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2022

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Medicine

D-Index
141
Citations
78110
World Ranking
1616
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2013 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • 2002 - Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Overview

François Nosten is affiliated with the MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Thailand. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, epidemiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and genetics.

Their work addresses a range of topics related to infectious diseases and public health. Key areas include:

  • Malaria research and control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Computational drug discovery methods
  • Hemoglobinopathies and related disorders
  • Global maternal and child health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Neonatal health and biochemistry

François Nosten has published extensively on malaria and related infectious disease topics. Notable recent papers include:

  • "An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples," 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • "Molecular epidemiology of resistance to antimalarial drugs in the Greater Mekong subregion: an observational study," 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Plasmodium falciparum K13 mutations in Africa and Asia impact artemisinin resistance and parasite fitness," 2021, eLife
  • "Genetic surveillance in the Greater Mekong subregion and South Asia to support malaria control and elimination," 2021, eLife
  • "Chloroquine resistance evolution in Plasmodium falciparum is mediated by the putative amino acid transporter AAT1," 2023, Nature Microbiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Rose McGready, Nicholas J. White, Arjen M. Dondorp, Aung Pyae Phyo, and Cindy S. Chu. These recurring co-authors indicate ongoing collaborative research efforts in tropical medicine and infectious disease control.

François Nosten's work has been published numerous times in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Malaria Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • PLoS ONE

Recognition for contributions to tropical medicine includes the Chalmers Medal awarded by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2002 and designation as a Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Arjen M. Dondorp;François Nosten;Poravuth Yi;Debashish Das

  • Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Ashley Ea;Dhorda M;Fairhurst Rm;Amaratunga C

  • Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy

    Meghna Desai;Feiko O ter Kuile;Feiko O ter Kuile;François Nosten;François Nosten;Rose McGready;Rose McGready

  • Spiroindolones, a Potent Compound Class for the Treatment of Malaria

    Matthias Rottmann;Matthias Rottmann;Case McNamara;Bryan K.S. Yeung;Marcus C.S. Lee

  • Artesunate versus quinine for treatment of severe falciparum malaria: a randomised trial.

    Arjen M. Dondorp;Francois Nosten;Kasia Stepniewska;Nicholas P. J. Day

  • Emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria on the western border of Thailand: a longitudinal study

    Aung Pyae Phyo;Standwell Nkhoma;Kasia Stepniewska;Kasia Stepniewska;Elizabeth A. Ashley;Elizabeth A. Ashley

  • Mefloquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and increased pfmdr1 gene copy number.

    Ric N. Price;Ric N. Price;Anne Catrin Uhlemann;Alan Brockman;Rose McGready

  • Microsatellite markers reveal a spectrum of population structures in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Timothy J. C. Anderson;Bernhard Haubold;Jeff T. Williams;Jose G. Estrada-Franco§

  • Artemisinin-based combination treatment of falciparum malaria.

    François Nosten;Nicholas J. White

  • Maternal antibodies block malaria.

    Michal Fried;François Nosten;François Nosten;Alan Brockman;Alan Brockman;Bernard J. Brabin

  • Averting a malaria disaster.

    NJ White;F Nosten;S Looareesuwan;WM Watkins

  • Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum.

    O Miotto;R Amato;E A Ashley;B MacInnis

  • Artemether-lumefantrine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of day 7 lumefantrine concentrations and therapeutic response using individual patient data

    EA Ashley;F Aweeka;KI Barnes;Q Bassat

  • Effects of artesunate-mefloquine combination on incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and mefloquine resistance in western Thailand: a prospective study

    F Nosten;F Nosten;M van Vugt;R Price;R Price;C Luxemburger;C Luxemburger

  • Effects of artemisinin derivatives on malaria transmissibility

    R.N Price;F Nosten;C Luxemburger;F.O ter Kuile

  • Intercontinental Spread of Pyrimethamine-Resistant Malaria

    Cally Roper;Richard Pearce;Shalini Nair;Brian Sharp

  • Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia

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

  • Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development

    Philippe J Guerin;Piero Olliaro;Francois Nosten;Pierre Druilhe

  • Spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Myanmar: a cross-sectional survey of the K13 molecular marker

    Kyaw M. Tun;Mallika Imwong;Khin M Lwin;Aye A. Win

  • Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy.

    Desai M;ter Kuile Fo;Nosten F;McGready R

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Rose McGready
Rose McGready Mahidol University
Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
Elizabeth A. Ashley
Elizabeth A. Ashley University of Oxford
Ric N. Price
Ric N. Price Charles Darwin University
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Mallika Imwong
Mallika Imwong Mahidol University
Bruce Russell
Bruce Russell University of Otago
Kasia Stepniewska
Kasia Stepniewska University of Oxford
Laurent Rénia
Laurent Rénia Nanyang Technological University

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