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Qin Cheng is affiliated with the Department of Defence in Australia and has an academic focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their work also spans related subfields including General Health Professions, Parasitology, Pharmacology, and Finance.

Their research contributions largely concentrate on malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, global health care issues, healthcare systems and reforms, employment and welfare studies, parasites and host interactions, as well as computational drug discovery methods.

Cheng has published numerous papers across a variety of venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Malaria Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Research Global sequence variation in the histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum: implications for the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests, 2021, Minerva Access (University of Melbourne)
  • Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum lacking histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3: a systematic review, 2020, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Impact of Plasmodium falciparum gene deletions on malaria rapid diagnostic test performance, 2020, Malaria Journal
  • Limitations of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria surveys in areas with varied transmission intensity in Uganda 2017-2019: Implications for selection and use of HRP2 RDTs, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • The changing epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax: Insights from conventional and novel surveillance tools, 2021, PLoS Medicine

Qin Cheng has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jane Cunningham
  • David J. Smith
  • Karen Anderson
  • Michelle L. Gatton
  • Bosco Agaba

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;John H. Adams;Joana C. Silva;Shelby L. Bidwell

  • A Large Proportion of P. falciparum Isolates in the Amazon Region of Peru Lack pfhrp2 and pfhrp3: Implications for Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests

    Dionicia Gamboa;Mei-Fong Ho;Jorge Bendezu;Katherine Torres

  • Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b that are associated with atovaquone resistance are located at a putative drug-binding site.

    Michael Korsinczky;Nanhua Chen;Barbara Kotecka;Allan Saul

  • A large proportion of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with low and sub-microscopic parasite densities in the low transmission setting of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands: challenges for malaria diagnostics in an elimination setting

    Ivor Harris;Wesley W Sharrock;Wesley W Sharrock;Lisa M Bain;Lisa M Bain;Karen-Ann Gray

  • Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 (PfHRP2) and Its Effect on the Performance of PfHRP2-Based Rapid Diagnostic Tests

    Joanne Baker;James McCarthy;Michelle Gatton;Dennis E. Kyle

  • Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group

    NM Anstey;S Auburn;JK Baird;KE Battle

  • stevor and rif are Plasmodium falciparum multicopy gene families which potentially encode variant antigens.

    Qin Cheng;Nicole Cloonan;Katja Fischer;Jenny Thompson

  • Chloroquine Resistant Plasmodium vivax: In Vitro Characterisation and Association with Molecular Polymorphisms

    Rossarin Suwanarusk;Bruce Russell;Marina Chavchich;Ferryanto Chalfein

  • Artemisinin-induced dormancy in Plasmodium falciparum: duration, recovery rates, and implications in treatment failure.

    Franka Teuscher;Michelle L. Gatton;Nanhua Chen;Jennifer Peters

  • Plasmodium falciparum parasites lacking histidine-rich protein 2 and 3: a review and recommendations for accurate reporting

    Qin Cheng;Michelle L Gatton;John Barnwell;Peter Chiodini

  • Relapses of Plasmodium vivax Infection Result from Clonal Hypnozoites Activated at Predetermined Intervals

    Nanhua Chen;Alyson Auliff;Karl Rieckmann;Michelle Gatton

  • Major Threat to Malaria Control Programs by Plasmodium falciparum Lacking Histidine-Rich Protein 2, Eritrea.

    Araia Berhane;Karen Anderson;Selam Mihreteab;Karryn Gresty

  • Global sequence variation in the histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum: implications for the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests

    Joanne Baker;Mei-Fong Ho;Anita Pelecanos;Michelle Gatton

  • Effect of Sequence Variation in Plasmodium falciparum Histidine- Rich Protein 2 on Binding of Specific Monoclonal Antibodies: Implications for Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

    Nelson Lee;Joanne Baker;Katherine Thea Andrews;Michelle L. Gatton

  • Plasmodium knowlesi in human, Indonesian Borneo.

    Melanie Figtree;Rogan Lee;Lisa Bain;Tom Kennedy

  • Measurement of Plasmodium falciparum Growth Rates in Vivo: A Test of Malaria Vaccines

    Qin Cheng;Gregor Lawrence;Carol Reed;Anthony Stowers

  • Transcription and expression of plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich proteins in different stages and strains: implications for rapid diagnostic tests

    Joanne Baker;Michelle L. Gatton;Jennifer Peters;Mei-Fong Ho

  • Amplification of pvmdr1 Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium vivax

    Rossarin Suwanarusk;Marina Chavchich;Bruce Russell;A Jaidee

  • Therapeutic Efficacies of Artesunate-Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine and Chloroquine-Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine in Vivax Malaria Pilot Studies: Relationship to Plasmodium vivax dhfr Mutations

    Emiliana Tjitra;Joanne Baker;Sri Suprianto;Qin Cheng

  • Determinants of in vitro drug susceptibility testing of Plasmodium vivax.

    B. Russell;F. Chalfein;B. Prasetyorini;E. Kenangalem

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle L. Gatton
Michelle L. Gatton Queensland University of Technology
James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Ric N. Price
Ric N. Price Charles Darwin University
Allan Saul
Allan Saul Burnet Institute
Sarah Auburn
Sarah Auburn Charles Darwin University
Nicholas M. Anstey
Nicholas M. Anstey Charles Darwin University
Dennis E. Kyle
Dennis E. Kyle University of Georgia
Peter L. Chiodini
Peter L. Chiodini London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Bruce Russell
Bruce Russell University of Otago
Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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