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Oliver Sokana

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB
Area of research
Microbiology · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Trachoma, Azithromycin, Scabies, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Ivermectin.
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citations
1,749
works
41
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Characterizing trachoma elimination using serology
Nature Communications 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Using 16s rRNA sequencing to characterize the microbiome of tropical cutaneous ulcer disease: insights into the microbial landscape and implications for diagnosis and treatment
Microbial Genomics 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
One versus two doses of ivermectin-based mass drug administration for the control of scabies: A cluster randomised non-inferiority trial
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
The body distribution of scabies skin lesions
JEADV Clinical Practice 2022cited by 10position: middledoi
A framework for scabies control
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021cited by 79position: middledoi
A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication?
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021cited by 75position: middledoi
Health-related quality of life impact of scabies in the Solomon Islands
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021cited by 36position: middledoi
Defining the need for public health control of scabies in Solomon Islands
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021cited by 36position: middledoi
Estimation of scabies prevalence using simplified criteria and mapping procedures in three Pacific and southeast Asian countries
BMC Public Health 2021cited by 22position: middledoi
Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection, anti-Pgp3 antibodies and conjunctival scarring in Vanuatu and Tarawa, Kiribati before antibiotic treatment for trachoma
Journal of Infection 2020cited by 24position: middledoi
Protocol for a cluster-randomised non-inferiority trial of one versus two doses of ivermectin for the control of scabies using a mass drug administration strategy (the RISE study)
BMJ Open 2020cited by 22position: middledoi
Modeling Treatment Strategies to Inform Yaws Eradication
Emerging infectious diseases 2020cited by 17position: middledoi
Conjunctival Scarring, Corneal Pannus, and Herbert’s Pits in Adolescent Children in Trachoma-endemic Populations of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020cited by 13position: middledoi
The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action
The Lancet 2019cited by 209position: middledoi
Efficacy of mass drug administration with ivermectin for control of scabies and impetigo, with coadministration of azithromycin: a single-arm community intervention trial
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2019cited by 95position: middledoi
Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in the Solomon Islands: a school survey
BMC Infectious Diseases 2019cited by 46position: middledoi
Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo 3 Years After Mass Drug Administration With Ivermectin and Azithromycin
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019cited by 44position: middledoi
Impact of mass drug administration of azithromycin for trachoma elimination on prevalence and azithromycin resistance of genital<i>Mycoplasma genitalium</i>infection
Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019cited by 15position: middledoi
Sanitation and water supply coverage thresholds associated with active trachoma: Modeling cross-sectional data from 13 countries
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018cited by 95position: middledoi
Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Global Trachoma Mapping Project
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018cited by 72position: middledoi
The utility of serology for elimination surveillance of trachoma
Nature Communications 2018cited by 60position: middledoi
Exploration of a simplified clinical examination for scabies to support public health decision-making
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018cited by 43position: middledoi
Feasibility and safety of mass drug coadministration with azithromycin and ivermectin for the control of neglected tropical diseases: a single-arm intervention trial
The Lancet Global Health 2018cited by 39position: middledoi
Clinical signs of trachoma are prevalent among Solomon Islanders who have no persistent markers of prior infection with Chlamydia trachomatis
Wellcome Open Research 2018cited by 37position: middledoi
Active Trachoma Cases in the Solomon Islands Have Varied Polymicrobial Community Structures but Do Not Associate with Individual Non-Chlamydial Pathogens of the Eye
Frontiers in Medicine 2018cited by 20position: middledoi
Direct Whole-Genome Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of<i>Haemophilus ducreyi</i>
Emerging infectious diseases 2018cited by 16position: middledoi
Conjunctival transcriptome profiling of Solomon Islanders with active trachoma in the absence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Parasites & Vectors 2018cited by 5position: middledoi
Clinical signs of trachoma are prevalent among Solomon Islanders who have no persistent markers of prior infection with Chlamydia trachomatis
Wellcome Open Research 2018cited by 4position: middledoi
Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of Treponema pallidum
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017cited by 45position: middledoi
Targeted Treatment of Yaws With Household Contact Tracing: How Much Do We Miss?
American Journal of Epidemiology 2017cited by 22position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Michael Marks · University of Oxford29 papers (2014–2024)Anthony W. Solomon · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine28 papers (2014–2020)David Mabey · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine20 papers (2014–2020)John Kaldor · UNSW Sydney15 papers (2016–2023)Daniel Engelman · Monash Health14 papers (2016–2023)Andrew C. Steer · Royal Children's Hospital14 papers (2016–2023)Margot Whitfeld · UNSW Sydney12 papers (2018–2023)Robert Butcher · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine12 papers (2015–2020)Lucia Romani · UNSW Sydney12 papers (2016–2023) · 8 papers (2018–2023) · 7 papers (2016–2018)Chrissy H Roberts · Ministry of Public Health7 papers (2016–2020) · 6 papers (2020–2023) · 5 papers (2019–2023) · 5 papers (2016–2020)Colin Macleod · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2016–2018) · 5 papers (2014–2016) · 5 papers (2020–2023)Christian Bottomley · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2014–2016) · 4 papers (2016–2018)