Professor William Pomat is a biomedical researcher with training in immunology, to bacterial causes of pneumonia in children. Professor Pomat is the current Director of the PNG Institute of Medical Research, the country’s leading academic research institute and an internationally recognized centre of excellence. His major research interests are in understanding protective immunity to infectious diseases among children. He completed Masters training at UNSW Sydney, and completed a PhD in vaccine and mucosal immunology at the University of Western Australia. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at Telethon Kids Institute and was awarded honorary adjunct Professor at Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney and at AITHM, James Cook University in Townsville. His track record reflects an ability to successfully obtain research funding, collaborate and build partnerships with local and international partners, conduct high quality research under very challenging conditions, present at international and national meetings and publish in high impact journals to inform and direct policy, particularly in the area of immunization, microbiology and public health. He has high-level leadership skill, has extensive field research experience in PNG, and proven track record in the establishment and leadership of robust collaborative partnerships. His leadership skills are further demonstrated in leading the current diagnosis responses of COVID19 for PNG.
Publications
Journal articles
Mitchell E; Vallely LM; Ase S; Aeno H; Ofi P; Nake Trumb R; Mek A; Kennedy E; Black K; Mola GDL; Bagita MR; Pomat W; Kelly-Hanku A; Bell S, 2026, 'Agency in young people’s unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea', Culture Health and Sexuality, 28, pp. 289 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2025.2456623
2026
Nguyen AN; Kouyate TS; Ford R; Masiria G; Jude J; Plotkin AL; Odumade OA; Diray-Arce J; Idoko OT; Ben-Othman R; Kampmann B; Kollmann TR; Richmond P; Levy O; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat W; Smolen KK, 2026, 'Ontogeny of plasma cytokine and chemokine concentrations across the first four months of human life in a Papua new Guinean cohort', Cytokine, 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2025.157076
2026
von Mollendorf C; Jagne I; Ashley EA; Blyth CC; Chan J; Ford RL; Mayxay M; Mulholland EK; Mungun T; Narangerel D; Tundev O; Nation ML; Nguyen CD; Ortika BD; Pell CL; Sapura J; Vilivong K; Lai J; Zhang Y; Dance DAB; Pomat WS; Satzke C; Russell FM, 2026, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and clinical and demographic characteristics on pneumococcal carriage density in young children in Papua New Guinea, Lao PDR, and Mongolia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-12328-w
2026
Aho C; Veselinović T; Mark R; Teine P; Goina T; Laman M; Ford RL; Mond C; Pomat W; Brennan-Jones CG; Binks MJ; Lehmann D, 2026, 'High rates of suppurative otitis media among children attending urban clinics in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101807
2026
Diray-Arce J; Syphurs C; Hoch A; McEnaney K; Smolen KK; Wariri O; Imam A; Dibassey T; Cole F; Ceesay F; Darboe A; Pomat WS; Ford R; Masiria G; Joseph D; Jude J; Ben-Othman R; Shannon CP; Thomas S; Leroux-Roels G; Clement F; Waerlop G; McLoughlin C; Vignolo SM; Rao S; Amenyogbe N; Angelidou A; Bao W; Bennike TB; Blimke TM; Bjerregaard-Andersen M; Brinkman RR; Brook B; Burnell K; Cai B; Checkervarty A; Chen J; Chen V; Cooney M; Cox M; Dhillon BK; Falsafi R; Fatou B; Ford R; Francis F; Golding CN; Hancock REW; Harbeson DJ; He D; Hinshaw SH; Hoch A; Huang J; Idoko OT; Imam A; Kampmann B; Karoly M; Kirarock W; Kollmann TR; Kraft K; Larsen KL; Lasky-Su J; Lee AH; Levy O; Liu A; Liu M; Malek M; Marchant A; Jim D; Matlam JP; McLoughlin C; Montante S; Morrocchi E; Ndure J; Nguyen A; Njie-Jobe J; Odumade OA; Ozonoff A; Pak J; Palma P; Parker EPK; Pettengill MA; Plotkin A; Pomat WS; Rao S; Richmond PC; Roberts E; Saleu G; Sanca L; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Schaltz-Buchholzer F; Shannon CP; Singh A; Smith M; Smolen KK, 2026, 'A randomized prospective study of neonatal hepatitis B vaccine immunogenicity in The Gambia and Papua New Guinea', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2026.100653
2026
Morgan CJ; Scoullar MJL; Melepia PU; Hezeri P; Supsup H; Peach E; Kabiu D; Suruka R; Kalimet G; Moreira C; Siba PM; McPake B; Kennedy E; Crabb BS; Pomat W; Beeson JG, 2026, 'Women's perspectives on health service integration for multi-morbidity in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum in a high-burden setting', Med, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2026.101037
2026
Dalton M; Pomat W; Sanderson B; Melepia P; James HA; Burangat D; Duwaba L; Willie D; Paivu B; Kiromat P; Stanley E; Waramin E; Laman M; Walker S; Homer C; Robinson LJ; Scoullar MJL; Vaccher S; Danchin M, 2026, 'Caregiver and healthcare professional perspectives on drivers of routine immunisation uptake in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: a qualitative study.', BMJ Public Health, 4, pp. e003553, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-003553
2026
Ford RL; Neal EFG; Sapura J; Kave J; Nivio B; Dreyam M; Samatoe J; Kirarock W; Chan J; Hinds J; Nation ML; Pell CL; Ortika BD; Alamrousi A; Nguyen CD; Dunne EM; Satzke C; Pomat WS; Blyth CC; Russell FM, 2026, 'Association between village coverage of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage among children aged 0–59 months with pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: an observational study', Vaccine X, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2026.100811
2026
Tesine P; Woon SA; Laman M; Yadi G; Kasian B; Lorry L; Salman S; Pomat W; Manning L; Chih HJ; Moore BR; Davis TME, 2026, 'Malaria in Papua New Guinean infants: a prespecified analysis of a randomised postpartum antimalarial treatment trial', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 120, pp. 781 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trag042
2026
Font-Porterias N; Nemat-Gorgani N; Kichula KM; Al-Hindi DR; Harrison GF; Tao S; Zhu F; Montero-Martin G; Fernández-Viña MA; Guethlein LA; Parham P; Oppenheimer SJ; Ioannidis AG; Moreno-Estrada A; Pomat W; Mentzer AJ; Henn BM; Norman PJ, 2026, 'Signatures of pathogen-driven selection and Austronesian gene flow of Papua New Guinea HLA alleles', American Journal of Human Genetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2026.04.006
2026
Dhillon BK; Blimkie TM; Idoko OT; Ford R; Angelidou A; Ben-Othman R; Montante S; Amenyogbe N; Dibassey T; Diray-Arce J; Falsafi R; Imam A; McEnaney K; Odumade OA; Ozonoff A; Pomat WS; Richmond PC; Smolen KK; Wariri O; Waerlop G; LeRoux-Roels G; Tebbutt SJ; Singh A; Richmond PC; Martino D; Marchant A; Idoko OT; Hinshaw SH; Liu A; He D; Harbeson DJ; Francis F; Chen J; Shannon CP; Chen V; Checkervarty A; Brinkman RR; Steen H; Viode A; Fatou B; Bennike TB; Varankovich N; Huang J; Cai B; Bao W; Kampmann B; Parker EPK; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond ; Diray-Arce J; Strandmark J; Roberts E; Njie-Jobe J; Ndure J; Darboe A; Cox M; Malek M; Othman ; Amenyogbe ; van Haren SD; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Jude J; Joseph D; Cole F; Ceesay F; Saleu G; Matlam JP; Masiria G; Kirarock W; Vo D; Vignolo S; Syphurs C; Rao S; Plotkin A; Pettengill MA; Pak J; Nguyen A; Morrocchi E; McLoughlin C; Liu M; Kraft K; Kouyate TS; Karoly ME; Hoch A; Cooney M; Burnell K; Lee AH; Smith M; An A; Levy O; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Kampmann B; Kollmann TR; Lee AHY; Hancock REW, 2026, 'Population-specific heterogeneity in ontogeny of the broadly-conserved blood transcriptional program during the first week of life', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73244-4
2026
Wang Z; Amenyogbe N; Ben-Othman R; Cai B; Lo M; Idoko OT; Odumade OA; Falsafi R; Blimkie TM; An A; Shannon CP; Montante S; Dhillon BK; Diray-Arce J; Ozonoff A; Smolen KK; Brinkman RR; McEnaney K; Angelidou A; Richmond P; Tebbutt SJ; Kampmann B; Hancock REW; Lee AHY; Levy O; Kollmann TR; Martino D; Bao W; Bennike T; Morten ; Bjerregaard-Andersen ; Brook B; Burnell K; Checkervarty A; Chen J; Chen V; Cooney M; Cox M; Darboe A; Dibassey T; Fatou B; Ford R; Francis F; Golding CN; Harbeson DJ; He D; Hinshaw SH; Hoch A; Huang J; Imam A; Kirarock W; Karoly ME; Kraft K; Larsen K; Lasky-Su J; Liu A; Liu M; Malek M; Marchant A; Masiria G; Matlam JP; McLoughlin C; Morrocchi E; Ndure J; Nguyen A; Njie-Jobe J; Pak J; Palma P; Parker EPK; Pettengill MA; Plotkin A; Pomat WS; Rao S; Roberts E; Saleu G; Sanca L; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Schaltz-Buchholzer F; Singh A; Smith M; Steen H; Strandmark J; Syphurs C; van den Biggelaar AHJ; van Haren SD; Varankovich N; Vignolo S; Vo D; Wariri O, 2026, 'Higher Promoter Methylation of the Ubiquitin-Associated and SH3 Domain Containing A (UBASH3A) Gene Is Associated With T-Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Reduced Susceptibility to Early-Onset Sepsis', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 233, pp. e706 - e711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf636
2026
Hoch A; Syphurs C; Chen J; Ben-Othman R; Angelidou A; Smolen K; Odumade O; McEnaney K; Idoko O; Masiria G; Jude J; Ford R; Lasky-Su J; Ozonoff A; van den Biggelaar A; Richmond P; Pomat W; Kampmann B; Kollmann T; Levy O; Diray-Arce J, 2026, 'Common and divergent dynamic changes of the human plasma metabolome across the first week of life in the Gambia & Papua New Guinea 2257987', The Journal of Immunology, 215, pp. vkag141.520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jimmun/vkag141.520
2026
Danthanarayana N; O’Dwyer J; Goi J; Latimore S; Stevens V; Pal M; McSharry BP; Hernandez-Jover M; Pomat W; Karl S; Roby JA; Forwood JK; Neave MJ; Williams DT, 2026, 'Diversity of insect-specific viruses in Culex mosquitoes from Papua New Guinea', Virology Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-026-03258-3
2026
Seidahmed O; Kurumop S; Wawaga E; Kualawi M; Siba V; Jamea S; Ura Y; Makita L; Pomat W; Hetzel MW, 2025, 'A combined school survey and reactive case detection reveals minimal local transmission of malaria in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea', Malaria Journal, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05197-2
2025
Millat-Martínez P; Katusele M; Kasian B; Omera E; Jamea E; Lorry L; Casellas A; Ouchi D; Wali C; Raulo S; Elizah A; Kaman P; Dau A; Sakur M; Kilepak L; Yabu S; Koata N; Kave J; Toa M; Urakusie C; Kongs C; Kisba F; Laman M; Mitjà O; Pomat W; Bassat Q; Karl S; Baro B, 2025, 'Human and entomological determinants of malaria transmission in the Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012277
2025
Persson A; Jops P; Cowan J; Kupul M; Nake Trumb R; Majumdar SS; Islam S; Nindil H; Pomat W; Bell S; Marks G; Bauri M; Graham SM; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Minconetti V; Champagne C; Muri M; Are C; Goi P; Ura Y; Kualawi M; Timbi D; Giduthuri J; Oo MM; Makita L; Seidahmed O; Ross A; Pomat W; Hetzel MW, 2025, 'Health system effectiveness of symptomatic malaria case management in Papua New Guinea', BMJ Global Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016825
2025
Tobon Ramos JA; Maure T; Carias L; Lew D; Goss C; Samuel A; Tavul L; Fischer PU; Weil GJ; Laman M; Robinson LJ; Pomat W; King CL, 2025, 'Impact of mass drug administration with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, and albendazole for lymphatic filariasis on hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis infections in Papua New Guinea', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012851
2025
Mitchell E; Aeno H; Ase S; Ofi P; Nake Trumb R; Mek A; Kennedy EC; Vallely L; Black KI; Mola GDL; Bagita M; Pomat W; Kelly-Hanku A; Bell S, 2025, 'Socio-structural influences on unintended pregnancy among girls aged 15-17 years in Papua New Guinea', BMJ Global Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017679
2025
Dalton M; Pomat W; Danchin M; Homer CSE; Sanderson B; Kiromat P; Robinson LJ; Scoullar MJL; Melepia P; Laman M; James HA; Stanley E; Waramin E; Vaccher S, 2025, 'Factors Associated with Timely First-Dose Pentavalent and Measles–Rubella Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea', Vaccines, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13020156
2025
Farquhar RJ; Kerry Z; Mohamed Y; Morgan C; Dori A; McEwen S; Timbi D; Porau W; Tefuarani N; Pomat W; Makita L; Laman M; Robinson LJ, 2025, 'Baseline assessment of front-line health system capacity in vector-borne disease surveillance and response in Papua New Guinea', Plos Global Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004108
2025
Ford RL; Greenhill AR; Sapura J; Koata A; Dreyam M; Orami T; Jude J; Ong M; Kirarock W; Joseph D; Masiria G; Aho C; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC, 2025, 'Feasibility, Safety, and Impact of the Probiotics Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis in Papua New Guinean Infants: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 14, pp. e73926, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/73926
2025
Zhao H; Haidamak J; Noskova E; Ilik V; Pafčo B; Ford R; Masiria G; Maure T; Kotale N; Pomat W; Gordon C; Navarro S; Horwood PF; Constantinoiu C; Greenhill AR; Bradbury RS, 2025, 'Insights into Infant Strongyloidiasis, Papua New Guinea', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31, pp. 1793 - 1801, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.241923
2025
Almeida M; Gandini F; Rito T; Foody MG; Brandão A; Oliveira M; Olivieri A; Fichera A; Oteo-Garcia G; Zainuddin Z; Eng KK; Pomat W; Bryk J; Pereira L; Farr H; Pala M; Oppenheimer SJ; Richards MB; Soares P, 2025, 'Leveraging known Pacific colonisation times to test models for the ancestry of Southeast Asians', Scientific Reports, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-20856-3
2025
Hoch A; Syphurs C; Chen J; Ben-Othman R; Angelidou A; Smolen KK; Odumade OA; McEnaney K; Idoko OT; Masiria G; Jude J; Ford R; Lasky-Su J; Ozonoff A; van den Biggelaar A; Richmond P; Pomat W; Kampmann B; Kollmann TR; Levy O; Diray-Arce J, 2025, 'Common and divergent dynamic changes of the human plasma metabolome across the first week of life in the Gambia and Papua New Guinea 3859', The Journal of Immunology, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.1611
2025
Gandini F; Almeida M; Foody MGB; Nagle N; Bergström A; Olivieri A; Rodrigues S; Fichera A; Oteo-Garcia G; Torroni A; Achilli A; Pomat W; Zainuddin Z; Eng KK; Shoeib T; Rito T; Bulbeck D; O’Connor S; Bryk J; Pala M; Grant MJ; Edwards CJ; Oppenheimer SJ; Mitchell RJ; Soares PA; Farr H; Richards MB, 2025, 'Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul', Science Advances, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady9493
2025
Kamau E; Ante-Testard PA; Colado J; Nash SD; Martin DL; Arnold BF; Amza A; Domingo ABS; Dawed AA; Arzika AM; Kello AB; Lescano AG; Sillah A; Solomon AW; Srivathsan A; Nassirou B; Elshafie BE; Marfo B; Kadri B; Oldenburg C; Drakeley C; Roberts C; Chaima D; Wittberg DM; Yeboah-Manu D; Goodhew EB; Callahan EK; Harding-Esch EM; Taylor EM; Sata E; Taleo F; Seife F; Mkocha H; Hammou J; Keenan JD; Nesemann JM; Wickens K; Gass K; Kalua K; Fornace K; Aiemjoy K; Renneker KK; Togbey K; Senyonjo L; Kasubi M; Awoussi MS; Díaz MIS; Masika MP; Youbi M; Parameswaran N; Sokana O; Lammie PJ; Hooper PJ; Rymil P; Tekeraoi R; Maliki R; Butcher R; Ko R; Bailey RL; Gwyn S; Kanyi S; Blumberg S; West SK; Aragie S; Migchelsen SJ; Zeru T; Lietman TM; William T; Pomat W; Abdalla Z; Tadesse Z, 2025, 'Data Resource Profile: Global Trachoma Serology Data Repository', International Journal of Epidemiology, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf183
2025
Price RN; Robinson LJ; Duparc S; Wansom T; Jambert E; Demarest H; Huegel H; Do T; Brown K; Simpson JA; Abraham P; Devine A; Ley B; Lee G; Adella J; Sakalidis VS; Rahmalia A; Curry E; Mannion K; Douglas NM; Farquhar R; Daly P; Rosens E; Makita L; Amdara Y; Ronkentuo S; Pukai I; Abegini C; Malai M; Ome-Kaius M; Pomat W; Theodora M; Satyagraha AW; Putri A; Angeline S; Hutagalung AP; Ainur F; Jimanto V; Burdam FH; Kenangalem E; Fransisca L; Nelwan E; Sutanto I; Pasaribu AP; Laman M; Poespoprodjo JR, 2025, 'High daily dose Short COurse PrimaquinE after G6PD testing for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea: the SCOPE implementation study protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11109-9
2025
Kamau E; Ante-Testard PA; Gwyn S; Blumberg S; Abdalla Z; Aiemjoy K; Amza A; Aragie S; Arzika AM; Awoussi MS; Bailey RL; Butcher R; Callahan EK; Chaima D; Dawed AA; Díaz MIS; Domingo ABS; Drakeley C; Elshafie BE; Emerson PM; Fornace K; Gass K; Goodhew EB; Hammou J; Harding-Esch EM; Hooper PJ; Kadri B; Kalua K; Kanyi S; Kasubi M; Kello AB; Ko R; Lammie PJ; Lescano AG; Maliki R; Masika MP; Migchelsen SJ; Nassirou B; Nesemann JM; Parameswaran N; Pomat W; Renneker KK; Roberts C; Rymil P; Sata E; Senyonjo L; Seife F; Sillah A; Sokana O; Srivathsan A; Tadesse Z; Taleo F; Taylor EM; Tekeraoi R; Togbey K; West SK; Wickens K; William T; Wittberg DM; Yeboah-Manu D; Youbi M; Zeru T; Keenan JD; Lietman TM; Solomon AW; Nash SD; Martin DL; Arnold BF, 2025, 'Characterizing trachoma elimination using serology', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60581-z
2025
Pomat W; Lopez Cavestany R; Jeyaseelan V; Ford R; Gare J; Avagyan T; Grabovac V; Bettels D; Mekonnen D; Jones KAV; Mainou BA; Mach O, 2024, 'Poliovirus serological assay after the cVDPV1 outbreak in Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study from 2020 to 2021', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100986
2024
Riddell MA; Vallely LM; Mengi A; Badman SG; Low N; Wand H; Bolnga JW; Babona D; Mola GDL; Wiseman V; Kelly-Hanku A; Homer CSE; Morgan C; Luchters S; Whiley DM; Robinson LJ; Au L; Pukai-Gani I; Laman M; Kariwiga G; Toliman PJ; Batura N; Tabrizi SN; Rogerson SJ; Garland SM; Guy RJ; Peeling RW; Pomat WS; Kaldor JM; Vallely AJB, 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', Lancet Global Health, 12, pp. e641 - e651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00004-4
2024
Britton KJ; Pomat W; Sapura J; Kave J; Nivio B; Ford R; Kirarock W; Moore HC; Kirkham LA; Richmond PC; Chan J; Lehmann D; Russell FM; Blyth CC, 2024, 'Clinical predictors of hypoxic pneumonia in children from the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: secondary analysis of two prospective observational studies', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101052
2024
Quinn L; Whitfield J; Alpers MP; Campbell T; Hummerich H; Pomat W; Siba P; Koki G; Moltke I; Collinge J; Hellenthal G; Mead S, 2024, 'Population structure and migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a region impacted by the kuru epidemic', American Journal of Human Genetics, 111, pp. 668 - 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.02.011
2024
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
2024
Scoullar MJL; Melepia P; Peach E; Fidelis R; Supsup H; Davidson EM; Boeuf P; Bradshaw CS; Fehler G; Hezeri P; Kabiu D; Elijah A; Siba PM; Kennedy EC; Umbers AJ; Robinson LJ; Vallely AJ; Badman SG; Vallely LM; Fowkes FJI; Morgan CJ; Pomat W; Crabb BS; Beeson JG, 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
Vallely LM; Poga P; Riddell MA; Wand H; Mengi A; Badman SG; Bolnga J; Babona D; Pomat WS; Nosi S; Vallely AJ; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Vallely LM; Kapungu K; Mengi A; Chaponda M; Chico RM; Riddell MA; Vallely AJ; Pomat W; Cignacco E; Low N; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Montante S; Ben-Othman R; Amenyogbe N; Angelidou A; Van Den Biggelaar A; Cai B; Chen Y; Darboe A; Diray-Arce J; Ford R; Idoko O; Lee A; Lo M; McEnaney K; Malek M; Martino D; Masiria G; Odumade OA; Pomat W; Shannon C; Smolen K; Consortium TE; Ozonoff A; Richmond P; Tebbutt S; Levy O; Kampmann B; Brinkman R; Kollmann T, 2024, 'Breastfeeding and Neonatal Age Influence Neutrophil-Driven Ontogeny of Blood Cell Populations in the First Week of Human Life', Journal of Immunology Research, 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/1117796
2024
González-Buenfil R; Vieyra-Sánchez S; Quinto-Cortés CD; Oppenheimer SJ; Pomat W; Laman M; Cervantes-Hernández MC; Barberena-Jonas C; Auckland K; Allen A; Allen S; Phipps ME; Huerta-Sanchez E; Ioannidis AG; Mentzer AJ; Moreno-Estrada A, 2024, 'Genetic Signatures of Positive Selection in Human Populations Adapted to High Altitude in Papua New Guinea', Genome Biology and Evolution, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae161
2024
Saweri OPM; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Wiseman V; Batura N, 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
Kouyate TS; Nguyen AN; Plotkin AL; Ford R; Idoko OT; Odumade OA; Masiria G; Jude J; Diray-Arce J; McEnaney K; Ozonoff A; Steen H; Kollmann TR; Richmond PC; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Kampmann B; Pomat W; Levy O; Smolen KK, 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', Frontiers in Immunology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1425349
2024
Pank NP; Aung A; Kama G; Murray A; Huang KL; Greig J; Bauri M; Chan G; Masah C; Kaison K; Umali S; Peter T; Wera C; Velaki C; Ase M; Krangaie I; Viru R; Kurumop T; Keam T; Islam S; Pomat W; Maha A; Boga M; Kal M; Wuatai N; Graham SM; Majumdar SS; Marukutira T, 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
Jops P; Cowan J; Trumb RN; Kupul M; Kuma A; Bell S; Keam T; Bauri M; Nindil H; Majumdar SS; Finch S; Pomat W; Marais BJ; Marks GB; Kaldor J; Vallely A; Graham SM; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Tesine P; Woon SA; Laman M; Yadi G; Yambo P; Kasian B; Lorry L; Robinson LJ; Salman S; Batty KT; Pomat W; Manning L; Davis WA; Davis TME; Moore BR, 2024, 'Artemisinin combination therapy at delivery to prevent postpartum malaria: A randomised open-label controlled trial', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107258
2024
Walker EC; Javati S; Todd EM; Matlam JP; Lin X; Bryant M; Krone E; Ramani R; Chandra P; Green TP; Anaya EP; Zhou JY; Alexander KA; Tong RS; Yuasi L; Boluarte S; Yang F; Greenberg L; Nerbonne JM; Greenberg MJ; Clemens RA; Philips JA; Wilson LD; Halabi CM; DeBosch BJ; Blyth CC; Druley TE; Kazura JW; Pomat WS; Morley SC, 2024, 'Novel coenzyme Q6 genetic variant increases susceptibility to pneumococcal disease', Nature Immunology, 25, pp. 2247 - 2258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01998-4
2024
Loh L; Saunders PM; Faoro C; Font-Porterias N; Nemat-Gorgani N; Harrison GF; Sadeeq S; Hensen L; Wong SC; Widjaja J; Clemens EB; Zhu S; Kichula KM; Tao S; Zhu F; Montero-Martin G; Fernandez-Vina M; Guethlein LA; Vivian JP; Davies J; Mentzer AJ; Oppenheimer SJ; Pomat W; Ioannidis AG; Barberena-Jonas C; Moreno-Estrada A; Miller A; Parham P; Rossjohn J; Tong SYC; Kedzierska K; Brooks AG; Norman PJ, 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
Bell S; Mitchell E; Ase S; Aeno H; Naketrumb R; Ofi PS; Mek A; Pomat W; Habito M; Mola G; Kennedy E; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Saweri OPM; Batura N; Pomat W; Vallely AJ; Wiseman V; Riddell M; Mengi A; Badman S; Vallely L; Wand H; Low N; Bolnga J; Babona D; Mola G; Kelly-Hanku A; Homer C; Morgan C; Luchters S; Whiley D; Robinson L; Au L; Gani IP; Laman M; Kariwiga G; Toliman P; Tabrizi S; Rogerson SJ; Garland SM; Guy R; Kaldor JM; Waukave K; Peter W; Morewaya J; Siba P; Peach E; Sengele P; Molok L; Clip T; Daniels I; Keiwaga C; Hosea D; Aiarak A; Mua L; Russiat V; Davis A; Subey B; Padik M; Tangal M; Vovono E; Malava K; Kavang E; Wong VB; Garaen J; Eddie L; David J; Garaaen J; Malip D; Amada N; Jordan E; Viringa M; Francis C; Makap J; Amin D; Fidelis R; Rave T; Anian R; Tavui R; Kamit J; Mission B; Baining G; Kavang E; Warel S; Kulimbao J; Manie T; Singirok D; Augusto CW; Jally E; Taupa M; Enman R; Demie J; Brea P; Jeffrey A; Warel J; Duba C; Kuias G; Jano B; John M; Sengum G; Soalili J; Buran F; Tawai C; Lasu M; Badem TM; Tivud T; Yamuna J; Saki M; Masil K; Mal L; Kepea Y, 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
Robby S; Kas MP; Soli K; Rai G; Greenhill AR; Werry L; Tringin S; Diapong K; Pue A; Pomat W; Iamba K; Horwood PF; Abdad MY, 2024, 'Prevalence of enteric pathogens in shellfish in Madang Province of Papua New Guinea', Papua New Guinea Medical Journal, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mj21003
2024
An AY; Acton E; Idoko OT; Shannon CP; Blimkie TM; Falsafi R; Wariri O; Imam A; Dibbasey T; Bennike TB; Smolen KK; Diray-Arce J; Ben-Othman R; Montante S; Angelidou A; Odumade OA; Martino D; Tebbutt SJ; Levy O; Steen H; Kollmann TR; Kampmann B; Hancock REW; Lee AH; Amenyogbe N; Bao W; Bjerregaard-Andersen M; Brinkman RR; Brook B; Burnell K; Cai B; Checkervarty A; Chen J; Chen V; Cooney M; Cox M; Darboe A; Dhillon BK; Dibassey T; Fatou B; Ford R; Francis F; Golding CN; Harbeson DJ; He D; Hinshaw SH; Hoch A; Huang J; Kirarock W; Karoly ME; Kraft K; Larsen K; Lasky-Su J; Liu A; A ; Liu M; M ; Malek M; Marchant A; Masiria G; Matlam JP; McEnaney K; McLoughlin C; Morrocchi E; Ndure J; Nguyen A; Njie-Jobe J; Ozonoff A; Pak J; Palma P; Parker EPK; Pettengill MA; Plotkin A; Pomat WS; Rao S; Richmond PC; Roberts E; Saleu G; Sanca L; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Schaltz-Buchholzer F; Singh A; Smith M; Strandmark J; Syphurs C; van den Biggelaar AHJ; van Haren SD; Varankovich N; Vignolo S; Vo D, 2024, 'Predictive gene expression signature diagnoses neonatal sepsis before clinical presentation', Ebiomedicine, 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105411
2024
Park K; Chen M; Malijan GM; Song D; Ross AL; Ambrosino E; Lopez-Correa C; Abdullah S; Asuncion PJ; Boughtwood T; Brown A; Cutiongco de la Paz EM; Goranitis I; Wati Haji Abdul Hamid MR; Hudson M; Karlsson E; Kato K; Kim H; Kohno T; Kong SY; Lee BH; Anh Luong TL; Mizusawa H; Ngah NF; Ngeow J; Padilla C; Park HY; Park MH; Pomat W; Quan J; Ranganathan S; Ripen AM; Tan DS; Tan ES; Waldegrave SJK; Zilfalil BA, 2024, 'Accelerating access to human genomics for public health: perspectives from the Western Pacific region', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101265
2024
Woon SA; Moore BR; Laman M; Tesine P; Lorry L; Kasian B; Yambo P; Yadi G; Pomat W; Batty KT; Salman S; Robinson LJ; Davis TME; Manning L, 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', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 130, pp. 189 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.03.010
2023
Jops P; Cowan J; Kupul M; Trumb RN; Graham SM; Bauri M; Nindil H; Bell S; Keam T; Majumdar S; Pomat W; Marais B; Marks GB; Kaldor J; Vallely A; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Pham BN; Jorry R; Silas VD; Okely AD; Maraga S; Pomat W, 2023, 'Leading causes of deaths in the mortality transition in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System', International Journal of Epidemiology, 52, pp. 867 - 886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac232
2023
Eghrari D; Scoullar MJL; Wilson AN; Peach E; Elijah A; Melepia P; SupSup H; Vallely LM; Siba PM; Kennedy EC; Vogel JP; Homer CSE; Robinson LJ; Fowkes FJI; Pomat W; Crabb BS; Beeson JG; Morgan CJ, 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
Pham BN; Abori N; Maraga S; Jorry R; Jaukae GS; Silas VD; Aga T; Okely T; Pomat W, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066560
2023
Orami T; Aho C; Ford RL; Pomat WS; Greenhill A; Kirkham LA; Masiria G; Nivio B; Britton KJ; Jacoby P; Richmond PC; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Lehmann D, 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
Davidson EM; Scoullar MJL; Peach E; Morgan CJ; Melepia P; Opi DH; Supsup H; Hezeri P; Philip W; Kabiu D; Tokmun K; Suruka R; Fidelis R; Elijah A; Siba PM; Pomat W; Kombut B; Robinson LJ; Crabb BS; Kennedy E; Boeuf P; Simpson JA; Beeson JG; Fowkes FJI, 2023, 'Quantifying differences in iron deficiency-attributable anemia during pregnancy and postpartum', Cell Reports Medicine, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101097
2023
Dalton M; Sanderson B; Robinson LJ; Homer CSE; Pomat W; Danchin M; Vaccher S, 2023, 'Impact of COVID-19 on routine childhood immunisations in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review', Plos Global Public Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002268
2023
Middleton J; Colthart G; Dem F; Elkins A; Fairhead J; Hazell RJ; Head MG; Inacio J; Jimbudo M; Jones CI; Laman M; MacGregor H; Novotny V; Peck M; Philip J; Paliau J; Pomat W; Stockdale JA; Sui S; Stewart AJ; Umari R; Walker SL; Cassell JA, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075946
2023
Silas VD; Pomat W; Jorry R; Emori R; Maraga S; Kue L; Berry N; Aga T; Luu HN; Ha TH; Okely AD; Pham BN, 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 Global Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013308
2023
Millat-Martínez P; Baro B; Kasian B; Lorry L; Sanz S; Wali C; Raulo S; Elizah A; Koleala T; Kaius-Ome M; Karl S; Mitjà O; Laman M; Pomat W; Bassat Q, 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', Malaria Journal, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04804-y
2023
Pham BN; Aga T; Emori R; Manong D; Maraga S; Degemba B; Gabe V; Berry N; Kobol M; Kue L; Ainui N; Jorry R; Silas VD; Abori N; Jaukae GS; Gende G; Ha TH; Okely AD; Pomat W, 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
Pham BN; Maraga S; Kue L; Silas VD; Abori N; Jorry R; Okely T; Pomat 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064777
2022
Jops P; Kupul M; Trumb RN; Cowan J; Graham SM; Bell S; Majumdar S; Nindil H; Pomat W; Marais B; Marks G; Vallely AJ; Kaldor J; Kelly-Hanku A, 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
Steinig E; Aglua I; Duchene S; Meehan MT; Yoannes M; Firth C; Jaworski J; Drekore J; Urakoko B; Poka H; Wurr C; Ebos E; Nangen D; Müller E; Mulvey P; Jackson C; Blomfeldt A; Aamot HV; Laman M; Manning L; Earls M; Coleman DC; Greenhill A; Ford R; Stegger M; Syed MA; Jamil B; Monecke S; Ehricht R; Smith S; Pomat W; Horwood P; Tong SYC; McBryde E, 2022, 'Phylodynamic signatures in the emergence of community-associated MRSA', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204993119
2022
Blyth CC; Britton KJ; Nguyen CD; Sapura J; Kave J; Nivio B; Chan J; Satzke C; Ford R; Kirarock W; Lehmann D; Pomat W; Russell FM, 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 Regional Health Western Pacific, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100432
2022
Dyson ZA; Malau E; Horwood PF; Ford R; Siba V; Yoannes M; Pomat W; Passey M; Judd LM; Ingle DJ; Williamson DA; Dougan G; Greenhill AR; Holt KE, 2022, 'Whole genome sequence analysis of Salmonella Typhi in Papua New Guinea reveals an established population of genotype 2.1.7 sensitive to antimicrobials', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010306
2022
Steinig E; Duchêne S; Aglua I; Greenhill A; Ford R; Yoannes M; Jaworski J; Drekore J; Urakoko B; Poka H; Wurr C; Ebos E; Nangen D; Manning L; Laman M; Firth C; Smith S; Pomat W; Tong SYC; Coin L; McBryde E; Horwood P, 2022, 'Phylodynamic Inference of Bacterial Outbreak Parameters Using Nanopore Sequencing', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac040
2022
Javati S; Guernier-Cambert V; Jonduo M; Robby S; Kimopa J; Maure T; McBryde ES; Pomat W; Aplin K; Helgen KM; Abdad MY; Horwood PF, 2022, 'Diversity of Leptospira spp. in bats and rodents from Papua New Guinea', Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69, pp. 4048 - 4054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14725
2022
Pham BN; Jorry R; Abori N; Silas VD; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2022, 'Non-communicable diseases attributed mortality and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System', Plos Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000118
2022
Tavul L; Laman M; Howard C; Kotty B; Samuel A; Bjerum C; O’brian K; Kumai S; Amuga M; Lorry L; Kerry Z; Kualawi M; Karl S; Makita L; John LN; Bieb S; Wangi J; Weil GJ; Goss CW; Tisch DJ; Pomat W; King CL; Robinson LJ, 2022, 'Safety and efficacy of mass drug administration with a single-dose triple-drug regimen of albendazole + diethylcarbamazine + ivermectin for lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: An open-label, cluster-randomised trial', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010096
2022
Millat-Martínez P; Salman S; Moore BR; Baro B; Page-Sharp M; Batty KT; Robinson LJ; Pomat W; Karunajeewa H; Laman M; Manning L; Mitjà O; Bassat Q, 2022, 'Piperaquine Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles in Healthy Volunteers of Papua New Guinea after Administration of Three-Monthly Doses of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.00185-22
2022
Saweri OP; Batura N; Pulford J; Khan MM; Hou X; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Wiseman V, 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
Jonduo ME; Vallely AJ; Whiley DM; Riddell MA; Pomat W; Low N; Sweeney EL, 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
Jonduo M; Neave MJ; Javati S; Abala D; Bilo E; Kini A; Kumbu J; Laman M; Robinson LJ; Makita L; Susapu M; Pomat W; Abdad MY; Williams DT; Horwood PF, 2022, 'Genomic Sequencing of Dengue Virus Strains Associated with Papua New Guinean Outbreaks in 2016 Reveals Endemic Circulation of DENV-1 and DENV-2', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 107, pp. 1234 - 1238, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-1292
2022
Manna S; Spry L; Wee-Hee A; Ortika BD; Boelsen LK; Batinovic S; Mazarakis N; Ford RL; Lo SW; Bentley SD; Russell FM; Blyth CC; Pomat WS; Petrovski S; Hinds J; Licciardi PV; Satzke C, 2022, 'Variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 14 from Papua New Guinea with the Potential to Be Mistyped and Escape Vaccine-Induced Protection', Microbiology Spectrum, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01524-22
2022
Goi J; Koinari M; Muker S; Vinit R; Pomat W; Williams DT; Karl S, 2022, 'Comparison of Different Mosquito Traps for Zoonotic Arbovirus Vectors in Papua New Guinea', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 106, pp. 823 - 827, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0640
2022
Walker EC; Todd E; Ramani R; Anaya E; Javati S; Matlam J-P; Pomat W; Morley SC, 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
Seidahmed O; Jamea S; Kurumop S; Timbi D; Makita L; Ahmed M; Freeman T; Pomat W; Hetzel MW, 2022, 'Stratification of malaria incidence in Papua New Guinea (2011–2019): Contribution towards a sub-national control policy', Plos Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000747
2022
Pham BN; Abori N; Silas VD; Jorry R; Rao C; Okely T; Pomat W, 2022, 'Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS-Attributed mortalities and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from the comprehensive health and epidemiological surveillance system', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058962
2022
Saweri OPM; Batura N; Al Adawiyah R; Causer LM; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Wiseman V, 2021, 'Economic evaluation of point-of-care testing and treatment for sexually transmitted and genital infections in pregnancy in low- And middle-income countries: A systematic review', Plos One, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253135
2021
Batura N; Saweri OPM; Vallely A; Pomat W; Homer C; Guy R; Luchters S; Mola G; Vallely LM; Morgan C; Kariwiga G; Wand H; Rogerson S; Tabrizi SN; Whiley DM; Low N; Peeling RW; Siba PM; Riddell M; Laman M; Bolnga J; Robinson LJ; Morewaya J; Badman S; Kelly-Hanku A; Toliman PJ; Peter W; Peach E; Garland S; Kaldor J; Wiseman V, 2021, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted and genital infections during pregnancy in Papua New Guinea (WANTAIM trial): Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a cluster-randomised trial', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046308
2021
Vallely LM; Egli-Gany D; Wand H; Pomat WS; Homer CSE; Guy R; Silver B; Rumbold AR; Kaldor JM; Vallely AJ; Low N, 2021, 'Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97, pp. 104 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054653
2021
Pham BN; Silas VD; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2021, 'Measuring Wasting and Stunting Prevalence Among Children Under 5 Years of Age and Associated Risk Factors in Papua New Guinea: New Evidence From the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System', Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.622660
2021
Pham BN; Silas VD; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2021, 'Breastfeeding Rate, Food Supplementation, Dietary Diversity Among Children Aged 6–59 Months, and Associated Factors in Papua New Guinea', Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.622645
2021
Britton KJ; Pickering JL; Pomat WS; de Gier C; Nation ML; Pell CL; Granland CM; Solomon V; Ford RL; Greenhill A; Hinds J; Moore HC; Richmond PC; Blyth CC; Lehmann D; Satzke C; Kirkham LAS, 2021, 'Lack of effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination against pneumococcal carriage density in Papua New Guinean infants', Vaccine, 39, pp. 5401 - 5409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.085
2021
Bolnga JW; Lufele E; Teno M; Agua V; Ao P; DL Mola G; Pomat W; Laman M, 2021, 'Incidence of self-induced abortion with misoprostol, admitted to a provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea: A prospective observational study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 61, pp. 955 - 960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13413
2021
Millat-Martínez P; Gabong R; Balanza N; Luana S; Sanz S; Raulo S; Elizah A; Wali C; Paivu B; Dalmas J; Tabie S; Karl S; Laman M; Pomat W; Mitjà O; Baro B; Bassat Q, 2021, 'Coverage, determinants of use and repurposing of long-lasting insecticidal nets two years after a mass distribution in Lihir Islands, Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study', Malaria Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03867-z
2021
Vallely LM; Smith R; Bolnga JW; Babona D; Riddell MA; Mengi A; Au L; Polomon C; Vogel JP; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Homer CSE, 2021, 'Perinatal death audit and classification of stillbirths in two provinces in Papua New Guinea: A retrospective analysis', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 153, pp. 160 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13431
2021
Vallely LM; Smith R; Laman M; Riddell MA; Mengi A; Au L; Polomon C; Vogel JP; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Homer CSE, 2021, 'Early neonatal death review from two provinces in Papua New Guinea: A retrospective analysis', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57, pp. 841 - 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15333
2021
Lautu-Gumal D; Razook Z; Koleala T; Nate E; McEwen S; Timbi D; Hetzel MW; Lavu E; Tefuarani N; Makita L; Kazura J; Mueller I; Pomat W; Laman M; Robinson LJ; Barry AE, 2021, 'Surveillance of molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance (kelch13 mutations) in Papua New Guinea between 2016 and 2018', International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance, 16, pp. 188 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.06.004
2021
Rahman T; de Gier C; Orami T; Seppanen EJ; Granland CM; Francis JP; Michael A; Yoannes M; Corscadden KJ; Ford RL; Martinovich KM; Jacoby P; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Lehmann D; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Thornton RB; Kirkham LAS, 2021, 'PCV10 elicits Protein D IgG responses in Papua New Guinean children but has no impact on NTHi carriage in the first two years of life', Vaccine, 39, pp. 3486 - 3492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.022
2021
Brucato N; André M; Tsang R; Saag L; Kariwiga J; Sesuki K; Beni T; Pomat W; Muke J; Meyer V; Boland A; Deleuze JF; Sudoyo H; Mondal M; Pagani L; Gallego Romero I; Metspalu M; Cox MP; Leavesley M; Ricaut FX, 2021, 'Papua New Guinean Genomes Reveal the Complex Settlement of North Sahul', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, pp. 5107 - 5121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab238
2021
Martinovich KM; Rahman T; de Gier C; Seppanen EJ; Orami T; Granland CM; Francis J; Yoannes M; Corscadden KJ; Ford R; Jacoby P; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Bakaletz LO; Cripps AW; Lehmann D; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Kirkham LAS; Thornton RB, 2021, 'Differences in Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae Natural Antibody Development in Papua New Guinean Children in the First Year of Life', Frontiers in Immunology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.725244
2021
Alvarez-Moreno C; Cassell JA; Donkor CM; Head MG; Middleton J; Pomat W; Saka B; Yirgu R, 2021, 'Long-term consequences of the misuse of ivermectin data', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 1624 - 1626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00630-7
2021
Macleod CK; Butcher R; Javati S; Gwyn S; Jonduo M; Abdad MY; Roberts CH; Keys D; Koim SP; Ko R; Garap J; Pahau D; Houinei W; Martin DL; Pomat WS; Solomon AW, 2021, 'Trachoma, Anti-Pgp3 Serology, and Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Papua New Guinea', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72, pp. 423 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa042
2021
Scoullar MJL; Boeuf P; Peach E; Fidelis R; Tokmun K; Melepia P; Elijah A; Bradshaw CS; Fehler G; Siba PM; Erskine S; Mokany E; Kennedy E; Umbers AJ; Luchters S; Robinson LJ; Wong NC; Vallely AJ; Badman SG; Vallely LM; Fowkes FJI; Morgan C; Pomat W; Crabb BS; Beeson JG, 2021, 'Ycoplasma genitalium and other reproductive tract infections in pregnant women, Papua New Guinea, 2015-2017', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27, pp. 894 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.201783
2021
Peach E; Morgan C; Scoullar MJL; Fowkes FJI; Kennedy E; Melepia P; Homiehombo P; Au L; Luchters S; Umbers AJ; Vallely A; Vallely LM; Kelly-Hanku A; Robinson LJ; Crabb BS; Elijah A; Siba PM; Pomat W; Beeson JG, 2021, 'Risk factors and knowledge associated with high unintended pregnancy rates and low family planning use among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79103-6
2021
Nguyen C; Weaver R; Blyth C; Mollendorf CV; Britton K; Chan J; Dance DAB; Ford R; Lai JYR; Mungun T; Newton P; Mulholland EK; Pomat W; Vilivong K; Xeuatvongsa A; Russell FM, 2021, '383Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is effective against hypoxic pneumonia in Laos, Mongolia and Papua New Guinea', International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.481
2021
Moreira C; Scoullar M; Peach E; Fidelis R; Melepeia P; Pomat W; Siba P; Crabb B; Robinson L; Team HS; Agius P; Beeson J, 2021, '839A novel approach to investigating poor growth in a longitudinal study of infants in PNG', International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, pp. dyab168.455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.455
2021
Britton K; Pomat W; Ford R; Sapura J; Kave J; Nivio B; Lehmann CD; Chan J; Russell F; Blyth CC, 2021, '997Childhood pneumonia in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: clinical predictors of severe disease', International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.098
2021
Walker EC; Todd EM; Ramani R; Anaya E; Javati S; Matlam J-P; Pomat W; Morley SC, 2021, 'A novel variant in CoQ biosynthesis highly prevalent in Papua New Guinea children increases mortality following bacterial pneumonia', The Journal of Immunology, 206, pp. 52.20 - 52.20, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.206.supp.52.20
2021
Pham BN; Whittaker M; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2020, 'Measuring unmet need for contraception among women in rural areas of Papua New Guinea', Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2020.1848004
2020
Pedro N; Brucato N; Fernandes V; André M; Saag L; Pomat W; Besse C; Boland A; Deleuze JF; Clarkson C; Sudoyo H; Metspalu M; Stoneking M; Cox MP; Leavesley M; Pereira L; Ricaut FX, 2020, 'Papuan mitochondrial genomes and the settlement of Sahul', Journal of Human Genetics, 65, pp. 875 - 887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-0781-3
2020
Ahmed S; Mvalo T; Akech S; Agweyu A; Baker K; Bar-Zeev N; Campbell H; Checkley W; Chisti MJ; Colbourn T; Cunningham S; Duke T; English M; Falade AG; Fancourt NSS; Ginsburg AS; Graham HR; Gray DM; Gupta M; Hammitt L; Hesseling AC; Hooli S; Johnson AWBR; King C; Kirby MA; Lanata CF; Lufesi N; MacKenzie GA; McCracken JP; Moschovis PP; Nair H; Oviawe O; Pomat WS; Santosham M; Seddon JA; Thahane LK; Wahl B; Van Der Zalm M; Verwey C; Yoshida LM; Zar HJ; Howie SRC; McCollum ED, 2020, 'Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from COVID-19', BMJ Global Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002844
2020
Middleton J; Cassell JA; Colthart G; Dem F; Fairhead J; Head MG; Inacio J; Jimbudo M; Laman M; Novotny V; Peck M; Philip J; Pomat W; Sui S; West-Oram P; Stewart A, 2020, 'Rationale, experience and ethical considerations underpinning integrated actions to further global goals for health and land biodiversity in Papua New Guinea', Sustainability Science, 15, pp. 1653 - 1664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00805-x
2020
Pham NB; Okely AD; Whittaker M; Siba P; Pomat W, 2020, 'Millennium development goals in Papua New Guinea: towards universal education', Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 19, pp. 181 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10671-019-09255-4
2020
Jonduo ME; Wawae L; Masiria G; Suda W; Hattori M; Takayasu L; Abdad MY; Greenhill AR; Horwood PF; Pomat W; Umezaki M, 2020, 'Gut microbiota composition in obese and non-obese adult relatives from the highlands of Papua New Guinea', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaa161
2020
Gupta M; Wahl B; Adhikari B; Bar-Zeev N; Bhandari S; Coria A; Erchick DJ; Gupta N; Hariyani S; Kagucia EW; Killewo J; Limaye RJ; McCollum ED; Pandey R; Pomat WS; Rao KD; Santosham M; Sauer M; Wanyenze RK; Peters DH, 2020, 'The need for COVID-19 research in low- and middle-income countries', Global Health Research and Policy, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41256-020-00159-y
2020
Vinit R; Timinao L; Bubun N; Katusele M; Robinson LJ; Kaman P; Sakur M; Makita L; Reimer L; Schofield L; Pomat W; Mueller I; Laman M; Freeman T; Karl S, 2020, 'Decreased bioefficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets and the resurgence of malaria in Papua New Guinea', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17456-2
2020
Idoko OT; Smolen KK; Wariri O; Imam A; Shannon CP; Dibassey T; Diray-Arce J; Darboe A; Strandmark J; Ben-Othman R; Odumade OA; McEnaney K; Amenyogbe N; Pomat WS; van Haren S; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Brinkman RR; Steen H; Hancock REW; Tebbutt SJ; Richmond PC; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Kollmann TR; Levy O; Ozonoff A; Kampmann B, 2020, 'Corrigendum: Clinical Protocol for a Longitudinal Cohort Study Employing Systems Biology to Identify Markers of Vaccine Immunogenicity in Newborn Infants in The Gambia and Papua New Guinea (Front. Pediatr, (2020), 8, (197), 10.3389/fped.2020.00197)', Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.610461
2020
Javati S; Masiria G; Elizah A; Matlam J-P; Ford R; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2020, 'An observational study of the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in women of childbearing age in Papua New Guinea.', Pneumonia (Nathan), 12, pp. 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-020-00076-1
2020
Bennike TB; Fatou B; Angelidou A; Diray-Arce J; Falsafi R; Ford R; Gill EE; van Haren SD; Idoko OT; Lee AH; Ben-Othman R; Pomat WS; Shannon CP; Smolen KK; Tebbutt SJ; Ozonoff A; Richmond PC; Biggelaar AHJVD; Hancock REW; Kampmann B; Kollmann TR; Levy O; Steen H, 2020, 'Preparing for Life: Plasma Proteome Changes and Immune System Development During the First Week of Human Life', Frontiers in Immunology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.578505
2020
Idoko OT; Smolen KK; Wariri O; Imam A; Shannon CP; Dibassey T; Diray-Arce J; Darboe A; Strandmark J; Ben-Othman R; Odumade OA; McEnaney K; Amenyogbe N; Pomat WS; Van Haren S; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Brinkman RR; Steen H; Hancock REW; Tebbutt SJ; Richmond PC; Van Den Biggelaar AHJ; Kollmann TR; Levy O; Ozonoff A; Kampmann B, 2020, 'Clinical protocol for a longitudinal cohort study employing systems biology to identify markers of vaccine immunogenicity in newborn infants in the gambia and papua New Guinea', Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00197
2020
Orami T; Ford R; Kirkham LA; Thornton R; Corscadden K; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Lehmann D, 2020, 'Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine primes mucosal immune responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine booster in Papua New Guinean children', Vaccine, 38, pp. 7977 - 7988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.042
2020
Nguyen Pham B; Appo J; Gende G; Rao C; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2020, 'Leprosy-tuberculosis Co-infection: A case report in Papua New Guinea', Journal of Medical – Clinical Research & Reviews, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.33425/2639-944x.1167
2020
Walker EC; Ramani R; Javati S; Todd E; Chandra P; Matlam J-P; Anaya E; Pomat W; Morley SC, 2020, 'A novel variant in ubiquinone biosynthesis highly prevalent in Papua New Guinea children increases mortality following bacterial pneumonia', The Journal of Immunology, 204, pp. 231.5 - 231.5, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.204.supp.231.5
2020
Brook B; Harbeson DJ; Shannon CP; Cai B; He D; Ben-Othman R; Francis F; Huang J; Varankovich N; Liu A; Bao W; Bjerregaard-Andersen M; Schaltz-Buchholzer F; Sanca L; Golding CN; Larsen KL; Levy O; Kampmann B; Tan R; Charles A; Wynn JL; Shann F; Aaby P; Benn CS; Tebbutt SJ; Kollmann TR; Amenyogbe N; Lee AH; Bennike TB; Diray-Arce J; Idoko O; Pomat WS; van Haren S; Cox M; Darboe A; Falsafi R; Hinshaw SH; Ndure J; Njie-Jobe J; Pettengill MA; Marchant A; Richmond PC; Ford R; Saleu G; Masiria G; Matlam JP; Kirarock W; Roberts E; Malek M; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Singh A; Angelidou A; Smolen KK; Brinkman RR; Ozonoff A; Hancock REW; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Steen H; Vo D; Kraft K; McEnaney K; Vignolo S, 2020, 'BCG vaccination-induced emergency granulopoiesis provides rapid protection from neonatal sepsis', Science Translational Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/SCITRANSLMED.AAX4517
2020
Middleton J; Abdad MY; Beauchamp E; Colthart G; Cooper MJF; Dem F; Fairhead J; Grundy CL; Head MG; Inacio J; Jimbudo M; Jones CI; Konecna M; Laman M; MacGregor H; Novotny V; Peck M; Paliau J; Philip J; Pomat W; Roberts CH; Sui S; Stewart AJ; Walker SL; Cassell JA, 2020, 'Health service needs and perspectives of remote forest communities in Papua New Guinea: Study protocol for combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessments with parallel treatment of urgent cases', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041784
2020
Pomat WS; Van Den Biggelaar AHJ; Wana S; Francis JP; Solomon V; Greenhill AR; Ford R; Orami T; Passey M; Jacoby P; Kirkham LA; Lehmann D; Richmond PC, 2019, 'Safety and immunogenicity of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in a high-risk population: A randomized controlled trial of 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Papua New Guinean infants', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68, pp. 1472 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy743
2019
Caly L; Horwood PF; Vijaykrishna D; Lynch S; Greenhill AR; Pomat W; Rai G; Kisa D; Bande G; Druce J; Abdad MY, 2019, 'Divergent Barmah Forest virus from Papua New Guinea', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25, pp. 2266 - 2269, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.191070
2019
Diefenbach-Elstob T; Guernier V; Burgess G; Pelowa D; Dowi R; Gula B; Puri M; Pomat W; McBryde E; Plummer D; Rush C; Warner J, 2019, 'Molecular evidence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Balimo region of Papua New Guinea', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010033
2019
Lee AH; Shannon CP; Amenyogbe N; Bennike TB; Diray-Arce J; Idoko OT; Gill EE; Ben-Othman R; Pomat WS; van Haren SD; Cao KAL; Cox M; Darboe A; Falsafi R; Ferrari D; Harbeson DJ; He D; Bing C; Hinshaw SJ; Ndure J; Njie-Jobe J; Pettengill MA; Richmond PC; Ford R; Saleu G; Masiria G; Matlam JP; Kirarock W; Roberts E; Malek M; Sanchez-Schmitz G; Singh A; Angelidou A; Smolen KK; Vo D; Kraft K; McEnaney K; Vignolo S; Marchant A; Brinkman RR; Ozonoff A; Hancock REW; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Steen H; Tebbutt SJ; Kampmann B; Levy O; Kollmann TR, 2019, 'Dynamic molecular changes during the first week of human life follow a robust developmental trajectory', Nature Communications, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08794-x
2019
Chan J; Nguyen CD; Dunne EM; Kim Mulholland E; Mungun T; Pomat WS; Rafai E; Satzke C; Weinberger DM; Russell FM, 2019, 'Using pneumococcal carriage studies to monitor vaccine impact in low- and middle-income countries', Vaccine, 37, pp. 6299 - 6309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.073
2019
Diefenbach-Elstob T; Guernier-Cambert V; Gula B; Dowi R; Pelowa D; Pomat W; Rush C; Plummer D; McBryde E; Warner J, 2019, 'Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.001
2019
van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS; Masiria G; Wana S; Nivio B; Francis J; Ford R; Passey M; Kirkham LA; Jacoby P; Lehmann D; Richmond P, 2019, 'Immunogenicity and immune memory after a pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine booster in a high-risk population primed with 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: A randomized controlled trial in papua new guinean children', Vaccines, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines7010017
2019
Aia P; Majumdar SS; Pomat W; Tefuarani N; Graham SM; Dakulala P, 2019, 'The SORT IT model for building operational research capacity: the experience of TB service providers in PNG', Public Health Action, 9, pp. s1 - s2, http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.19.0036
2019
Chan J; Lai JY; von Mollendorf C; Blyth C; Dance DAB; Datta S; Dunne EM; Ford R; Fox K; Hinds J; Vilivong K; La Vincente S; Lehmann D; Moore KA; Mungun T; Nation ML; Newton PN; Nguyen CD; Pomat W; Xeuatvongsa A; Satzke C; Mulholland EK; Russell FM; Group PR, 2019, 'Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection within Asia and the Pacific: a prospective observational study', The Lancet Global Health, 7, pp. s15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30100-7
2019
Unger HW; Rosanas-Urgell A; Robinson LJ; Ome-Kaius M; Jally S; Umbers AJ; Pomat W; Mueller I; Kattenberg E; Rogerson SJ, 2019, 'Microscopic and submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infection, maternal anaemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Papua New Guinea: A cohort study', Malaria Journal, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2931-7
2019
Diefenbach-Elstob T; Graves P; Dowi R; Gula B; Plummer D; McBryde E; Pelowa D; Siba P; Pomat W; Warner J, 2018, 'The epidemiology of tuberculosis in the rural Balimo region of Papua New Guinea', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 23, pp. 1022 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13118
2018
Malau E; Ford R; Valcanis M; Jennison AV; Mosse J; Bean D; Yoannes M; Pomat W; Horwood PF; Greenhill AR, 2018, 'Antimicrobial sensitivity trends and virulence genes in Shigella spp. from the Oceania region', Infection Genetics and Evolution, 64, pp. 52 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2018.06.015
2018
Bell S; Kennedy E; Black K; Vallely A; Vallely L; Mola G; Kaldor J; Bagita M; Ninnes C; Pomat W; Kelly A, 2018, 'Youth-centred research to help prevent and mitigate the adverse health and social impacts of pregnancy amongst young Papua New Guineans', Reproductive Health Matters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09688080.2018.1512297
2018
Vallely LM; Egli-Gany D; Pomat W; Homer CSE; Guy R; Wand H; Silver B; Rumbold AR; Kaldor JM; Low N; Vallely AJ, 2018, 'Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, M. hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and U. parvum: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol', BMJ Open, 8, pp. e024175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024175
2018
Chan J; Nguyen CD; Lai JYR; Dunne EM; Andrews R; Blyth CC; Datta S; Fox K; Ford R; Hinds J; La Vincente S; Lehmann D; Lim R; Mungun T; Newton PN; Phetsouvanh R; Pomat WS; Xeuatvongsa A; Von Mollendorf C; Dance DAB; Satzke C; Muholland K; Russell FM, 2018, 'Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection against vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in low and middle-income countries: A protocol for a prospective observational study', BMJ Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021512
2018
Blyth CC; Ford R; Sapura J; Kumani T; Masiria G; Kave J; Yuasi L; Greenhill A; Hwaihwanje I; Lang A; Lehmann D; Pomat W; on behalf of the Papua New Guinea Pneumonia and Meningitis Etiology Study Team , 2017, 'Childhood pneumonia and meningitis in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea in the era of conjugate vaccines: study methods and challenges', Pneumonia, 9, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-017-0029-y
2017
Lehmann D; Kirarock W; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Passey M; Jacoby P; Saleu G; Masiria G; Nivio B; Greenhill A; Orami T; Francis J; Ford R; Kirkham L-A; Solomon V; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; for the 10v13v PCV trial team , 2017, 'Rationale and methods of a randomized controlled trial of immunogenicity, safety and impact on carriage of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines in infants in Papua New Guinea', Pneumonia, 9, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-017-0044-z
2017
Van Den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC; Fuery A; Anderson D; Opa C; Saleu G; Lai M; Francis JP; Alpers MP; Pomat WS; Lehmann D, 2017, 'Pneumococcal responses are similar in Papua New Guinean children aged 3-5 years vaccinated in infancy with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine with or without prior pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or without pneumococcal vaccination', Plos One, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185877
2017
Horwood PF; Soli KW; Maure T; Naito YI; Morita A; Natsuhara K; Tadokoro K; Baba J; Odani S; Tomitsuka E; Igai K; Larkins JA; Siba PM; Pomat W; McBryde ES; Umezaki M; Greenhill AR, 2017, 'A high burden of asymptomatic gastrointestinal infections in traditional communities in Papua New Guinea', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97, pp. 1872 - 1875, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0282
2017
Bergström A; Oppenheimer SJ; Mentzer AJ; Auckland K; Robson K; Attenborough R; Alpers MP; Koki G; Pomat W; Siba P; Xue Y; Sandhu MS; Tyler-Smith C, 2017, 'A Neolithic expansion, but strong genetic structure, in the independent history of New Guinea', Science, 357, pp. 1160 - 1163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aan3842
2017
Francis JP; Richmond PC; Strickland D; Prescott SL; Pomat WS; Michael A; Nadal-Sims MA; Edwards-Devitt CJ; Holt PG; Lehmann D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2017, 'Cord blood Streptococcus pneumoniae-specific cellular immune responses predict early pneumococcal carriage in high-risk infants in Papua New Guinea', Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 187, pp. 408 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cei.12902
2017
Aho C; Michael A; Yoannes M; Greenhill A; Jacoby P; Reeder J; Pomat W; Saleu G; Namuigi P; Phuanukoonnon S; Smith-Vaughan H; Leach AJ; Richmond P; Lehmann D, 2016, 'Limited impact of neonatal or early infant schedules of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Papua New Guinean children: A randomized controlled trial', Vaccine Reports, 6, pp. 36 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vacrep.2016.08.002
2016
Malaspinas AS; Westaway MC; Muller C; Sousa VC; Lao O; Alves I; Bergström A; Athanasiadis G; Cheng JY; Crawford JE; Heupink TH; MacHoldt E; Peischl S; Rasmussen S; Schiffels S; Subramanian S; Wright JL; Albrechtsen A; Barbieri C; Dupanloup I; Eriksson A; Margaryan A; Moltke I; Pugach I; Korneliussen TS; Levkivskyi IP; Moreno-Mayar JV; Ni S; Racimo F; Sikora M; Xue Y; Aghakhanian FA; Brucato N; Brunak S; Campos PF; Clark W; Ellingvåg S; Fourmile G; Gerbault P; Injie D; Koki G; Leavesley M; Logan B; Lynch A; Matisoo-Smith EA; McAllister PJ; Mentzer AJ; Metspalu M; Migliano AB; Murgha L; Phipps ME; Pomat W; Reynolds D; Ricaut FX; Siba P; Thomas MG; Wales T; Wall CMR; Oppenheimer SJ; Tyler-Smith C; Durbin R; Dortch J; Manica A; Schierup MH; Foley RA; Lahr MM; Bowern C; Wall JD; Mailund T; Stoneking M; Nielsen R; Sandhu MS; Excoffier L; Lambert DM; Willerslev E, 2016, 'A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia', Nature, 538, pp. 207 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature18299
2016
Francis JP; Richmond PC; Michael A; Siba PM; Jacoby P; Hales BJ; Thomas WR; Lehmann D; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2016, 'A longitudinal study of natural antibody development to pneumococcal surface protein A families 1 and 2 in Papua New Guinean Highland children: a cohort study.', Pneumonia (Nathan), 8, pp. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-016-0014-x
2016
Badman SG; Vallely LM; Toliman P; Kariwiga G; Lote B; Pomat W; Holmer C; Guy R; Luchters S; Morgan C; Garland SM; Tabrizi S; Whiley D; Rogerson SJ; Mola G; Wand H; Donovan B; Causer L; Kaldor J; Vallely A, 2016, 'A novel point-of-care testing strategy for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in high-burden settings: Results of a feasibility study in Papua New Guinea', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1573-4
2016
Greenhill AR; Phuanukoonnon S; Yoannes M; Orami T; Smith H; Murphy D; Blyth C; Reeder J; Siba P; Pomat W; Lehmann D, 2015, 'Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1197-0
2015
Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Phuanukoonnon S; Francis J; Jacoby P; Siba PM; Alpers MP; Reeder JC; Holt PG; Richmond PC; Lehmann D, 2013, 'Safety and Immunogenicity of Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination in Papua New Guinean Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056698
2013
Laman M; Pomat W; Siba P; Betuela I, 2013, 'Ethical challenges in integrating patient-care with clinical research in a resource-limited setting: Perspectives from Papua New Guinea', BMC Medical Ethics, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-14-29
2013
Phuanukoonnon S; Michael A; Kirarock WS; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2013, 'Intestinal parasitic infections and anaemia among pregnant women in the highlands of Papua New Guinea', Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal, 56, pp. 119 - 125
2013
van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS, 2013, 'Immunization of newborns with bacterial conjugate vaccines', Vaccine, 31, pp. 2525 - 2530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.019
2013
Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Pomat W; Siba PM; Tulic MC; Holt PG; Strickland D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Ontogeny of toll-like and NOD-like receptor-mediated innate immune responses in Papua New Guinean infants', Plos One, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036793
2012
Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Richmond PC; Pomat W; Siba PM; Holt PG; Strickland DH; Van Den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Neonatal antigen-presenting cells are functionally more quiescent in children born under traditional compared with modern environmental conditions', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 130, pp. 1167 - 1e10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2012.06.005
2012
Chidlow GR; Laing IA; Harnett GB; Greenhill AR; Phuanukoonnon S; Siba PM; Pomat WS; Shellam GR; Smith DW; Lehmann D, 2012, 'Respiratory viral pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract disease among young children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea', Journal of Clinical Virology, 54, pp. 235 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.008
2012
Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Pomat W; Siba PM; Holt PG; Strickland D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Comparison of neonatal T regulatory cell function in Papua New Guinean and Australian newborns', Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 23, pp. 173 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01242.x
2012
Jackson KJ; Wang Y; Gaeta BA; Pomat W; Siba PM; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2012, 'Divergent human populations show extensive shared IGK rearrangements in peripheral blood B cells', Immunogenetics, 64, pp. 3 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-011-0559-z
2012
Van Den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Michael A; Aho C; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Jacoby PA; Hales BJ; Smith WA; Mitchell T; Wiertsema S; Richmond P; Siba P; Holt PG; Lehmann D, 2012, 'Effect of early carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae on the development of pneumococcal protein-specific cellular immune responses in infancy', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 31, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318245a5a8
2012
van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat W; Bosco A; Phuanukoonnon S; Devitt CJ; Nadal-Sims MA; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Holt PG, 2011, 'Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination at birth in a high-risk setting: No evidence for neonatal T-cell tolerance', Vaccine, 29, pp. 5414 - 5420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.065
2011
Wang Y; Jackson KJ; Chen Z; Gaeta BA; Siba P; Pomat W; Walpole E; Rimmer J; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2011, 'IgE sequences in individuals living in an area of endemic parasitism show little mutational evidence of antigen selection', Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 73, pp. 496 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02525.x
2011
Wang Y; Jackson KJ; Gaeta BA; Pomat W; Rim ; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2011, 'Genomic screening by 454 pyrosequencing identifies a new human IGHV gene and sixteen other new IGHV allelic variants', Immunogenetics, 63, pp. 259 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-010-0510-8
2011
Greenhill A; Pomat W; Duke T; Lagani W; Mokela D; Lehmann D, 2010, 'The role of biomedical research in the fight against pneumonia in Papua New Guinea.', Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal, 53, pp. 1 - 4
2010
Pomat WS; Greenhill AR; Lehmann D, 2010, 'Pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: lessons learnt for the way forward.', Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal, 53, pp. 89 - 93
2010
Phuanukoonnon S; Reeder JC; Pomat WS; Van den Biggelaar AH; Holt PG; Saleu G; Opa C; Michael A; Aho C; Yoannes M; Francis J; Orami T; Namuigi P; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 2010, 'A neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial in Papua New guinea: study population, methods and operational challenges.', Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal, 53, pp. 191 - 206
2010
van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Siba PM; Lehmann D; Holt PG, 2009, 'Neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization primes T cells for preferential Th2 cytokine expression: A randomized controlled trial in Papua New Guinea', Vaccine, 27, pp. 1340 - 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.12.046
2009
Francis JP; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Michael A; Keno H; Phuanukoonnon S; Nelson JB; Whinnen M; Heinrich T; Smith WA; Prescott SL; Holt PG; Siba PM; Lehmann D; Van Den Biggelaar AHJ, 2009, 'Maternal antibodies to pneumolysin but not to pneumococcal surface protein a delay early pneumococcal carriage in high-risk Papua New Guinean infants', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 16, pp. 1633 - 1638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00247-09
2009
van den Biggelaar AHJ; Prescott SL; Roponen M; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Phuanukoonnon S; Pomat W; Tulic MK; Lehmann D; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Holt PG, 2009, 'Neonatal innate cytokine responses to BCG controlling T-cell development vary between populations', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 124, pp. 544 - 5e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.040
2009
Lehmann D; Pomat WS; Riley ID; Alpers MP, 2003, 'Studies of maternal immunisation with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Papua New Guinea', Vaccine, 21, pp. 3446 - 3450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00348-7
2003
Lehmann D; Pomat WS; Combs B; Dyke T; Alpers MP, 2002, 'Maternal immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the highlands of Papua New Guinea', Vaccine, 20, pp. 1837 - 1845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00040-3
2002
Pomat WS; Lehmann D; Sanders RC; Lewis DJ; Wilson J; Rogers S; Dyke T; Alpers MP, 1994, 'Immunoglobulin G antibody responses to polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine in children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea', Infection and Immunity, 62, pp. 1848 - 1853
1994
Pomat WS; Smith TA; Sanders RC; Witt CS; Montgomery J; Lehmann D; Alpers MP, 1993, 'Levels of anti-pneumococcal antibodies in young children in Papua New Guinea', Epidemiology and Infection, 111, pp. 109 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800056739
1993
WITT CS; POMAT W; LEHMANN D; ALPERS MP, 1991, 'Antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides in pneumonia and response to pneumococcal vaccination in young children in Papua New Guinea', Clinical Experimental Immunology, 83, pp. 219 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05618.x
1991
Witt CS; Pomat W, 1991, 'Immune function risk factors for acute lower respiratory tract infections.', Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal, 34, pp. 211 - 214
1991
Witt CS; Montgomery JM; Pomat W; Alpers MP, 1990, 'Detection of streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae type b antigens in the serum and urine of patients with pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: Comparison of latex agglutination and counterimmunoelectrophoresis', Reviews of Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. S1001 - S1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clinids/12.Supplement_8.S1001
1990
Witt CS; Pomat W; Alpers MP, 1989, 'Pneumococcal antibody concentrations in young papua new guinean highland children with pneumonia', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 8, pp. 533 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006454-198908000-00013
1989
Preprints
Danthanarayana N; O’Dwyer J; Goi J; Latimore S; Stevens V; Pal M; McSharry BP; Hernandez-Jover M; Pomat W; Karl S; Roby JA; Forwood JK; Neave MJ; Williams DT, 2026, Diversity of Insect-specific viruses in Culex mosquitoes from Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9414865/v1
2026
Zhao H; Haidamak J; Noskova E; Ilik V; Pafčo B; Ford R; Masiria G; Maure T; Kotale N; Pomat W; Gordon C; Navarro S; Horwood PF; Constantinoiu C; Greenhill AR; Bradbury RS, 2025, New insights into infant strongyloidiasis in Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.17.25325968
2025
Millat-Martínez P; Katusele M; Baro B; Kasian B; Omera E; Jamea E; Lorry L; Casellas A; Ouchi D; Wali C; Raulo S; Elizah A; Kaman P; Dau A; Sakur M; Kilepak L; Yabu S; Koata N; Kave J; Toa M; Urakusie C; Kongs C; Kisba F; Laman M; Mitjà O; Pomat W; Karl S; Bassat Q, 2024, Human and entomological determinants of malaria transmission in the Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.12.24308686
2024
Poespoprodjo JR; Laman M; Pasaribu AP; Sutanto I; Nelwan E; Fransisca L; Kenangalem E; Burdam FH; Jimanto V; Ainur F; Hutagalung AP; Angeline S; Putri A; Satyagraha AW; Theodora M; Pomat W; Ome-Kaius M; Malai M; Abegini C; Pukai I; Ronkentuo S; Amdara Y; Makita L; Rosens E; Daly P; Farquhar R; Douglas NM; Mannion K; Dip G; Curry E; Rahmalia A; Sakalidis VS; Adella J; Lee G; Ley B; Devine A; Abraham P; Simpson JA; Brown K; Do T; Huegel H; Demarest H; Jambert E; Wansom T; Duparc S; Robinson LJ; Price RN, 2024, High daily dose Short COurse PrimaquinE after G6PD testing for the radical cure of
Plasmodium vivax
malaria in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea: The SCOPE implementation study protocol, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.15.24318165
2024
Seidahmed O; Kurumop S; Wawaga E; Kualawi M; Siba V; Jamea S; Ura Y; Makita L; Pomat W; Hetzel MW, 2024, A Combined School Survey and Reactive Case Detection Reveals Minimal Local Transmission of Malaria in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4955658/v1
2024
Ford R; Neal E; Sapura J; kave J; Nivio B; Dreyam M; Samatoe J; Kirarock W; Chan J; Hinds J; Nation M; Pell C; Ortika B; Alamarousi A; Nguyen C; Dunne E; Satzke C; Pomat W; Blyth C; Russell F, 2024, Association between village coverage of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage among children aged 0 – 59 months with pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: an observational study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5390905/v1
2024
Middleton J; Colthart G; Dem F; Elkins A; Fairhead J; Hazell RJ; Head MG; Inacio J; Jimbudo M; Jones CI; Laman M; MacGregor H; Novotny V; Peck M; Philip J; Paliau J; Pomat W; Stockdale JA; Sui S; Stewart AJ; Umari R; Walker SL; Cassell J, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ahvq3
2023
Saweri OPM; Batura N; Pulford J; Khan MM; Hou X; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Wiseman V, 2022, Investigating Health Service Availability and Readiness for Antenatal Testing and Treatment for HIV and Syphilis in Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1281575/v1
2022
Eghrari D; Scoullar M; Wilson AN; Peach E; Elijah A; Melepia P; SupSup H; Vallely LM; Siba PM; Kennedy E; Vogel JP; Homer C; Robinson LJ; Fowkes F; Pomat W; Crabb BS; Beeson JG; Morgan C; Team HS, 2022, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4111169
2022
Pham BNN; Maraga S; Kue L; Silas VD; Abori N; Jorry R; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2022, Prevalence and Sociodemographic Distribution of Injuries-Attributed Mortalities in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4052656
2022
Steinig E; Duchêne S; Aglua I; Greenhill A; Ford R; Yoannes M; Jaworski J; Drekore J; Urakoko B; Poka H; Wurr C; Ebos E; Nangen D; Laman M; Manning L; Firth C; Smith S; Pomat W; Tong S; Coin L; McBryde E; Horwood P, 2021, Phylodynamic modelling of bacterial outbreaks using nanopore sequencing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.30.442218
2021
Pham BNN; Jorry R; Abori N; Silas VD; Okely AD; Pomat W, 2021, Non-Communicable Diseases Attributed Mortality and Associated Sociodemographic Factors in Papua New Guinea: Evidence from Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3915679
2021
Scoullar M; Boeuf P; Peach E; Fidelis R; Tokmun K; Melepia P; Elijah A; Bradshaw C; Fehler G; Siba P; Erskine S; Mokany E; Kennedy E; Umbers A; Luchters S; Robinson L; Wong N; Vallely A; Badman S; Vallely L; HMHB Study Team ; Fowkes F; Morgan C; Pomat W; Crabb B; Beeson J, 2020, High burden of Mycoplasma genitalium and other reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.22.109983
2020
Martínez PM; Gabong R; Balanza N; Luana S; Sanz S; Raulo S; Elizah A; Wali C; Paivu B; Dalmas J; Tabie S; Karl S; Laman M; Pomat W; Mitjà O; Baro B; Bassat Q, Coverage, Determinants of Use and Repurposing of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Two Years After a Mass Distribution in Lihir Islands, Papua New Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-517737/v1
Steinig E; Pitt M; Aglua I; Suttie A; Greenhill A; Heather C; Firth C; Smith S; Pomat W; Horwood P; McBryde E; Coin L, Genomic neighbor typing for bacterial outbreak surveillance, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.05.479210
Dyson ZA; Malau E; Horwood PF; Ford R; Siba V; Yoannes M; Pomat W; Passey M; Judd LM; Ingle DJ; Williamson DA; Dougan G; Greenhill AR; Holt KE, Whole genome sequence analysis of Salmonella Typhi in Papua New Guinea reveals an established population of genotype 2.1.7 sensitive to antimicrobials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.27.21264209
Pham BNN; Abori N; Silas VD; Jorry R; Pomat W, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS-Attributed Mortalities and Associated Socioeconomic Demographic Factors in Papua New Guinea: Evidence From the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3889356
Steinig E; Aglua I; Duchêne S; Meehan MT; Yoannes M; Firth C; Jaworski J; Drekore J; Urakoko B; Poka H; Wurr C; Ebos E; Nangen D; Müller E; Mulvey P; Jackson C; Blomfeldt A; Aamot HV; Laman M; Manning L; Earls M; Coleman DC; Greenhill A; Ford R; Stegger M; Syed MA; Jamil B; Monecke S; Ehricht R; Smith S; Pomat W; Horwood P; Tong SYC; McBryde E, Phylodynamic signatures in the emergence of community-associated MRSA, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.30.442212
Quinn L; Moltke I; Whitfield J; Alpers M; Campbell T; Hummerich H; Pomat W; Siba P; Koki G; Collinge J; Hellenthal G; Mead S, Population Structure and Migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea; a Region Impacted by the kuru Epidemic, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.26.509478
Ford RL; Greenhill AR; Sapura J; Koata A; Dreyam M; Orami T; Jude J; Ong M; Kirarock W; Joseph D; Masiria G; Aho C; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC, Feasibility, Safety, and Impact of the Probiotics Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis in Papua New Guinean Infants: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.73926
Low N; Mengi A; Vallely LM; Descombes C; Braunack-Mayer L; Starr M; Cunningham PH; Wand H; Spycher BD; Badman SG; Laman M; Pomat WS; Vallely AJ; Riddell MA; investigators WT, Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in newborns with and without neonatal conjunctivitis: cross-sectional study in Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.09.26357364
Shen K; Newland J; Neuendorf N; Boli-Neo R; Vallely LM; Mek A; Maalsen A; Robinson LJ; Pomat W; Laman M; Kelly-Hanku A, Community leaders as vaccine champions and the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.21.26358216
Reports
Newland J; Neuendorf N; Vallely L; Mek A; Vengiau G; Farquhar R; Boli-Neo R; Seymour M; Wratten M; Aeno H; Trumb RN; Kerry Z; Huang KL; Maalsen A; Homer C; Robinson L; Majumdar S; Vallely A; Laman M; Pomat W; Kelly-Hanku A, 2022, COVID-19 and its impacts on primary health services and public health infectious disease programs in Papua New Guinea, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/6mhp-gc18
2022
Conference Papers
Scoullar M; Boeuf P; Peach E; Kearney E; Fidelis R; Tokmun K; Melepia P; Bradshaw C; Elijah A; Fehler G; Siba P; Erskine S; Mokany E; Kennedy E; Umbers A; Luchters S; Robinson L; Wong N; Vallely A; Badman S; Vallely L; Fowkes F; Morgan C; Pomat W; Crabb B; Beeson J; Team HS, 2021, 'O16.1 High burden of reproductive tract infections and poor sexual and reproductive health in pregnancy and postpartum in Papua New Guinea', in Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ, pp. a52 - a53, presented at Female reproductive health for STIs and HIV, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.140
2021
Badman S; Vallely L; Toliman P; Kariwiga G; Tabrizi S; Pomat W; Guy R; Homer C; Luchters S; Morgan C; Garland S; Rogerson S; Whiley D; Mola G; Wand H; Donovan B; Causer L; Siba P; Kaldor J; Vallely A, 2015, '002.1 Point-of-care testing and immediate treatment of curable sexually transmitted and genital infections among antenatal women in papua new guinea', in Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ, pp. a27.2 - a2a27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.85
2015
Laing IA; Lai M; Jacoby P; Pomat W; Orami T; Phuanukoonnon S; Opa C; Holt PG; van den Biggelaar A; Richmond P; Siba P; Lehmann D, 2011, 'IL-8 Polymorphisms Associated With Earlier And Increased Incidence Of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections In Children From Papua New Guinea (PNG)', in C25. PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, American Thoracic Society, pp. A4162 - A4162, presented at American Thoracic Society 2011 International Conference, May 13-18, 2011 • Denver Colorado, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2011.183.1_meetingabstracts.a4162
2011