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Colin J. Sutherland is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular specialization in public health, environmental and occupational health, parasitology, computational theory and mathematics, molecular biology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main research topics include malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, computational drug discovery methods, vector-borne infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, parasites and host interactions, and Trypanosoma species research and implications.

Colin J. Sutherland has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: an observational study, 2020, The Lancet
  • The impact of delayed treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria on progression to severe malaria: A systematic review and a pooled multicentre individual-patient meta-analysis, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • A novel multiplex qPCR assay for detection of Plasmodium falciparum with histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 (pfhrp2 and pfhrp3) deletions in polyclonal infections, 2020, EBioMedicine
  • Distinctive genetic structure and selection patterns in Plasmodium vivax from South Asia and East Africa, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Plasmodium falciparum Artemisinin Susceptibility-Associated AP-2 Adaptin μ Subunit is Clathrin Independent and Essential for Schizont Maturation, 2020, mBio

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Colin J. Sutherland include Khalid B. Beshir, Susana Campino, Debbie Nolder, Donelly A. van Schalkwyk, and Taane G. Clark.

Their research has appeared frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • A Worldwide Map of Plasmodium Falciparum K13-Propeller Polymorphisms

    Didier Ménard;Nimol Khim;Johann Beghain;Ayola A. Adegnika;Ayola A. Adegnika

  • 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

  • Two Nonrecombining Sympatric Forms of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium ovale Occur Globally

    Colin J. Sutherland;Naowarat Tanomsing;Debbie Nolder;Mary Oguike

  • Plasmodium falciparum associated with severe childhood malaria preferentially expresses PfEMP1 encoded by group A var genes.

    Anja T.R. Jensen;Pamela Magistrado;Sarah Sharp;Louise Joergensen

  • Highly Sensitive Detection of Malaria Parasitemia in a Malaria-Endemic Setting: Performance of a New Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Kit in a Remote Clinic in Uganda

    Heidi Hopkins;Iveth J. González;Spencer D. Polley;Patrick Angutoko

  • Improved synchronous production of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in vitro.

    Quinton L. Fivelman;Louisa McRobert;Sarah Sharp;Cathy J. Taylor

  • Revisiting the circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs

    Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Lucy Okell;Lucy Okell;Seif Shekalaghe;Jamie T. Griffin

  • Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine Resistance Transporter and Multidrug Resistance 1 Genes: Parasite Risk Factors That Affect Treatment Outcomes for P. falciparum Malaria After Artemether-Lumefantrine and Artesunate-Amodiaquine

    Meera Venkatesan;Nahla B. Gadalla;Kasia Stepniewska;Prabin Dahal

  • Artesunate Reduces but Does Not Prevent Posttreatment Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum to Anopheles gambiae

    Geoffrey Targett;Christopher Drakeley;Musa Jawara;Lorenz von Seidlein

  • Seasonal intermittent preventive treatment with artesunate and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for prevention of malaria in Senegalese children: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

    Badara Cissé;Cheikh Sokhna;Denis Boulanger;Jacqueline Milet

  • Human Infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, the Philippines.

    Jennifer Luchavez;Fe Espino;Peter Curameng;Ronald Espina

  • Moderate Effect of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy on Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum

    J. Teun Bousema;Petra Schneider;Louis C. Gouagna;Chris J. Drakeley

  • Amodiaquine and Artemether-Lumefantrine Select Distinct Alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum mdr1 Gene in Tanzanian Children Treated for Uncomplicated Malaria

    G. S. Humphreys;I. Merinopoulos;J. Ahmed;C. J. M. Whitty

  • African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Weimin Liu;Yingying Li;Katharina S. Shaw;Gerald H. Learn

  • Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: an observational study.

    Ebenezer Baba;Prudence Hamade;Harriet Kivumbi;Maddy Marasciulo

  • Mosquito feeding assays to determine the infectiousness of naturally infected Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers.

    Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Rhoel R Dinglasan;Isabelle Morlais;Louis C. Gouagna

  • Determination of the processes driving the acquisition of immunity to malaria using a mathematical transmission model.

    João A. N Filipe;Eleanor M Riley;Christopher J Drakeley;Colin J Sutherland

  • The epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: weapons of mass dispersion

    Chris Drakeley;Colin Sutherland;J. Teun Bousema;Robert W. Sauerwein

  • Reduction of malaria transmission to Anopheles mosquitoes with a six-dose regimen of co-artemether.

    Colin J Sutherland;Rosalynn Ord;Sam Dunyo;Musa Jawara

  • Mitochondrial DNA Targets Increase Sensitivity of Malaria Detection Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

    Spencer D. Polley;Yasuyoshi Mori;Julie Watson;Mark D. Perkins

  • Reduction of transmission from malaria patients by artemisinin combination therapies: a pooled analysis of six randomized trials

    Lucy C Okell;Chris J Drakeley;Azra C Ghani;Teun Bousema

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Teun Bousema
Teun Bousema Radboud University
Peter L. Chiodini
Peter L. Chiodini London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Taane G. Clark
Taane G. Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Susana Campino
Susana Campino London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Robert W. Sauerwein
Robert W. Sauerwein Radboud University
Margaret Pinder
Margaret Pinder Durham University
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University

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