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Publications from  Wosera HDSS
Key Publications

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1. Genton B, al-Yaman F,Beck HP,Hii J,Mellor S,Narara A,Gibson N,Smith T, Alpers MP 1995. The epidemiology of malaria in the Wosera Area of East Sepik Province.[Ann Trop Med Parasitol.89(4):377-90

2. Genton B, Al Yaman F, Beck HP, Hii J, Mellor S, Narara A, Gibson N, Smith T, Alpers MP, 1995. The epidemiology of malaria in the Wosera area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, in preparation for vaccine trials. I. Malariometric indices and immunity. Ann.Trop.Med.Parasitol. 89: 359-376.

3. Genton B, Anders RF, Alpers MP, Reeder JC, 2003. The malaria vaccine development program in Papua New Guinea. Trends Parasitol 19: 264-70

4. Shankar AH, Genton B, Semba RD, Baisor M, Paino J, Tamja S, Adiguma T, Wu L, Rare L, Tielsch JM, Alpers MP, West KP, Jr., 1999. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity due to Plasmodium falciparum in young children in Papua New Guinea: a randomised trial. Lancet 354: 203-209.

5. Zimmerman PA, Woolley I, Masinde GL, Miller SM, McNamara DT, Hazlett F, Mgone CS, Alpers MP, Genton B, Boatin BA, Kazura JW, 1999. Emergence of FY*A(null) in a Plasmodium vivax-endemic region of Papua New Guinea. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A 96: 13973-13977.

6. Patel SS, King CL, Mgone CS, Kazura JW, Zimmerman PA. 2004. Glycophorin C (Gerbich antigen blood group) and band 3 polymorphisms in two malaria holoendemic regions of Papua New Guinea. Am J Hematol 75(1): 1-5.

7. Genton B, Betuela I, Felger I, Al-Yaman F, Anders RF, Saul A, Rare L, Baisor M, Lorry K, Brown GV, Pye D, Irving DO, Smith TA, Beck HP, Alpers MP, 2002. A recombinant blood-stage malaria vaccine reduces Plasmodium falciparum density and exerts selective pressure on parasite populations in a phase 1-2b trial in Papua New Guinea. J Infect Dis 185: 820-7.

8. Kasehagen LJ, Mueller I, McNamara DT, Bockarie MJ, Kiniboro B, Rare L, Lorry K, Kastens W, Reeder JC, Kazura JW, Zimmerman PA,2006. Changing patterns of Plasmodium blood-stage infections in the Wosera region of Papua New Guinea monitored by light microscopy and high throughput PCR diagnosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg.75(4):588-96.

9. Cortés A, Mellombo M, Benet A, Lorry K, Rare L, Reeder JC,2004. Plasmodium falciparum: distribution of msp2 genotypes among symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals from the Wosera region of Papua New Guinea.Exp Parasitol. 106(1-2):22-9

10. Müller I, Genton B, Rare L, Kiniboro B, Kastens W, Zimmerman P, Kazura J, Alpers M, Smith TA,2009. Three different Plasmodium species show similar patterns of clinical tolerance of malaria infectionMalar J14:158

11. Marfurt J, Müller I, Sie A, Oa O, Reeder JC, Smith TA, Beck HP, Genton B,2008.Marfurt J, Müller I, Sie A, Oa O, Reeder JC, Smith TA, Beck HP, Genton B.,2008. The usefulness of twenty-four molecular markers in predicting treatment outcome with combination therapy of amodiaquine plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine against falciparum malaria in Papua New Guinea. Malar J.7:61

12. Carnevale EP, Kouri D, DaRe JT, McNamara DT, Mueller I, Zimmerman PA,2006. A multiplex ligase detection reaction-fluorescent microsphere assay for simultaneous detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance. J Clin Microbiol.45(3):752-61.

13. Wildig J, Michon P, Siba P, Mellombo M, Ura A, Mueller I, Cossart Y,2006.Parvovirus B19 infection contributes to severe anemia in young children in Papua New Guinea. J Infect Dis. 194(2):141-2.

14. Hii JL, Smith T, Mai A, Ibam E, Alpers MP,2000. Comparison between anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) caught using different methods in a malaria endemic area of Papua New Guinea. Bull Entomol Res90(3):211-9.

15. Genton B, Al-Yaman F, Ginny M, Taraika J, Alpers MP,1998.Relation of anthropometry to malaria morbidity and immunity in Papua New Guinean children. Am J Clin Nutr. 68(3):734-41

16. Hii JL, Smith T, Vounatsou P, Alexander N, Mai A, Ibam E, Alpers MP,2001.Area effects of bednet use in a malaria-endemic area in Papua New Guinea. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 95(1):7-13

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