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2025, 'Factors Associated with Timely First-Dose Pentavalent and Measles-Rubella Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.', Vaccines (Basel), 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13020156
,2025, 'A combined school survey and reactive case detection reveals minimal local transmission of malaria in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea.', Malar J, 24, pp. 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05197-2
,2025, 'Agency in young people’s unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea', Culture, Health and Sexuality, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2025.2456623
,2025, 'Tuberculosis treatment and undernutrition on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea: A qualitative exploration of a local foodscape', Social Science and Medicine, 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117631
,2025, 'Human and entomological determinants of malaria transmission in the Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study.', PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 19, pp. e0012277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012277
,2024, 'Young men’s everyday life experiences with contraception and unintended pregnancy in Papua New Guinea', PLOS Global Public Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003925
,2024, 'Exploring the association between multidimensional poverty and antenatal care utilization in two provinces of Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study', International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02241-0
,2024, 'An archaic HLA class I receptor allele diversifies natural killer cell-driven immunity in First Nations peoples of Oceania.', Cell, 187, pp. 7008 - 7024.e19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.10.005
,2024, 'What does it cost to deliver antenatal care in Papua New Guinea? Results from a health system costing and budget impact analysis using cross-sectional data', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080574
,2024, 'The role and value of counsellors in the treatment journeys of people with tuberculosis and their families: Qualitative insights from the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea', PLOS Global Public Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002572
,2024, 'Mycoplasma genitalium in pregnancy, including specific co-infections, is associated with lower birthweight: A prospective cohort study', Med, 5, pp. 1123 - 1136.e3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2024.05.007
,2024, 'Genetic Signatures of Positive Selection in Human Populations Adapted to High Altitude in Papua New Guinea.', Genome Biol Evol, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae161
,2024, 'The prioritisation of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Zambia and Papua New Guinea: Qualitative insights', PLOS Global Public Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003441
,2024, 'Understanding how neglected tropical diseases programs in five asia-pacific countries adjusted to the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012221
,2024, 'Population structure and migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a region impacted by the kuru epidemic.', Am J Hum Genet, 111, pp. 668 - 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.02.011
,2024, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted and genital infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-resource settings (WANTAIM): a pragmatic cluster randomised crossover trial in Papua New Guinea', The Lancet Global Health, 12, pp. e641 - e651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00004-4
,2024, 'Acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted and genital infections among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea', Global Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2381685
,2024, 'Artemisinin combination therapy at delivery to prevent postpartum malaria: A randomised open-label controlled trial.', Int J Infect Dis, 149, pp. 107258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107258
,2024, 'Breastfeeding and Neonatal Age Influence Neutrophil-Driven Ontogeny of Blood Cell Populations in the First Week of Human Life.', J Immunol Res, 2024, pp. 1117796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/1117796
,2024, 'Clinical predictors of hypoxic pneumonia in children from the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: secondary analysis of two prospective observational studies.', Lancet Reg Health West Pac, 45, pp. 101052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101052
,2024, 'Continuous quality improvement in a community-wide TB screening and prevention programme in Papua New Guinea.', Public Health Action, 14, pp. 97 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.24.0013
,2024, 'Novel coenzyme Q6 genetic variant increases susceptibility to pneumococcal disease.', Nat Immunol, 25, pp. 2247 - 2258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01998-4
,2024, 'Plasma adenosine deaminase-1 and -2 activities are lower at birth in Papua New Guinea than in The Gambia but converge over the first weeks of life.', Front Immunol, 15, pp. 1425349, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1425349
,2024, 'Poliovirus serological assay after the cVDPV1 outbreak in Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study from 2020 to 2021.', Lancet Reg Health West Pac, 44, pp. 100986, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100986
,2023, 'Low knowledge of newborn danger signs among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea and implications for health seeking behaviour in early infancy – findings from a longitudinal study', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05322-6
,2023, 'A cross-sectional study to ascertain malaria prevalence among asymptomatic travellers arriving on the Lihir Group of Islands, Papua New Guinea: implications for elimination efforts.', Malar J, 22, pp. 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04804-y
,2023, 'Health service needs and perspectives of a rainforest conserving community in Papua New Guinea's Ramu lowlands: a combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessment with parallel treatment of urgent cases.', BMJ Open, 13, pp. e075946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075946
,2023, 'Pneumococcal carriage, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial susceptibility in Papua New Guinean children vaccinated with PCV10 or PCV13 in a head-to-head trial.', Vaccine, 41, pp. 5392 - 5399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.026
,2023, 'Quantifying differences in iron deficiency-attributable anemia during pregnancy and postpartum.', Cell Rep Med, 4, pp. 101097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101097
,2023, 'Leading causes of deaths in the mortality transition in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System.', Int J Epidemiol, 52, pp. 867 - 886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac232
,2023, 'Validating the InterVA-5 cause of death analytical tool: using mortality data from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System in Papua New Guinea.', BMJ Open, 13, pp. e066560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066560
,2023, 'Beyond patient delay, navigating structural health system barriers to timely care and treatment in a high burden TB setting in Papua New Guinea', Global Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2184482
,2023, 'Assessing health impact of COVID-19 and associated household socioeconomic factors in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System.', BMJ Public Health, 1, pp. e000563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000563
,2023, 'Household food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated socioeconomic demographic factors in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System.', BMJ Glob Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013308
,2023, 'Impact of COVID-19 on routine childhood immunisations in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.', PLOS Glob Public Health, 3, pp. e0002268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002268
,2023, 'Ultra-short course, high-dose primaquine to prevent Plasmodium vivax infection following uncomplicated pediatric malaria: A randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial of early versus delayed treatment.', Int J Infect Dis, 130, pp. 189 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.03.010
,2022, 'Genomic Sequencing of Dengue Virus Strains Associated with Papua New Guinean Outbreaks in 2016 Reveals Endemic Circulation of DENV-1 and DENV-2.', Am J Trop Med Hyg, 107, pp. 1234 - 1238, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-1292
,2022, 'Investigating health service availability and readiness for antenatal testing and treatment for HIV and syphilis in Papua New Guinea', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05097-w
,2022, 'Social determinants of injury-attributed mortality in Papua New Guinea: new data from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System.', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e064777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064777
,2022, 'Phylodynamic signatures in the emergence of community-associated MRSA.', Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 119, pp. e2204993119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204993119
,2022, 'Exploring Tuberculosis Riskscapes in a Papua New Guinean ‘Hotspot’', Qualitative Health Research, 32, pp. 1747 - 1762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323221111912
,2022, 'Variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 14 from Papua New Guinea with the Potential to Be Mistyped and Escape Vaccine-Induced Protection.', Microbiol Spectr, 10, pp. e0152422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01524-22
,2022, 'Piperaquine Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles in Healthy Volunteers of Papua New Guinea after Administration of Three-Monthly Doses of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine.', Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 66, pp. e0018522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.00185-22
,2022, 'A novel function for the CoQ10 biosynthetic complex in anti-pneumococcal macrophage function', The Journal of Immunology, 208, pp. 50.27 - 50.27, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.208.supp.50.27
,2022, 'Phylodynamic Inference of Bacterial Outbreak Parameters Using Nanopore Sequencing.', Mol Biol Evol, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac040
,2022, 'Comparison of Different Mosquito Traps for Zoonotic Arbovirus Vectors in Papua New Guinea.', Am J Trop Med Hyg, 106, pp. 823 - 827, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0640
,2022, 'Mycoplasma genitalium macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in pregnant women in Papua New Guinea', Sexually Transmitted Infections, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055552
,2022, 'Diversity of Leptospira spp. in bats and rodents from Papua New Guinea.', Transbound Emerg Dis, 69, pp. 4048 - 4054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14725
,2022, 'Effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against hypoxic pneumonia and hospitalisation in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: An observational cohort study.', Lancet Reg Health West Pac, 22, pp. 100432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100432
,2022, 'Non-communicable diseases attributed mortality and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System.', PLOS Glob Public Health, 2, pp. e0000118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000118
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