Koukeo Phommasone
Infectious Disease Physician
- Malariologist
LOMWRU
I have been working as a research physician at the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) in the Microbiology Department, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR since 2009. My work involves clinical liaison between our laboratory and hospital wards and a significant contribution to many medical research projects carried out at our Unit, such as the clinical epidemiology of melioidosis and meningitis in Laos and clinical trials of typhus treatment. My main studies deal with epidemiology of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease in Vientiane and coordinator of Expanded Fever surveillance (1) in three provinces of Laos. currently I am a PhD student registered at Amsterdam University, the Netherlands working on Targeted Malaria Elimination Project.
Recent publications
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Dry Swabs and Dried Saliva as Alternative Samples for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Remote Areas in Lao PDR.
Journal article
Sibounheuang B. et al, (2024), Open Forum Infect Dis, 11
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Which trial do we need? A pragmatic randomized trial of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. vancomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in low-resource settings.
Journal article
Recht J. et al, (2024), Clin Microbiol Infect
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The Selangor Consensus: strengthening clinical trials for local public health in the Western Pacific
Journal article
Park K. et al, (2024), The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 48
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Prospects for the development of community-based care in remote rural areas: a stakeholder analysis in Laos.
Journal article
Liverani M. et al, (2024), BMC Health Serv Res, 24
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Ethical and cultural implications for conducting verbal autopsies in South and Southeast Asia: a qualitative study.
Journal article
Htun NSN. et al, (2023), BMJ Glob Health, 8