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Chris I. Newbold is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and nursing, with a particular emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, nutrition and dietetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and ecology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to malaria research, child nutrition, global maternal and child health, and parasite biology. Key topics of their work include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Several recent papers by Chris I. Newbold include:

  • "Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for descent from Plasmodium and loss of blood schizogony in Hepatocystis parasites from naturally infected red colobus monkeys" (2020) published in PLoS Pathogens
  • "Individual-level variations in malaria susceptibility and acquisition of clinical protection" (2021) published in Wellcome Open Research
  • "Individual-level variations in malaria susceptibility and acquisition of clinical protection" (2021) published in Wellcome Open Research
  • "Individual-level variations in malaria susceptibility and acquisition of clinical protection" (2022) published in Wellcome Open Research
  • "Author Correction: Genomes of all known members of a Plasmodium subgenus reveal paths to virulent human malaria" (2020) published in Nature Microbiology

Chris I. Newbold frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Nature Microbiology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Matthew Berriman
  • Adam J. Reid
  • John Joseph Valletta
  • John Addy
  • Francis M. Ndungu

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  • Switches in expression of Plasmodium falciparum var genes correlate with changes in antigenic and cytoadherent phenotypes of infected erythrocytes.

    Joseph D. Smith;Chetan E. Chitnis;Alistar G. Craig;David J. Roberts

  • Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is an endothelial cell adhesion receptor for Plasmodium falciparum.

    A R Berendt;D L Simmons;J Tansey;C I Newbold

  • Relation between severe malaria morbidity in children and level of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Africa

    Robert W Snow;Judy A Omumbo;Brett Lowe;Brett Lowe;Catherine S Molyneux;Catherine S Molyneux

  • Parasite antigens on the infected red cell surface are targets for naturally acquired immunity to malaria

    Peter C. Bull;Brett S. Lowe;Brett S. Lowe;Moses Kortok;Catherine S. Molyneux

  • Rapid switching to multiple antigenic and adhesive phenotypes in malaria

    David J. Roberts;Alister G. Craig;Anthony R. Berendt;Robert Pinches

  • P. falciparum rosetting mediated by a parasite-variant erythrocyte membrane protein and complement-receptor 1

    J A Rowe;J M Moulds;C I Newbold;L H Miller

  • Averting a malaria disaster.

    NJ White;F Nosten;S Looareesuwan;WM Watkins

  • Exported Proteins Required for Virulence and Rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Human Erythrocytes

    Alexander G Maier;Melanie Rug;Matthew T O'Neill;Monica Brown

  • Immunity to non-cerebral severe malaria is acquired after one or two infections.

    Sunetra Gupta;Robert W. Snow;Robert W. Snow;Christl A. Donnelly;Kevin Marsh;Kevin Marsh

  • An immunohistochemical study of the pathology of fatal malaria. Evidence for widespread endothelial activation and a potential role for intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in cerebral sequestration.

    G D Turner;H Morrison;M Jones;T M Davis

  • Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

    Magnus Manske;Magnus Manske;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto;Susana Campino;Susana Campino;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn

  • Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia

    Olivo Miotto;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Magnus Manske;Bronwyn MacInnis

  • Antigenic Variation at the Infected Red Cell Surface in Malaria

    Sue Kyes;Paul Horrocks;Chris Newbold

  • A highly conserved amino-acid sequence in thrombospondin, properdin and in proteins from sporozoites and blood stages of a human malaria parasite

    Kathryn J. H. Robson;Jennifer R. S. Hall;M. W. Jennings;T. J. R. Harris

  • ABACAS: algorithm-based automatic contiguation of assembled sequences

    Samuel A. Assefa;Thomas M. Keane;Thomas D. Otto;Chris I Newbold

  • The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi

    A. Pain;U. Böhme;A. E. Berry;K. Mungall

  • Plasmodium falciparum rosetting is associated with malaria severity in Kenya.

    A Rowe;J Obeiro;C I Newbold;K Marsh

  • Receptor-specific adhesion and clinical disease in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Chris Newbold;Peter Warn;Gillian Black;Anthony Berendt

  • REAPR: a universal tool for genome assembly evaluation.

    Martin Hunt;Taisei Kikuchi;Taisei Kikuchi;Mandy Sanders;Chris Newbold;Chris Newbold

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Thomas D. Otto
Thomas D. Otto University of Glasgow
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Alister Craig
Alister Craig Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Mandy Sanders
Mandy Sanders Wellcome Sanger Institute
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David J. Roberts
David J. Roberts University of Oxford
Peter C. Bull
Peter C. Bull University of Cambridge
Sarah Auburn
Sarah Auburn Charles Darwin University

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