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Medicine

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Overview

Paul N. Newton is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with substantial work in subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, parasitology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics related to infectious diseases, genomic surveillance, and the quality of medical products. Notable papers include:

  • Genomic surveillance for hypervirulence and multi-drug resistance in invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae from South and Southeast Asia (2020, Genome Medicine)
  • Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies versus artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial (2020, The Lancet)
  • An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples (2021, Wellcome Open Research)
  • COVID-19 and risks to the supply and quality of tests, drugs, and vaccines (2020, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Genetic surveillance in the Greater Mekong subregion and South Asia to support malaria control and elimination (2021, eLife)

Throughout their career, Paul N. Newton has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with the most frequent coauthors being:

  • Mayfong Mayxay
  • Nicholas Day
  • Manivanh Vongsouvath
  • Elizabeth A. Ashley
  • David A. B. Dance

Their work appears consistently in specific publication venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Global Health

Research topics most frequently addressed by Paul N. Newton include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Malaria research and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Pneumonia and respiratory infections
  • Pharmaceutical quality and counterfeiting
  • Leptospirosis research and findings

Best Publications

  • Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

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  • Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Ashley Ea;Dhorda M;Fairhurst Rm;Amaratunga C

  • Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health

    Kathryn E. Holt;Heiman Wertheim;Ruth N. Zadoks;Stephen Baker

  • 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

  • Estimation of the total parasite biomass in acute falciparum malaria from plasma PfHRP2

    Arjen M Dondorp;Varunee Desakorn;Wirichada Pongtavornpinyo;Duangjai Sahassananda

  • Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

    Vanessa K. Wong;Vanessa K. Wong;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Derek J. Pickard;Julian Parkhill

  • Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance

    Sachel Mok;Elizabeth A. Ashley;Elizabeth A. Ashley;Pedro E. Ferreira;Lei Zhu

  • Independent Emergence of Artemisinin Resistance Mutations Among Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia

    Shannon Takala-Harrison;Christopher G. Jacob;Cesar Arze;Michael P. Cummings

  • Counterfeit anti-infective drugs

    Paul N Newton;Paul N Newton;Michael D Green;Facundo M Fernández;Nicholas P J Day;Nicholas P J Day;Nicholas P J Day

  • Poor-quality antimalarial drugs in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

    Gaurvika M L Nayyar;Joel G Breman;Paul N Newton;Paul N Newton;James Herrington

  • A Major Genome Region Underlying Artemisinin Resistance in Malaria

    Ian H. Cheeseman;Becky A. Miller;Shalini Nair;Standwell Nkhoma

  • The global threat of counterfeit drugs: why industry and governments must communicate the dangers.

    Robert Cockburn;Paul N Newton;E. Kyeremateng Agyarko;Dora Akunyili

  • A Systematic Review of Mortality from Untreated Scrub Typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi).

    Andrew J. Taylor;Daniel H. Paris;Paul N. Newton

  • A Selective Sweep Driven by Pyrimethamine Treatment in Southeast Asian Malaria Parasites

    Shalini Nair;Jeff T. Williams;Alan Brockman;Lucy Paiphun

  • Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: A systematic review.

    Ana Bonell;Yoel Lubell;Yoel Lubell;Paul N. Newton;Paul N. Newton;John A. Crump

  • Impact of poor-quality medicines in the ‘developing’ world

    Paul N. Newton;Paul N. Newton;Michael D. Green;Facundo M. Fernández

  • Mixed-species malaria infections in humans.

    Mayfong Mayxay;Mayfong Mayxay;Sasithon Pukrittayakamee;Paul N Newton;Paul N Newton;Nicholas J White;Nicholas J White;Nicholas J White

  • Fake antimalarials in Southeast Asia are a major impediment to malaria control: multinational cross‐sectional survey on the prevalence of fake antimalarials

    A. M. Dondorp;P. N. Newton;P. N. Newton;M. Mayxay;W. Van Damme

  • Fake artesunate in southeast Asia

    Paul Newton;Paul Newton;Stephane Proux;Stephane Proux;Michael Green;Frank Smithuis

  • Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Asia and Molecular Mechanism of Reduced Susceptibility to the Fluoroquinolones

    Tran Thuy Chau;James Ian Campbell;James Ian Campbell;Claudia M. Galindo;Nguyen Van Minh Hoang

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
David A. B. Dance
David A. B. Dance University of Oxford
Stuart D. Blacksell
Stuart D. Blacksell Mahidol University
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Facundo M. Fernández
Facundo M. Fernández Georgia Institute of Technology
Elizabeth A. Ashley
Elizabeth A. Ashley University of Oxford
Kasia Stepniewska
Kasia Stepniewska University of Oxford
Mallika Imwong
Mallika Imwong Mahidol University

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