By Mr William Saila Pomat

Journal articles

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS; Masiria G; Wana S; Nivio B; Francis J; Ford R; Passey M; Kirkham L-A; Jacoby P; Lehmann D; Richmond P; 10v13v PCV Trial Team , 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 (Basel), 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines7010017

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, 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 - S15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30100-7

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.', Emerg Infect Dis, 25, pp. 2266 - 2269, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.191070

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 Pac Surveill Response J, 10, pp. 31 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.001

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

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, 26, pp. 5 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09688080.2018.1512297

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.', Infect Genet Evol, 64, pp. 52 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2018.06.015

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.', Trop Med Int Health, 23, pp. 1022 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13118

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

Horwood PF; Soli KW; Maure T; Naito YI; Morita A; Natsuhara K; Tadokoro K; Baba J; Odani S; Tomitsuka E; Igai K; Larkins J-A; 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.', Am J Trop Med Hyg, 97, pp. 1872 - 1875, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0282

Blyth CC; Ford R; Sapura J; Kumani T; Masiria G; Kave J; Yuasi L; Greenhill A; Hwaihwanje I; Lang A; Lehmann D; Pomat W; 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 (Nathan), 9, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-017-0029-y

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.', Clin Exp Immunol, 187, pp. 408 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cei.12902

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, pp. e0185877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185877

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; 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 (Nathan), 9, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-017-0044-z

Malaspinas A-S; 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 F-X; Siba P; Thomas MG; Wales T; Wall CM; 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

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; Homer C, 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, pp. 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1573-4

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

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; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 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 Rep, 6, pp. 36 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vacrep.2016.08.002

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

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 Med Ethics, 14, pp. 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-14-29

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

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.', P N G Med J, 56, pp. 119 - 125, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288929

Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Phuanukoonnon S; Francis J; Jacoby P; Siba PM; Alpers MP; Reeder JC; Holt PG; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 2013, 'Safety and immunogenicity of neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised controlled trial.', PLoS One, 8, pp. e56698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056698

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.', Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 23, pp. 173 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01242.x

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

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Michael A; Aho C; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Jacoby PA; Hales BJ; Smith W-A; 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.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 31, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318245a5a8

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.', J Allergy Clin Immunol, 130, pp. 1167 - 1174.e10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2012.06.005

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, pp. e36793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036793

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.', J Clin Virol, 54, pp. 235 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.008

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

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

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

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

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

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.', P N G Med J, 53, pp. 1 - 4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22768473

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

Francis JP; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Michael A; Keno H; Phuanukoonnon S; Nelson JB; Whinnen M; Heinrich T; Smith W-A; 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.', Clin Vaccine Immunol, 16, pp. 1633 - 1638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00247-09

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.', J Allergy Clin Immunol, 124, pp. 544 - 550.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.040

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

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

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.', Infect Immun, 62, pp. 1848 - 1853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.62.5.1848-1853.1994

POMAT WS; SMITH TA; SANDERS RC; WITT CS; MONTGOMERY J; LEHMANN D; ALPERS MP, 1993, 'LEVELS OF ANTIPNEUMOCOCCAL ANTIBODIES IN YOUNG-CHILDREN IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA', EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, 111, pp. 109 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800056739

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.', Clin Exp Immunol, 83, pp. 219 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05618.x

Witt CS; Pomat W, 1991, 'Immune function risk factors for acute lower respiratory tract infections.', P N G Med J, 34, pp. 211 - 214, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1750266

Witt CS; Montgomery JM; Pomat W; Lehmann D; 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.', Rev Infect Dis, 12 Suppl 8, pp. S1001 - S1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clinids/12.supplement_8.s1001

Witt CS; Pomat W; Alpers MP, 1989, 'Pneumococcal antibody concentrations in young Papua New Guinean Highland children with pneumonia.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 8, pp. 533 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006454-198908000-00013

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; Study Team H, 2021, 'O16.1 High burden of reproductive tract infections and poor sexual and reproductive health in pregnancy and postpartum in Papua New Guinea', in Female reproductive health for STIs and HIV, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, pp. A52.2 - A53, presented at Abstracts for the STI & HIV World Congress, July 14–17 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.140

Badman SG; Vallely LM; Toliman P; Kariwiga G; Tabrizi S; Pomat W; Guy R; Homer C; Luchters S; Morgan C; Garland SM; Rogerson S; Whiley D; Mola GDL; Wand H; Donovan B; Causer L; Siba P; Kaldor JM; Vallely A, 2015, '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 PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A27 - A27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.85

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

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

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