Francis Ndungu

B-cell memory in malaria: Myths and realities.Perez-Mazliah, D. Ndungu, F. M. Aye, R. Langhorne, J.
Immunol Rev, (2020). 293:57-69

The ferroportin Q248H mutation protects from anemia, but not malaria or bacteremia.Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Band, G. Gilchrist, J. J. Carstensen, T. Lule, S. A. Goheen, M. M. Joof, F. Kimita, W. Mogire, R. Cutland, C. L. Diarra, A. Rautanen, A. Pomilla, C. Gurdasani, D. Rockett, K. Mturi, N. Ndungu, F. M. Scott, J. A. G. Sirima, S. B. Morovat, A. Prentice, A. M. Madhi, S. A. Webb, E. L. Elliott, A. M. Bejon, P. Sandhu, M. S. Hill, A. V. S. Kwiatkowski, D. P. Williams, T. N. Cerami, C. Atkinson, S. H.
Sci Adv, (2019). 5:eaaw0109

A seven-year study on the effect of the pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 (E) on blood stage immunity in young Kenyan children.Ndungu, F. M. Mwacharo, J. Wambua, J. Njuguna, P. Marsh, K. Drakeley, C. Bejon, P.
Wellcome Open Res, (2019). 4:42

Repeated clinical malaria episodes are associated with modification of the immune system in children.Bediako, Y. Adams, R. Reid, A. J. Valletta, J. J. Ndungu, F. M. Sodenkamp, J. Mwacharo, J. Ngoi, J. M. Kimani, D. Kai, O. Wambua, J. Nyangweso, G. de Villiers, E. P. Sanders, M. Lotkowska, M. E. Lin, J. W. Manni, S. Addy, J. W. G. Recker, M. Newbold, C. Berriman, M. Bejon, P. Marsh, K. Langhorne, J.
BMC Med, (2019). 17:60

Longitudinal Analysis of Infant Stool Bacteria Communities Before and After Acute Febrile Malaria and Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment.Mandal, R. K. Crane, R. J. Berkley, J. A. Gumbi, W. Wambua, J. Ngoi, J. M. Ndungu, F. M. Schmidt, N. W.
J Infect Dis, (2019). 220:687-698

Iron Status and Associated Malaria Risk Among African Children.Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Kimita, W. Ndungu, F. M. Macharia, A. W. Webb, E. L. Lule, S. A. Morovat, A. Hill, A. V. S. Bejon, P. Elliott, A. M. Williams, T. N. Atkinson, S. H.
Clin Infect Dis, (2019). 68:1807-1814

Determinants of antibody persistence across doses and continents after single-dose rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination for Ebola virus disease: an observational cohort study.Huttner, A. Agnandji, S. T. Combescure, C. Fernandes, J. F. Bache, E. B. Kabwende, L. Ndungu, F. M. Brosnahan, J. Monath, T. P. Lemaitre, B. Grillet, S. Botto, M. Engler, O. Portmann, J. Siegrist, D. Bejon, P. Silvera, P. Kremsner, P. Siegrist, C. A. Vebcon, Vsv, Ebovac Vsv-Eboplus Consortia
Lancet Infect Dis, (2018). 18:738-748

Public antibodies to malaria antigens generated by two LAIR1 insertion modalities.Pieper, K. Tan, J. Piccoli, L. Foglierini, M. Barbieri, S. Chen, Y. Silacci-Fregni, C. Wolf, T. Jarrossay, D. Anderle, M. Abdi, A. Ndungu, F. M. Doumbo, O. K. Traore, B. Tran, T. M. Jongo, S. Zenklusen, I. Crompton, P. D. Daubenberger, C. Bull, P. C. Sallusto, F. Lanzavecchia, A.
Nature, (2017). 548:597-601

The effect of declining exposure on T cell-mediated immunity to Plasmodium falciparum - an epidemiological "natural experiment".Bediako, Y. Ngoi, J. M. Nyangweso, G. Wambua, J. Opiyo, M. Nduati, E. W. Bejon, P. Marsh, K. Ndungu, F. M.
BMC Med, (2016). 14:143

Identifying children with excess malaria episodes after adjusting for variation in exposure: identification from a longitudinal study using statistical count models.Ndungu, F. M. Marsh, K. Fegan, G. Wambua, J. Nyangweso, G. Ogada, E. Mwangi, T. Nyundo, C. Macharia, A. Uyoga, S. Williams, T. N. Bejon, P.
BMC Med, (2015). 13:183

Avidity of anti-circumsporozoite antibodies following vaccination with RTS,S/AS01E in young children.Olotu, A. Clement, F. Jongert, E. Vekemans, J. Njuguna, P. Ndungu, F. M. Marsh, K. Leroux-Roels, G. Bejon, P.
PLoS One, (2014). 9:e115126

Chronic exposure to Plasmodium falciparum is associated with phenotypic evidence of B and T cell exhaustion.Illingworth, J. Butler, N. S. Roetynck, S. Mwacharo, J. Pierce, S. K. Bejon, P. Crompton, P. D. Marsh, K. Ndungu, F. M.
J Immunol, (2013). 190:1038-47

Lack of avidity maturation of merozoite antigen-specific antibodies with increasing exposure to Plasmodium falciparum amongst children and adults exposed to endemic malaria in Kenya.Ibison, F. Olotu, A. Muema, D. M. Mwacharo, J. Ohuma, E. Kimani, D. Marsh, K. Bejon, P. Ndungu, F. M.
PLoS One, (2012). 7:e52939

A statistical interaction between circumsporozoite protein-specific T cell and antibody responses and risk of clinical malaria episodes following vaccination with RTS,S/AS01E.Ndungu, F. M. Mwacharo, J. Kimani, D. Kai, O. Moris, P. Jongert, E. Vekemans, J. Olotu, A. Bejon, P.
PLoS One, (2012). 7:e52870

Memory B cells are a more reliable archive for historical antimalarial responses than plasma antibodies in no-longer exposed children.Ndungu, F. M. Olotu, A. Mwacharo, J. Nyonda, M. Apfeld, J. Mramba, L. K. Fegan, G. W. Bejon, P. Marsh, K.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, (2012). 109:8247-52

High efficiency human memory B cell assay and its application to studying Plasmodium falciparum-specific memory B cells in natural infections.Weiss, G. E. Ndungu, F. M. McKittrick, N. Li, S. Kimani, D. Crompton, P. D. Marsh, K. Pierce, S. K.
J Immunol Methods, (2012). 375:68-74

Effect of HIV infection on the acute antibody response to malaria antigens in children: an observational study.Muema, D. K. Ndungu, F. M. Kinyanjui, S. M. Berkley, J. A.
Malar J, (2011). 10:55

Distinct kinetics of memory B-cell and plasma-cell responses in peripheral blood following a blood-stage Plasmodium chabaudi infection in mice.Nduati, E. W. Ng, D. H. Ndungu, F. M. Gardner, P. Urban, B. C. Langhorne, J.
PLoS One, (2010). 5:e15007

Germinal centre and marginal zone B cells expand quickly in a second Plasmodium chabaudi malaria infection producing mature plasma cells.Stephens, R. Ndungu, F. M. Langhorne, J.
Parasite Immunol, (2009). 31:20-31

Immunity to malaria: more questions than answers.Langhorne, J. Ndungu, F. M. Sponaas, A. M. Marsh, K.
Nat Immunol, (2008). 9:725-32