Podjanee  Jittamala

Name: Podjanee Jittamala

Postition: Assistant Professor

Department: Tropical Hygiene

podjanee.jit@mahidol.ac.th
podjanee@tropmedres.ac



Last updated: January 17, 2020

Publications

2020

Bierhoff M, Nelson KE, Guo N, Jia Y, Angkurawaranon C, Jittamala P, Carrara V, Watthanaworawit W, Ling C, Tongprasert F, van Vugt M, Rijken M, Nosten F, McGready R, Ehrhardt S*, Thio CL. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: protocol for a one-arm, open-label intervention study to estimate the optimal timing of tenofovir in pregnancy. BMJ Open 2020 Sep;10(9): e038123.


Kobylinski KC*, Jittamala P, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Pukrittayakamee S, Pantuwatana K, Phasomkusolsil S, Davidson SA, Winterberg M, Hoglund RM, Mukaka M, van der Pluijm RW, Dondorp A, Day NPJ, White NJ, Tarning J. Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Mosquito-Lethal Effects of Ivermectin in Combination With Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Primaquine in Healthy Adult Thai Subjects. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2020 May;107(5): 1221-30.


van der Pluijm RW, Tripura R, Hoglund RM, Pyae Phyo A, Lek D, Ul Islam A, Anvikar AR, Satpathi P, Satpathi S, Behera PK, Tripura A, Baidya S, Onyamboko M, Chau NH, Sovann Y, Suon S, Sreng S, Mao S, Oun S, Yen S, Amaratunga C, Chutasmit K, Saelow C, Runcharern R, Kaewmok W, Hoa NT, Thanh NV, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Callery JJ, Mohanty AK, Heaton J, Thant M, Gantait K, Ghosh T, Amato R, Pearson RD, Jacob CG, Goncalves S, Mukaka M, Waithira N, Woodrow CJ, Grobusch MP, van Vugt M, Fairhurst RM, Cheah PY, Peto TJ, von Seidlein L, Dhorda M, Maude RJ, Winterberg M, Thuy-Nhien NT, Kwiatkowski DP, Imwong M, Jittamala P, Lin K, Hlaing TM, Chotivanich K, Huy R, Fanello C, Ashley E, Mayxay M, Newton PN, Hien TT, Valecha N, Smithuis F, Pukrittayakamee S, Faiz A, Miotto O, Tarning J, Day NPJ, White NJ, Dondorp AM*. Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies versus artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial. Lancet 2020 Apr;395(10233): 1345-60.


Phommasone K, van Leth F, Peto TJ, Landier J, Nguyen TN, Tripura R, Pongvongsa T, Lwin KM, Kajeechiwa L, Thwin MM, Parker DM, Wiladphaingern J, Nosten S, Proux S, Nguon C, Davoeung C, Rekol H, Adhikari B, Promnarate C, Chotivanich K, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Jittmala P, Cheah PY, Dhorda M, Imwong M, Mukaka M, Peerawaranun P, Pukrittayakamee S, Newton PN, Thwaites GE, Day NPJ, Mayxay M, Hien TT, Nosten FH, Cobelens F, Dondorp AM, White NJ, von Seidlein L. Mass drug administrations with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and single low dose primaquine to eliminate Plasmodium falciparum have only a transient impact on Plasmodium vivax: Findings from randomised controlled trials. PLoS ONE 2020 Feb;15(2): e0228190.


von Seidlein L*, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Jittamala P, Pongsuwan P, Chotivanich K, Tarning J, Hoglund RM, Winterberg M, Mukaka M, Peerawaranun P, Sirithiranont P, Doran Z, Ockenhouse CF, Ivinson K, Lee C, Birkett AJ, Kaslow DC, Singhasivanon P, Day NPJ, Dondorp AM, White NJ, Pukrittayakamee S. Combining antimalarial drugs and vaccine for malaria elimination campaigns: a randomized safety and immunogenicity trial of RTS,S/AS01 administered with dihydroartemisinin, piperaquine, and primaquine in healthy Thai adult volunteers. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2020 Jan;16(1): 33-41.


2019

Kobylinski KC, Jittamala P, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Pukrittayakamee S, Pantuwatana K, Phasomkusolsil S, Davidson SA, Winterberg M, Hoglund RM, Mukaka M, van der Pluijm RW, Dondorp A, Day NPJ, White NJ, Tarning J. Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Mosquito-Lethal Effects of Ivermectin in Combination With Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Primaquine in Healthy Adult Thai Subjects. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Nov 7. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1716. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31697848.


van der Pluijm RW, Imwong M, Chau NH, Hoa NT, Thuy-Nhien NT, Thanh NV, Jittamala P, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Chutasmit K, Saelow C, Runjarern R, Kaewmok W, Tripura R, Peto TJ, Yok S, Suon S, Sreng S, Mao S, Oun S, Yen S, Amaratunga C, Lek D, Huy R, Dhorda M, Chotivanich K, Ashley EA, Mukaka M, Waithira N, Cheah PY, Maude RJ, Amato R, Pearson RD, Gonçalves S, Jacob CG, Hamilton WL, Fairhurst RM, Tarning J, Winterberg M, Kwiatkowski DP, Pukrittayakamee S, Hien TT, Day NP, Miotto O, White NJ, Dondorp AM. Determinants of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment failure in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam: a prospective clinical, pharmacological, and genetic study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Sep;19(9):952-961. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30391-3. Epub 2019 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 31345710; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6715822.


Hamilton WL, Amato R, van der Pluijm RW, Jacob CG, Quang HH, Thuy-Nhien NT, Hien TT, Hongvanthong B, Chindavongsa K, Mayxay M, Huy R, Leang R, Huch C, Dysoley L, Amaratunga C, Suon S, Fairhurst RM, Tripura R, Peto TJ, Sovann Y, Jittamala P, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Pukrittayakamee S, Chau NH, Imwong M, Dhorda M, Vongpromek R, Chan XHS, Maude RJ, Pearson RD, Nguyen T, Rockett K, Drury E, Gonçalves S, White NJ, Day NP, Kwiatkowski DP, Dondorp AM, Miotto O. Evolution and expansion of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia: a genomic epidemiology study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Sep;19(9):943-951. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30392-5. Epub 2019 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 31345709; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6715858.


von Seidlein L, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Jittamala P, Pongsuwan P, Chotivanich K,  Tarning J, Hoglund RM, Winterberg M, Mukaka M, Peerawaranun P, Sirithiranont P, Doran Z, Ockenhouse CF, Ivinson K, Lee C, Birkett AJ, Kaslow DC, Singhasivanon P, Day NPJ, Dondorp AM, White NJ, Pukrittayakamee S. Combining antimalarial drugs and vaccine for malaria elimination campaigns: a randomized safety and immunogenicity trial of RTS,S/AS01 administered with dihydroartemisinin, piperaquine, and primaquine in healthy Thai adult volunteers. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019 Aug 15:1-9. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1643675. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31306084.


Hanboonkunupakarn B, van der Pluijm RW, Hoglund R, Pukrittayakamee S, Winterberg M, Mukaka M, Waithira N, Chotivanich K, Singhasivanon P, White NJ, Dondorp AM, Tarning J, Jittamala P. Sequential Open-Label Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetic Interactions between Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Mefloquine in Healthy Thai Adults. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Jul 25;63(8). pii: e00060-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00060-19. Print 2019 Aug. PubMed PMID: 31182525; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6658739.


May WL, Kyaw MP, Blacksell SD, Pukrittayakamee S, Chotivanich K, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Thein KN, Lim CS, Thaipadungpanit J, Althaus T, Jittamala P.  Impact of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency on dengue infection in Myanmar children. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 2;14(1):e0209204. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209204. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30601843; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6314580.


2018

Cheah PY, Jatupornpimol N, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Khirikoekkong N, Jittamala P, Pukrittayakamee S, Day NPJ, Parker M, Bull S. Challenges arising when seeking broad consent for health research data sharing: a qualitative study of perspectives in Thailand. BMC Med Ethics. 2018 Nov 7;19(1):86. doi:10.1186/s12910-018-0326-x. PubMed PMID: 30404642; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC6223036.


Chairat K, Jittamala P, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Pukrittayakamee S, Hanpithakpong W, Blessborn D, White NJ, Day NPJ, Tarning J. Enantiospecific pharmacokinetics and drug-drug interactions of primaquine and blood-stage antimalarial drugs. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Nov 1;73(11):3102-3113. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky297. PubMed PMID: 30085149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6198747.


Metcalf T, Soria J, Montano SM, Ticona E, Evans CA, Huaroto L, Kasper M, Ramos ES, Mori N, Jittamala P, Chotivanich K, Chavez IF, Singhasivanon P, Pukrittayakamee S, Zunt JR. Evaluation of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF in patients with presumptive tuberculous meningitis. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 18;13(6):e0198695. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198695. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29912907; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6005529.


Watson J, Taylor WRJ, Bancone G, Chu CS, Jittamala P, White NJ. Implications of current therapeutic restrictions for primaquine and tafenoquine in the radical cure of vivax malaria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Apr 20;12(4):e0006440. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006440. eCollection 2018 Apr. PubMed PMID: 29677199; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5931686.


Phakhounthong K, Chaovalit P, Jittamala P, Blacksell SD, Carter MJ, Turner P, Chheng K, Sona S, Kumar V, Day NPJ, White LJ, Pan-Ngum W. Predicting the severity of dengue fever in children on admission based on clinical features and laboratory indicators: application of classification tree analysis. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Mar 13;18(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1078-y. PubMed PMID: 29534694; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5850907.


2017

Chotsiri P, Wattanakul T, Hoglund RM, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Pukrittayakamee S, Blessborn D, Jittamala P, White NJ, Day NPJ, Tarning J. Population pharmacokinetics and electrocardiographic effects of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in healthy volunteers. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Dec;83(12):2752-2766. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13372. Epub 2017 Aug 16. PubMed PMID: 28695570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5698590.


Khac Hai N, Lawpoolsri S, Jittamala P, Thi Thu Huong P, Kaewkungwal J. Practices in security and confidentiality of HIV/AIDS patients' information: A national survey among staff at HIV outpatient clinics in Vietnam. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 14;12(11):e0188160. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188160. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 29136017; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5685590.


2016

White NJ, Duong TT, Uthaisin C, Nosten F, Phyo AP, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Pukrittayakamee S, Jittamala P, Chuthasmit K, Cheung MS, Feng Y, Li R, Magnusson B, Sultan M, Wieser D, Xun X, Zhao R, Diagana TT, Pertel P, Leong FJ. Antimalarial Activity of KAF156 in Falciparum and Vivax Malaria. N Engl J Med. 2016 Sep 22;375(12):1152-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602250. PubMed PMID: 27653565; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5142602.


Carrara VI, Darakomon MC, Thin NW, Paw NT, Wah N, Wah HG, Helen N, Keereecharoen S, Paw NT, Jittamala P, Nosten FH, Ricci D, McGready R. Evaluation and Acceptability of a Simplified Test of Visual Function at Birth in a Limited-Resource Setting. PLoS One. 2016 Jun 14;11(6):e0157087. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157087. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27300137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4907442.


Chairat K, Jittamala P, Hanpithakpong W, Day NP, White NJ, Pukrittayakamee S, Tarning J. Population pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate in obese and non-obese volunteers. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jun;81(6):1103-12. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12892. Epub 2016 Mar 4. PubMed PMID: 26810861; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4876175.


Moore KA, Simpson JA, Paw MK, Pimanpanarak M, Wiladphaingern J, Rijken MJ, Jittamala P, White NJ, Fowkes FJI, Nosten F, McGready R. Safety of artemisinins in first trimester of prospectively followed pregnancies: an observational study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 May;16(5):576-583. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00547-2. Epub 2016 Feb 8. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 May;16(5):521. PubMed PMID: 26869377; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4835584.


2015

Phyo AP, Jittamala P, Nosten FH, Pukrittayakamee S, Imwong M, White NJ, Duparc S, Macintyre F, Baker M, Möhrle JJ. Antimalarial activity of artefenomel (OZ439), a novel synthetic antimalarial endoperoxide, in patients with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria: an open-label phase 2 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;16(1):61-69. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00320-5. Epub 2015 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 26448141; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4700386.


Vorasan N, Pan-Ngum W, Jittamala P, Maneeboonyang W, Rukmanee P, Lawpoolsri S. Long-term impact of childhood malaria infection on school performance among school children in a malaria endemic area along the Thai-Myanmar border. Malar J. 2015 Oct 9;14:401. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0917-7. PubMed PMID: 26453016; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4600307.


Jittamala P, Pukrittayakamee S, Ashley EA, Nosten F, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Lee SJ, Thana P, Chairat K, Blessborn D, Panapipat S, White NJ, Day NP, Tarning J. Pharmacokinetic interactions between primaquine and pyronaridine-artesunate in healthy adult Thai subjects. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Jan;59(1):505-13. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03829-14. Epub 2014 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 25385096; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4291381.


2014

Jaroensuk J,Stoesser N, Mara L. Leimanis, Jittamala P , et al. Treatment of Suspected Hyper-Reactive Malarial Splenomegaly (HMS) in Pregnancy with Mefloquine. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 90 (4): 609-11.


Jittamala P , Pukrittayakamee S, Tarning J, Lindegardh N et al. Pharmacokinetics of orally administered oseltamivir in healthy obese and non- obese Thai subjects. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013; 58(3): 1615-21.


White NJ, Pukrittayakamee S, Phyo AP, Rueangweerayut R, Nosten F, Jittamala P , et al. Spiroindolone KAE609 for Falciparum and Vivax Malaria. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:403-10.

Ashley EA, et al. Spread of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria. N Engl J Med. 2014; 371(5):411-23.


Hanboonkunuprakarn B, Ashley EA, Jittamala P , Tarning J et al. Open-label crossover study of primaquine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine pharmacokinetics in healthy adult thai subjects. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014; 58(12): 7340-6.


Jittamala P , Pukrittayakamee S, Ashley EA, Nosten F, et al. Pharmacokinetic Interactions between Primaquine and Pyronaridine-Artesunate in Healthy Adult Thai Subjects. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014; 59(1): 505-13.


2013

Anekthananon T, Pukrittayakamee S, Ratanasuwan W, Jittamala P , Werarak P, Charunwatthana P, Suwanagool S, Lawpoolsri S, Stepniewska K, Sapchookul P, Puthavathana P, Fukuda C, Lindegardh N, Tarning J, White NJ, Day N, Taylor WR. Oseltamivir and inhaled zanamivir as influenza prophylaxis in Thai health workers: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled safety trial over 16 weeks. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Mar;68(3):697-707.


Jittamala P , Pukrittayakamee S, Tarning J, Lindegardh N, Hanpithakpong W, Taylor WR, Lawpoolsri S, Charunwattana P, Panapipat S, White NJ, Day NP. Pharmacokinetics of orally administered oseltamivir in healthy obese and non-obese Thai subjects. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Dec 23.


2011

Pukrittayakamee S, Jittamala P , Stepniewska K, Lindegardh N, Chueasuwanchai S, Leowattana W, Phakdeeraj A, Permpunpanich S, Hanpithakpong W, Pan-Ngum W, Fukuda C, Panapipat S, Singhasivanon P, White NJ, Day NPJ. An Open-Label Crossover Study To Evaluate Potential Pharmacokinetic Interactions between Oral Oseltamivir and Intravenous Zanamivir in Healthy Thai Adults. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011 Sep;55(9):4050-7.


2010

Collins IJ, Jourdain G, Hansudewechakul R, Kanjanavanit S, Hongsiriwon S, Ngampiyasakul C, Sriminiphant S, Technakunakorn P, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Duong T, Le Coeur S, Jaffar S, Lallemant M; Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment Study Team.( Collaborators (139)Hansudewechakul R, Preedisripipat K, Chanta C, Kanjanavanit S, Ngampiyaskul C, Srisawasdi N, Hongsiriwan S, Layangool P, Mekmullica J, Techakunakorn P, Sriminiphant S, Thanasiri P, Krikaiornkitti S, Srirojana S, Wannarit P, Pagdi K, Kosonsasitorn R, Somsamai R, Buranabanjasatean S, Akarathum N, Kamonpakorn N, Nantarukchaikul M, Jungpichanvanich S, Attavijtrakarn P, Puangsombat A, Sriwacharakarn C, Karnchanamayul W, Lertpienthum N, Ardong W, Bunjongpak S, Hanpinitsak S, Pramukkul N, Hinjiranandana T, Kunkongkapan S, Kwanchaipanich R, Wanchaithanawong V, Jittamala P , Lucksanapisitkul P, Jitphiankha W, Jittayanun K, Warachit B, Borkird T, Na-Rajsima S, Kovitanggoon K, Sutthipong C, Bamroongshawkaseme O, Sukrakanchana P, Chalermpantmetagul S, Kanabkaew C, Peongjakta R, Chaiwan J, Thammajitsagul YS, Wongchai R, Kruenual N, Krapunpongsakul N, Pongchaisit W, Thimakam T, Wongsrisai R, Wallapachai J, Thonglo J, Jinasa S, Khanmali J, Chart P, Chalasin J, Ratchanee B, Thuenyeanyong N, Krueduangkam P, Thuraset P, Thongsuwan S, Khamjakkaew W, Tungyai P, Kamkorn J, Pilonpongsathorn W, Pongpunyayuen P, Mongkolwat P, Laomanit L, Wangsaeng N, Surajinda S, Danpaiboon W, Taworn Y, Saeng-ai D, Kaewbundit A, Khanpanya A, Boonpleum N, Sothanapaisan P, Punyathi P, Khantarag P, Dusadeepong R, Donchai T, Tungchittrapituk U, Sripaoraya W, Tanasri S, Chailert S, Seubmongkolchai R, Wongja A, Yoddee K, Chaokasem K, Chailert P, Suebmongkolchai K, Seubmongkolchai A, Chimplee C, Saopang K, Chusut P, Suekrasae S, Yaowarat T, Thongpunchang B, Chitkawin T, Lueanyod A, Jianphinitnan D, Inkom J, Naratee N, Homkham N, Thasit T, Wongwai W, Chanthaweethip W, Suaysod R, Vorapongpisan T, Chaiboonruang N, Pirom P, Thaiyanant T, Intaboonma T, Jitharidkul S, Jaisook S, Punyatiam D, Summanuch L, Rawanchaikul N, Palidta P, Nupradit S, Tankool T, Champa W, Than-in-at K, Inta M, Wongsang R, Chinwong D, Sanjoom C, Sawnchitta P, Wimolwattanasarn P, Mungkhala N, Jaisieng N.) Long-term survival of HIV-infected children receiving antiretroviral therapy in Thailand: a 5-year observational cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 15;51(12):1449-57.


2009

Jittamala P , Puthanakit T, Chaiinseeard S, Sirisanthana V. Predictors of virologic failure and genotypic resistance mutation patterns in thai children receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Sep;28(9):826-30.


Oberdorfer P, Washington CH, Katanyuwong K, Jittamala P . Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in HIV-Infected Children: A Case Report and Literature Review. Int J Pediatr. 2009;2009:348507.


2008

Oberdorfer P, Washington CH, Jittamala P . Human immunodeficiency virus-infected boy with Stevens-Johnson syndrome caused by nevirapine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Jun;27(6):572.


Sittiwangkul R, Pongprot Y, Silviliarat S, Oberdorfer P, Jittamala P , Sirisanthana V. Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2008 Jun;28(2):149-54.


Last updated: October 22, 2020