By Professor Susana Vaz Nery

Journal articles

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

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', The 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', The 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

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, pp. e0314140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314140

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', The 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', The 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', The 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

Viney K; Itogo N; Yamanaka T; Jebeniani R; Hazarika A; Morishita F; Nishikiori N; Nery SV, 2021, 'Correction to: Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands (BMC Public Health, (2021), 21, 1, (1928), 10.1186/s12889-021-11938-8)', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12284-5

Viney K; Itogo N; Yamanaka T; Jebeniani R; Hazarika A; Morishita F; Nishikiori N; Nery SV, 2021, 'Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11938-8

Tsoi SK; Lake SJ; Thean LJ; Matthews A; Sokana O; Kama M; Amaral S; Romani L; Whitfeld M; Francis JR; Vaz Nery S; Marks M; Kaldor JM; Steer AC; Engelman D, 2021, 'Estimation of scabies prevalence using simplified criteria and mapping procedures in three Pacific and southeast Asian countries', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12039-2

Byrne A; Manalo G; Clarke NE; Vaz Nery S, 2021, 'Impact of hookworm infection and preventive chemotherapy on haemoglobin in non-pregnant populations', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 26, pp. 1568 - 1592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13681

Matthews A; Le B; Amaral S; Arkell P; Monteiro M; Clarke N; Barros T; de Jesus Mendonça J; Gusmão SME; dos Reis Seixas LM; da Piedade JHA; Engelman D; Steer AC; Fancourt NSS; Yan J; Kaldor J; Francis JR; Nery SV, 2021, 'Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in school-age children in Timor-Leste', Parasites and Vectors, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04645-1

Trinos JPCRD; Wulandari LPL; Clarke N; Belizario V; Kaldor J; Nery SV, 2021, 'Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis before and after preventive chemotherapy initiation in the Philippines: A systematic review and meta-analysis', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010026

Bartlett AW; Traub R; Amaral S; Hii SF; Clarke NE; Matthews A; Zendejas-Heredia PA; Arkell P; Monteiro MAA; Da Conceicao V; Da Costa Maia C; Soares MI; Prisca Guterres JD; Francis JR; Nery SV, 2021, 'Comparison between Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sodium Nitrate Flotation Microscopy in Diagnosing Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105, pp. 1210 - 1213, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0227

Nery SV, 2021, '914Progress towards achieving the 2020 goals for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Asia-Pacific region', International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.681

Aw JYH; Clarke NE; Mayfield HJ; Lau CL; Richardson A; Vaz Nery S, 2021, 'Novel statistical approaches to identify risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in Timor-Leste', International Journal for Parasitology, 51, pp. 729 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.01.005

Abrha S; Christenson JK; McEwen J; Tesfaye W; Vaz Nery S; Chang AY; Spelman T; Kosari S; Kigen G; Carroll S; Heukelbach J; Feldmeier H; Bartholomaeus A; Daniel M; Peterson GM; Thomas J, 2021, 'Treatment of tungiasis using a tea tree oil-based gel formulation: Protocol for a randomised controlled proof-of-principle trial', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047380

Clarke NE; Dyer CEF; Amaral S; Tan G; Nery SV, 2021, 'Improving uptake and sustainability of sanitation interventions in timor-leste: A case study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031013

Arkell P; Angelina J; Vieira ADC; Wapling J; Marr I; Monteiro M; Matthews A; Amaral S; da Conceicao V; Kim SH; Bailey D; Yan J; Fancourt’s NSS; Nery SV; Francis JR, 2021, 'Integrated serological surveillance of acute febrile illness in the context of a lymphatic filariasis survey in Timor-Leste: a pilot study using dried blood spots', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116, pp. 531 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab164

Shimelis T; Tadesse BT; W/Gebriel F; Crump JA; Schierhout G; Dittrich S; Kaldor JM; Vaz Nery S, 2020, 'Aetiology of acute febrile illness among children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05635-x

Kurscheid J; Laksono B; Park MJ; Clements ACA; Sadler R; McCarthy JS; Nery SV; Soares-Magalhaes R; Halton K; Hadisaputro S; Richardson A; Indjein L; Wangdi K; Stewart DE; Gray DJ, 2020, 'Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections in semarang, central java, indonesia', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008907

Lemos M; Pedro JM; Fançony C; Moura S; Brito M; Nery SV; Sousa CP; Barros H, 2020, 'Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis preventive chemotherapy: Adverse events in children from 2 to 15 years in Bengo province, Angola', PLoS ONE, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229247

Viney K; Amaral S; Baptista Marques E; Siroka A; Lopes C; Vaz Nery S, 2019, 'Four of five tuberculosis patients experience catastrophic costs related to TB diagnosis and care in Timor-Leste', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 23, pp. 1191 - 1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0765

Aw JYH; Clarke NE; McCarthy JS; Traub RJ; Amaral S; Huque MH; Andrews RM; Gray DJ; Clements ACA; Vaz Nery S, 2019, 'Giardia duodenalis infection in the context of a community-based deworming and water, sanitation and hygiene trial in Timor-Leste', Parasites and Vectors, 12, pp. 491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3752-9

Clarke NE; Ng-Nguyen D; Traub RJ; Clements ACA; Halton K; Anderson RM; Gray DJ; Coffeng LE; Kaldor JM; Vaz Nery S, 2019, 'A cluster-randomised controlled trial comparing school and community-based deworming for soil transmitted helminth control in school-age children: The CoDe-STH trial protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4449-6

Wangdi K; Kasturiaratchi K; Nery SV; Lau CL; Gray DJ; Clements ACA, 2019, 'Diversity of infectious aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in south and Southeast Asia: A systematic review', BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4185-y

Lemos M; Fançony C; Moura S; Mirante C; Sousa PD; Barros H; Nery S; Brito M, 2019, 'Integrated community-based intervention for urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children from Caxito, Angola', International Health, 12, pp. 86 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz055

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