety of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-M-toluamide (DEET) in pregnancyR McGready
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 65:285-9. 2001..The results suggest that the risk of DEET accumulating in the fetus is low and that DEET is safe to use in later pregnancy...
Assessment of the neurotoxicity of parenteral artemisinin derivatives in miceA Nontprasert
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 59:519-22. 1998..At this dose the relative risk (95% confidence interval) for death or disability was 5.3 (2.6-11.2) for artemether recipients. Intramuscular artemether is significantly more neurotoxic than intramuscular artesunate in this murine model...
Comparison of artemether and chloroquine for severe malaria in Gambian childrenN J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Lancet 339:317-21. 1992..Artemether is a well tolerated and rapidly effective parenteral treatment for severe malaria in children, and would be especially valuable in areas with chloroquine-resistant P falciparum...
Relapses of Plasmodium vivax infection usually result from activation of heterologous hypnozoitesMallika Imwong
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Infect Dis 195:927-33. 2007..Thus, reappearance of parasitemia after treatment can result from relapse, recrudescence, or reinfection. It has been assumed that parasites causing relapse would be a subset of the parasites that caused the primary infection...
Randomized, controlled dose-optimization studies of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria in ThailandElizabeth A Ashley
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, and Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Infect Dis 190:1773-82. 2004..2 mg/kg piperaquine phosphate) given over the course of 48 h is highly effective, safe, and well tolerated for the treatment of multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria, and its efficacy is not improved by the addition of more DHA...
In vivo assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria: duration of follow-upKasia Stepniewska
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:4271-80. 2004..94) or if the entomological inoculation rate was known. In the assessment of drug efficacy against falciparum malaria, 28 days should be the minimum period of follow-up...
Poor efficacy of antimalarial biguanide-dapsone combinations in the treatment of acute, uncomplicated, falciparum malaria in ThailandP Wilairatana
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 91:125-32. 1997..The results demonstrate that short-course treatment with dapsone plus either proguanil or chlorproguanil is ineffective for the treatment of falciparum malaria in Thailand...
A liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for determination of artesunate and its metabolite dihydroartemisinin in human plasmaW Hanpithakpong
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 876:61-8. 2008..The method was free from matrix effects as demonstrated both graphically and quantitatively...
Artemisinin antimalarials in pregnancy: a prospective treatment study of 539 episodes of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparumR McGready
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clin Infect Dis 33:2009-16. 2001..These results are reassuring, but further information about the safety of these valuable antimalarials in pregnancy is needed...
Rosetting characteristics of uninfected erythrocytes from healthy individuals and malaria patientsK T Chotivanich
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 92:45-56. 1998..Similar effects were observed with uninfected rbc from patients with severe malaria after treatment with artesunate but not after quinine. The mechanisms underlying this potentially beneficial effect on rbc adherence are not known...
Delaying antimalarial drug resistance with combination chemotherapyN J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Parassitologia 41:301-8. 1999..This suggests that antimalarial drugs should not be used alone in treatment, but always in combination, as in the treatment of tuberculosis or HIV, and that the combination should include artemisinin or one of its derivatives...
Development and validation of a liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for determination of piperaquine in plasma stable isotope labeled internal standard does not always compensate for matrix effectsN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 862:227-36. 2008..It was found that this could lead to an underestimation of the true concentration with 50% despite the use of a deuterated internal standard...
Intrarectal artemisinin derivativesF Nosten
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Madihol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Med Trop (Mars) 58:63-4. 1998..Preliminary studies have shown that artemisinin and its derivatives artesunate and artemether are effective when given intrarectally. More studies are needed to establish the optimum regimen...
Optimizing the culture of Plasmodium falciparum in hollow fiber bioreactorsP Preechapornkul
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 41:761-9. 2010..The system opens new possibilities for the study of in vitro drug sensitivity under conditions mimicking in vivo pharmacokinetics, and the selection of anti-malarial drug resistance and associated parasite biological and genomic changes...
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus chloroquine to treat vivax malaria in Afghanistan: an open randomized, non-inferiority, trialGhulam Rahim Awab
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Malar J 9:105. 2010..Chloroquine resistance in P. vivax is emerging in Asia. Therapeutic responses across Afghanistan have not been evaluated in detail...
The pharmacokinetics of intravenous artesunate in adults with severe falciparum malariaPaul N Newton
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 62:1003-9. 2006..CONCLUSION: The large inter-individual variability (10 fold) in DHA Cmax and AUC in patients with potentially lethal, severe malaria, suggests that 2.4 mg/kg should be the minimum daily dose in severe malaria...
Clinical trial of oral artesunate with or without high-dose primaquine for the treatment of vivax malaria in ThailandUdomsak Silachamroon
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:14-8. 2003..The combination of five days of artesunate and 14 days of primaquine is a highly effective and generally well-tolerated treatment regimen for vivax malaria in Thailand...
Association of genetic mutations in Plasmodium vivax dhfr with resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: geographical and clinical correlatesM Imwong
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 45:3122-7. 2001..01). The three mutations at the pvdhfr codons for residues 57, 58, and 117 are associated with high levels of S-P resistance in P. vivax. These mutations presumably arose from selection pressure...
Studies of the neurotoxicity of oral artemisinin derivatives in miceA Nontprasert
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 62:409-12. 2000....
Serum bactericidal and inhibitory titres in the management of melioidosisA J Simpson
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Antimicrob Chemother 45:123-7. 2000..Pre-dose titres correlated with renal function; renal function was the most important predictor of mortality. Determination of serum inhibitory or bactericidal titres is unhelpful in the management of severe melioidosis...
Development and validation of a solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatographic method for determination of amoxicillin in plasmaN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Ther Drug Monit 27:503-8. 2005..050 microg/mL and 0.025 microg/mL, respectively, for 100 microL plasma. Long-term storage stability studies of amoxicillin in plasma indicate that a temperature of -80 degrees C is necessary to prevent degradation of amoxicillin...
Qinghaosu in combinationsN J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Med Trop (Mars) 58:85-8. 1998..Those drugs with a particularly vulnerable profile, in which a single or double point mutation confers high level resistance, should not be deployed alone and should always be combined with an artemisinin derivative...
Development and validation of a liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for determination of oseltamivir and its metabolite oseltamivir carboxylate in plasma, saliva and urineN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 859:74-83. 2007..The suppression did not affect the quantification of OP...
Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquineH Y Myint
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420 6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:858-66. 2007..The dosing regimen has been simplified from four doses to once daily over 3 days. More information on efficacy in Africa, and more pharmacokinetic and efficacy data in children are needed...
Activities of artesunate and primaquine against asexual- and sexual-stage parasites in falciparum malariaSasithon Pukrittayakamee
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:1329-34. 2004..038). These results suggest that artesunate predominantly inhibits gametocyte development whereas primaquine accelerates gametocyte clearance in P. falciparum malaria...
Optimising operational use of artesunate-mefloquine: a randomised comparison of four treatment regimensFrank Smithuis
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 98:182-92. 2004..Active measures to ensure absorption and improve adherence will be necessary to realise this advantage operationally...
The last man standing is the most resistant: eliminating artemisinin-resistant malaria in CambodiaRichard J Maude
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Rajthevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Malar J 8:31. 2009..The use of such an approach to investigate the likely effectiveness of different containment measures with the ultimate aim of eliminating artemisinin-resistant malaria is described...
Central role of the spleen in malaria parasite clearanceKesinee Chotivanich
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
J Infect Dis 185:1538-41. 2002..Current criteria for high-grade antimalarial drug resistance that are based on changes in parasitemia are not appropriate for asplenic patients...
Pharmacokinetics of oral doxycycline during combination treatment of severe falciparum malariaPaul N Newton
Mae Sot, Tak and Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49:1622-5. 2005..The data suggest that the doses of doxycycline currently recommended (circa 3.5 mg/kg of body weight daily) may not be optimal...
Artesunate-dapsone-proguanil treatment of falciparum malaria: genotypic determinants of therapeutic responseSivicha Krudsood
Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 99:142-9. 2005..The addition of artesunate considerably augments the antimalarial activity of the biguanide-dapsone combination, but this is insufficient for infections with parasites carrying the highly antifol-resistant Pfdhfr I164L mutation...
Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of piperaquine in children with uncomplicated falciparum malariaJ Tarning
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clin Pharmacol Ther 91:497-505. 2012..025) but had significantly lower day 7 piperaquine concentrations (P = 0.024) and total piperaquine exposures (P = 0.021), suggesting that an increased dose regimen for young children should be evaluated...
Identification of an isomer impurity in piperaquine drug substanceN Lindegardh
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
J Chromatogr A 1135:166-9. 2006..The amount of impurity (peak area impurity/peak area piperaquine using LC-UV at 347 nm) in old batches of piperaquine and in Artekin (the combination of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine) ranged from 1.5 to 5%...
Comparison of oral artesunate and dihydroartemisinin antimalarial bioavailabilities in acute falciparum malariaPaul N Newton
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:1125-7. 2002..The mean antimalarial activity in terms of the bioavailability of DHA relative to that of artesunate did not differ significantly from 1, suggesting that DHA can be formulated to be an acceptable oral alternative to artesunate...
In vitro efficacy of antimalarial drugs against Plasmodium vivax on the western border of ThailandKesinee Chotivanich
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Pathobiology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:395-7. 2004..5 ng/mL. Compared with P. falciparum in this area, P. vivax was more sensitive to chloroquine and artesunate, equally sensitive to quinine, and more resistant to mefloquine...
The effects of quinine and chloroquine antimalarial treatments in the first trimester of pregnancyRose McGready
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:180-4. 2002..These results suggest that therapeutic doses of quinine and chloroquine are safe to use in the first trimester of pregnancy...
Malaria--time to actNicholas J White
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
N Engl J Med 355:1956-7. 2006
Exploring the contribution of candidate genes to artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparumMallika Imwong
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:2886-92. 2010..Artemisinin resistance in western Cambodia is not linked to candidate genes, as was suggested by earlier studies...
Randomized comparison of artesunate and quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malariaPaul N Newton
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clin Infect Dis 37:7-16. 2003..03). Artesunate is at least as effective as quinine in the treatment of adults with severe malaria. Larger trials are required to determine whether mortality is reduced among patients treated with artesunate...
Chloroquine pharmacokinetics in pregnant and nonpregnant women with vivax malariaSue Jean Lee
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, MORU, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 64:987-92. 2008..We compared the pharmacokinetics of chloroquine in pregnant and nonpregnant women treated for Plasmodium vivax malaria...
Plasmodium falciparum pfmdr1 amplification, mefloquine resistance, and parasite fitnessPiyanuch Preechapornkul
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53:1509-15. 2009..pfmdr1 gene amplification in P. falciparum is a frequent event and confers mefloquine resistance. Parasites with multiple copies of the pfmdr1 gene have decreased survival fitness in the absence of drug pressure...
Antimalarial drug resistance, artemisinin-based combination therapy, and the contribution of modeling to elucidating policy choicesShunmay Yeung
Wellcome Trust Mahidol University Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:179-86. 2004....
Mefloquine treatment of acute falciparum malaria: a prospective study of non-serious adverse effects in 3673 patientsF O ter Kuile
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Bull World Health Organ 73:631-42. 1995..There was no evidence that diarrhoea, headache, and abdominal pain were associated with mefloquine use. High-dose mefloquine is well tolerated but should be given as a split dose...
