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Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

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Overview

Sasithon Pukrittayakamee is affiliated with Mahidol University in Thailand. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The research topics covered by Sasithon Pukrittayakamee include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Sasithon Pukrittayakamee are:

  • 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)
  • Molecular epidemiology of resistance to antimalarial drugs in the Greater Mekong subregion: an observational study (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Genetic surveillance in the Greater Mekong subregion and South Asia to support malaria control and elimination (2021, eLife)
  • Antiviral efficacy of molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir in patients with early symptomatic COVID-19 (PLATCOV): an open-label, phase 2, randomised, controlled, adaptive trial (2023, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Artemisinin resistance in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, originates from its initial transcriptional response (2022, Communications Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sasithon Pukrittayakamee include:

  • Nicholas J. White
  • Nicholas Day
  • Arjen M. Dondorp
  • Kesinee Chotivanich
  • Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn

The scientist's research has been published in various venues with multiple contributions, notably in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • eLife
  • Malaria Journal
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Ashley Ea;Dhorda M;Fairhurst Rm;Amaratunga C

  • Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Determinants of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment failure in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam: a prospective clinical, pharmacological, and genetic study

    Rob W van der Pluijm;Rob W van der Pluijm;Mallika Imwong;Nguyen Hoang Chau;Nhu Thi Hoa

  • 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

  • Association of mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum Kelch13 gene (Pf3D7_1343700) with parasite clearance rates after artemisinin-based treatments : a WWARN individual patient data meta-analysis

    Chanaki Amaratunga;Voahangy Hanitriniaina Andrianaranjaka;Elizabeth Ashley;Delia Bethell

  • Relapses of Plasmodium vivax Infection Usually Result from Activation of Heterologous Hypnozoites

    Mallika Imwong;Georges Snounou;Sasithon Pukrittayakamee;Naowarat Tanomsing

  • Risk factors and clinical features associated with severe dengue infection in adults and children during the 2001 epidemic in Chonburi, Thailand

    Ole Wichmann;Suchat Hongsiriwon;Chureeratana Bowonwatanuwong;Kesinee Chotivanich

  • Evolution and expansion of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia: a genomic epidemiology study

    William L Hamilton;William L Hamilton;Roberto Amato;Roberto Amato;Rob W van der Pluijm;Rob W van der Pluijm;Christopher G Jacob

  • Changes in the Treatment Responses to Artesunate-Mefloquine on the Northwestern Border of Thailand during 13 Years of Continuous Deployment

    Verena Ilona Carrara;Julien Zwang;Elizabeth A. Ashley;Elizabeth A. Ashley;Ric N. Price;Ric N. Price

  • Central Role of the Spleen in Malaria Parasite Clearance

    Kesinee Chotivanich;Rachanee Udomsangpetch;Rose McGready;Stephane Proux

  • Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies versus artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial.

    Rob W van der Pluijm;Rob W van der Pluijm;Rob W van der Pluijm;Rupam Tripura;Rupam Tripura;Richard M Hoglund;Richard M Hoglund;Aung Pyae Phyo

  • Spiroindolone KAE609 for Falciparum and Vivax Malaria

    N J White;S Pukrittayakamee;A P Phyo;R Rueangweerayut

  • Parasite Multiplication Potential and the Severity of Falciparum Malaria

    Kesinee Chotivanich;Rachanee Udomsangpetch;Julie A. Simpson;Julie A. Simpson;Paul Newton;Paul Newton

  • Therapeutic Responses to Different Antimalarial Drugs in Vivax Malaria

    Sasithon Pukrittayakamee;Arun Chantra;Julie A. Simpson;Julie A. Simpson;Sirivan Vanijanonta

  • Plasmodium vivax: restricted tropism and rapid remodeling of CD71-positive reticulocytes

    Benoit Malleret;Benoit Malleret;Ang Li;Rou Zhang;Kevin S. W. Tan

  • Antimalarial activity of artefenomel (OZ439), a novel synthetic antimalarial endoperoxide, in patients with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria: an open-label phase 2 trial

    Aung Pyae Phyo;Aung Pyae Phyo;Podjanee Jittamala;François H Nosten;François H Nosten;Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

  • Relapses of Plasmodium vivax infection usually result from activation of heterologous hypnozoites. Commentary

    William E. Collins;Mallika Imwong;Georges Snounou;Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Mallika Imwong
Mallika Imwong Mahidol University
Paul N. Newton
Paul N. Newton University of Oxford
Kesinee Chotivanich
Kesinee Chotivanich Mahidol University
Elizabeth A. Ashley
Elizabeth A. Ashley University of Oxford
Sornchai Looareesuwan
Sornchai Looareesuwan Mahidol University
Timothy M. E. Davis
Timothy M. E. Davis University of Western Australia

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