By Professor Susana Vaz Nery

Journal articles

Lowe C; Kelly M; Amaral S; Handayani N; Widjanarko B; Budiyono B; Kusariana N; Laksono B; Juniawati J; Muharsono M; Sukoto S; Hadisaputro S; Wangdi K; Lal A; Kurscheid J; Nery SV; Soares-Magalhaes RJ; Halton K; McCarthy J; Clements ACA; Stewart D; Gray D, 2026, 'Long-term usage, condition, and cultural acceptability of the BALatrine project: findings from a subsidised sanitation improvement intervention in rural Central Java, Indonesia', Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-026-01499-6

Cowling CS; Apadinuwe SC; Cama A; Starr M; Harding-Esch EM; Jimenez C; Bakhtiari A; Boyd S; Webster S; Solomon AW; Reid S; Kaldor JM; Vaz Nery S, 2026, 'Impact of two rounds of azithromycin mass drug administration on active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Naoero', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20, pp. e0014679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014679

Romani L; Apadinuwe SC; Byrne A; Marshall JC; Starr M; Lynch KD; Wand H; Star S; Cunningham P; Lambert SB; Kaldor J; Nery SV, 2026, 'Sexually transmitted infection prevalence following azithromycin mass drug administration for trachoma in Nauru: a before-and-after cross-sectional survey.', Sexually Transmitted Infections, pp. sextrans-2025-056858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2025-056858

Nery SV, 2026, 'Accelerating the elimination of neglected tropical diseases', Open Access Government, 51, pp. 148 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.56367/oag-051-12610

Pham TND; Bartlett AW; Blazek K; Hii SF; Colella V; Ng-Nguyen D; Nery SV, 2026, 'Geospatial risk prediction of hookworm infection and intensity among school-aged children in Dak Lak province, Vietnam', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014079

Hii SF; Colella V; Bartlett AW; Palmeirim MS; Huggins LG; Mendes E; Nery SV; Traub R, 2026, 'Spurious passage of Calodium hepaticum in human stools misidentified as Trichuris spp. infection in school-age children in Angola', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01026-25

Anbarani MD; Assoum M; Blazek K; Le B; Armindo Monteiro MA; Amaral S; Hii SF; Hughes A; Arkel P; Yan J; Francis J; Nery SV, 2026, 'Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Timor-Leste', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 114, pp. 511 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.25-0372

Craig AT; Lawford HLS; Bauro T; Couteaux C; Volavala L; Dupont-Rouzeyrol M; Soares NG; Nehemia R; Ome-Kaius M; Rymill P; Taleo F; Tatui P; Tukia OS; Viali S; Yohogu M; Angrisano F; Robinson LJ; Saketa S; Tucker A; Mackenzie C; Nery SV; Udhayakumar V; Gass K; Lammie P; Lau CL, 2026, 'Integrated Approaches to Surveillance of Lymphatic Filariasis and Other Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Islands', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed11020054

Dyer CEF; Jaworski A; Cowling CS; Popovic GC; Mak DB; Hernandez C; Huppatz C; Wines P; Vaz Nery S; Kaldor JM, 2026, 'Age-Specific Prevalence of Trachoma in Remote Australian Communities', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 33, pp. 237 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2025.2602570

Aung E; Collinson N; Han KT; Hlaing NN; Aye MM; Htun MW; Wai KT; Myat SM; Thwe TL; Tun A; Wangdi K; Li Y; Williams GM; Clements ACA; Nery SV; Mcmanus DP; Gray DJ; Gordon CA, 2026, 'Expanded molecular evidence of soil-transmitted helminth and Schistosoma spp. infections in Myanmar schoolchildren: A qPCR update', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014384

Lowry K; Apadinuwe SC; Starr M; Star S; Lynch KD; Solomon AW; Cunningham P; Lambert S; Whiley D; Kaldor J; Nery SV, 2025, 'Population-based concordance of Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes between ocular and urogenital samples in Nauru', Microbiology Spectrum, 13, pp. 01 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03205-24

Dereje AA; Geleta D; Menjetta T; Takele A; Nery SV; Shimelis T, 2025, 'Investigating barriers to adherence to antimalarial prescribing guidelines in public healthcare facilities in Arba Minch, South Ethiopia: A qualitative study', Plos One, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337326

Dyer CEF; Cowling CS; Sokana O; Neko L; Bainivalu N; Pitakaka F; Cama A; Starr M; Harding-Esch EM; Jimenez C; Bakhtiari A; Boyd S; Webster S; Solomon AW; Kaldor JM; Nery SV, 2025, 'The prevalence of trachoma, ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and anti-Pgp3 antibodies in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013381

Liu W; Bartlett AW; Blazek K; Hii SF; Dyer CEF; Colella V; Traub RJ; Ng-Nguyen D; Nery SV, 2025, 'Harnessing Molecular Techniques to Inform Species-Specific Hookworm Prevalence and Infection Intensity and Detect Strongyloides in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 113, pp. 303 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0670

Gilmour B; Wolde HF; Wangdi K; Restrepo AC; Tsheten T; Kelly M; Clements ACA; Gray D; Lau CL; Espino FE; Nery SV; Bartlett AW; Liyew AM; Akalu TY; Alene KA, 2025, 'Mapping the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the Western Pacific Region: a spatial modelling study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101581

Mitjà O; Gass K; Marks M; Cooper PJ; Diggle PJ; Waller L; Agana-Nsiire P; Dofitas BL; Dyson L; Jacobson J; Kaldor J; Kim SH; Nery SV; Revankar C; Sopoh G; Solomon AW; Dagne DA; Pathak P; Yajima A; Lin Z; Barogui MYT; Scholte RC; Sanikullah KH; Drakeley C; Stresman G; Gyapong J; Asiedu KB, 2025, 'Guidance for conducting and evaluating serological surveys to assess interruption of yaws transmission in the context of an eradication target', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2025-April, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012899

Lo NC; Addiss DG; Buonfrate D; Amor A; Anegagrie M; Bisoffi Z; Bradbury RS; Keiser J; Kepha S; Khieu V; Krolewiecki A; Mbonigaba JB; Muñoz J; Mutapi F; Novela V; Vaz Nery S; Coffeng LE; de Vlas SJ; Bartoszko J; Moja L; Mupfasoni D; Montresor A, 2025, 'Review of the WHO guideline on preventive chemotherapy for public health control of strongyloidiasis', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25, pp. e146 - e152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00595-4

Jaworski A; Cowling C; Popovic GC; Noorul A; Sandler S; Vaz Nery S; Kaldor J, 2025, 'Australian Trachoma Surveillance Report update: 2014-2022', Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2018, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.006

Bartlett AW; Proboste T; Mendes EP; Palmeirim MS; Direito A; Soares Magalhaes RJ; Lopes S; Nery SV, 2025, 'Spatiotemporal analysis of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth distribution in three highly endemic provinces in Angola', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2025-April, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012974

Gilmour B; Wangdi K; Restrepo AC; Tsheten T; Kelly M; Clements A; Gray D; Lau C; Espino FE; Daga C; Mapalo V; Nery SV; Bartlett A; Gebreyohannes EA; Alene KA, 2024, 'Correction to: Protocol for spatial prediction of soil transmitted helminth prevalence in the Western Pacific region using a meta-analytical approach (Systematic Reviews, (2024), 13, 1, (55), 10.1186/s13643-024-02469-5)', Systematic Reviews, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02495-3

Murhandarwati EH; Probandari A; Kusumasari RA; Ferdiana A; Kustanti CY; Dewi K; Tarmizi SN; Wulandari LPL; Schierhout G; Romani L; Kaldor J; Nery SV, 2024, 'Effect of preventive chemotherapy for neglected tropical diseases in Indonesia from 1992 to 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 29, pp. 995 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.14057

Le B; Clarke NE; Legrand N; Nery SV, 2024, 'Effectiveness of ivermectin mass drug administration in the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections in endemic populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-024-01185-5

Gilmour B; Wangdi K; Restrepo AC; Tsheten T; Kelly M; Clements A; Gray D; Lau C; Espino FE; Daga C; Mapalo V; Nashkova S; Bartlett A; Gebreyohannes EA; Alene KA; Vaz Nery S, 2024, 'Protocol for spatial prediction of soil transmitted helminth prevalence in the Western Pacific region using a meta-analytical approach', Systematic Reviews, 13, pp. 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02469-5

Beyene B; Vaz Nery S; Lambiyo T; Shimelis T, 2024, 'Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminth infections among schoolchildren living along the shore of Lake Hawassa, southern Ethiopia', Parasites and Vectors, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06578-x

Dejen P; Girma M; Chernet A; Vaz Nery S; Shimelis T, 2024, 'Assessment of scabies and its associated factors in Hawassa Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study', Plos One, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314140

Klepac P; Hsieh JL; Ducker CL; Assoum M; Booth M; Byrne I; Dodson S; Martin DL; Turner CMR; Van Daalen KR; Abela B; Akamboe J; Alves F; Brooker SJ; Ciceri-Reynolds K; Cole J; Desjardins A; Drakeley C; Ediriweera DS; Ferguson NM; Gabrielli AF; Gahir J; Jain S; John MR; Juma E; Kanayson P; Deribe K; King JD; Kipingu AM; Kiware S; Kolaczinski J; Kulei WJ; Laizer TL; Lal V; Lowe R; Maige JS; Mayer S; McIver L; Mosser JF; Nicholls RS; Nunes-Alves C; Panjwani J; Parameswaran N; Polson K; Radoykova HS; Ramani A; Reimer LJ; Reynolds ZM; Ribeiro I; Robb A; Sanikullah KH; Smith DRM; Shirima GSG; Shott JP; Tidman R; Tribe L; Turner J; Vaz Nery S; Velayudhan R; Warusavithana S; Wheeler HS; Yajima A; Abdilleh AR; Hounkpatin B; Wangmo D; Whitty CJM; Campbell-Lendrum D; Hollingsworth TD; Solomon AW; Fall IS, 2024, 'Climate change, malaria and neglected tropical diseases: A scoping review', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 118, pp. 561 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae026

delos Trinos JPC; Coffeng LE; Garcia F; Belizario V; Wiseman V; Watts C; Vaz Nery S, 2024, 'Cost and budget impact of mass drug administration compared to expanded school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth control in Zamboanga Peninsula, the Philippines', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101162

Soultani M; Bartlett AW; Mendes EP; Hii SF; Traub R; Palmeirim MS; Lufunda LMM; Colella V; Lopes S; Nery SV, 2024, 'Estimating Prevalence and Infection Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminths Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Kato-Katz in School-Age Children in Angola', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110, pp. 1145 - 1151, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0821

Jaworski A; Craig AT; Dyer CEF; Goncalves J; Neuendorf N; Newland J; Kelly-Hanku A; Pomat W; Maclaren D; Nery SV, 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

Le B; Clarke NE; Hii SF; Byrne A; Khattak A; Lake S; Lazu E; Wickham S; Wand H; Olsen N; Zendejas-Heredia PA; Sokana O; Romani L; Engelman D; Nasi T; Boara D; Kaldor J; Steer A; Traub R; Nery SV, 2024, 'Effectiveness of one and two doses of ivermectin mass drug administration in reducing the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in Western Province, Solomon Islands: a cluster-randomised, before-after analysis', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100942

Dyer CEF; Kalua K; Chisambi AB; Wand H; McManus H; Liu B; Kaldor JM; Vaz Nery S, 2024, 'Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Mass Drug Administration to Eliminate Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Malawi', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 31, pp. 127 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2023.2194409

Dyer CEF; Ng-Nguyen D; Clarke NE; Hii SF; Nguyen HQ; Nguyen VAT; Nguyen TV; Nguyen TV; Ngo TT; Herath HMPD; Wand H; Coffeng LE; Marshall JC; Gray DJ; Anderson RM; Clements ACA; Kaldor JM; Traub RJ; Vaz Nery S, 2023, 'Community-wide versus school-based targeted deworming for soil-transmitted helminth control in school-aged children in Vietnam: the CoDe-STH cluster-randomised controlled trial', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100920

Caesar delos Trinos JP; Ng-Nguyen D; Coffeng LE; Dyer CEF; Clarke N; Traub R; Halton K; Wiseman V; Watts C; Nery SV, 2023, 'Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of mass drug administration compared to school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for hookworm control in Dak Lak province, Vietnam', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100913

Shimelis T; Mulu A; Mengesha M; Alemu A; Mihret A; Tadesse BT; Bartlett AW; Belay FW; Schierhout G; Dittrich S; Crump JA; Vaz Nery S; Kaldor JM, 2023, 'Detection of dengue virus infection in children presenting with fever in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35143-2

Hughes A; Ng-Nguyen D; Clarke NE; Dyer CEF; Hii SF; Clements ACA; Anderson RM; Gray DJ; Coffeng LE; Kaldor JM; Traub RJ; Vaz Nery S, 2023, 'Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths using quantitative PCR and risk factors for hookworm and Necator americanus infection in school children in Dak Lak province, Vietnam', Parasites and Vectors, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05809-x

Bartlett AW; Mendes EP; Dahmash L; Peliganga LB; Lufunda LMM; Direito A; Mwinzi PN; Eulogio P; Lopes S; Nery SV, 2023, 'Knowledge, attitudes, practices and acceptability of a school preventive chemotherapy programme for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths control in Angola', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 378, pp. 20220430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0430

Stroffolini G; Tamarozzi F; Fittipaldo A; Mazzi C; Le B; Nery SV; Buonfrate D, 2023, 'Impact of preventive chemotherapy on Strongyloides stercoralis: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011473

Le B; Monteiro MAA; Amaral S; Wand H; Matthews A; Hii SF; Clarke NE; Arkell P; Yan J; Engelman D; Fancourt N; Fernandes JL; Steer A; Kaldor J; Traub R; Francis JR; Nery SV, 2023, 'The impact of ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine citrate, and albendazole mass drug administration on the prevalence of scabies and soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children in three municipalities in Timor-Leste: a before–after assessment', Lancet Global Health, 11, pp. e924 - e932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00134-1

Bartlett AW; Mendes EP; Dahmash L; Palmeirim MS; de Almeida MC; Peliganga LB; Lufunda LMM; Direito A; Ramirez J; Mwinzi PN; Lopes S; Nery SV, 2023, 'School-based preventive chemotherapy program for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Angola: 6-year impact assessment', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010849

Bartlett AW; Sousa-Figueiredo JC; van Goor RC; Monaghan P; Lancaster W; Mugizi R; Mendes EP; Nery SV; Lopes S, 2022, 'Burden and factors associated with schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-age children in Huambo, Uige and Zaire provinces, Angola', Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-00975-z

Shimelis T; Vaz Nery S; Tadesse BT; Bartlett AW; Belay FW; Schierhout G; Dittrich S; Crump JA; Kaldor JM, 2022, 'Clinical management and outcomes of acute febrile illness in children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07424-0

Shimelis T; Vaz Nery S; Schierhout G; Tadesse BT; Dittrich S; Crump JA; Kaldor JM, 2022, 'Differences in diagnosis, management, and outcomes of acute febrile illness by health facility level in southern Ethiopia', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23641-8

Aung E; Han KT; Gordon CA; Hlaing NN; Aye MM; Htun MW; Wai KT; Myat SM; Thwe TL; Tun A; Wangdi K; Li Y; Williams GM; Clements ACA; Vaz Nery S; McManus DP; Gray DJ, 2022, 'High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren', Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-00952-6

Dyer CEF; Clarke NE; Nguyen DN; Dilrukshi Herath HMP; Hii SF; Pickford R; Traub RJ; Nery SV, 2022, 'Assessing the efficacy of albendazole against hookworm in Vietnam using quantitative PCR and sodium nitrate flotation', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010767

Oakley T; Le B; da Conceicao V; Marr I; Maia C; Soares M; Belo JC; Sarmento N; da Silva E; Amaral S; Vaz Nery S; Lynar S; Francis JR; Yan J, 2022, 'Gastrointestinal Carriage of Antimicrobial Resistance in School-Aged Children in Three Municipalities of Timor-Leste', Antibiotics, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11091262

Shimelis T; Schierhout G; Tadesse BT; Dittrich S; Crump JA; Kaldor JM; Nery SV, 2022, 'Timely health care seeking and first source of care for acute febrile illness in children in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia', Plos One, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269725

Byrne A; Rosário A; Da Conceicąõ Ferreira M; De Jesus Trovoada Dos Santos M; Rollinson D; Vaz Nery S, 2022, 'Progress towards control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases targeted by preventive chemotherapy in Saõ Tome e Príncipe', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116, pp. 446 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab153

Lynch KD; Apadinuwe SC; Lambert SB; Hillgrove T; Starr M; Catlett B; Ware RS; Cama A; Webster S; Harding-Esch EM; Bakhtiari A; Butcher R; Cunningham P; Martin D; Gwyn S; Solomon AW; Garabwan C; Kaldor JM; Nery SV, 2022, 'A national survey integrating clinical, laboratory, and WASH data to determine the typology of trachoma in Nauru', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010275

Mitchell E; Kelly-Hanku A; Krentel A; Romani L; Robinson LJ; Nery SV; Kaldor J; Steer AC; Bell S, 2022, 'Community perceptions and acceptability of mass drug administration for the control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia-Pacific countries: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010215

Le B; Clarke N; Hii SF; Byrne A; Zendejas-Heredia PA; Lake S; Sokana O; Khattak A; Romani L; Engelman D; Nasi T; Boara D; Kaldor J; Steer A; Traub R; Nery SV, 2022, 'Using quantitative PCR to identify opportunities to strengthen soil-transmitted helminth control in Solomon Islands: A cross-sectional epidemiological survey', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010350

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