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Francis M. Ndungu

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme,Lenana 197

PO Box 43640

Kilifi, Nairobi 00100

Kenya

  • Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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Development of An Optimised Oral Regimen of Unithiol for the Treatment of Snakebite Envenoming: a Phase 1 Dose-Escalation Trial and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Healthy Kenyan Adults

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 May 2024
Michael Abouyannis, Yvonne K. Nyambura, Samson Ngome, Debra Riako, Jennifer Musyoki, Charles Muiruri, Benedict Orindi, Laura Else, Alieu Amara, Laura Dickinson, Rachel H. Clare, Laura-Oana Albulescu, Adam P. Westhorpe, Jeroen Kool, Ifedayo Adetifa, Francis M. Ndungu, Richard FitzGerald, Saye Khoo, David G. Lalloo, Nicholas R. Casewell and Mainga Hamaluba
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of Liverpool - Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, VU University Amsterdam, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and University of Oxford - KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research
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Phase 1 clinical trial, snakebite, envenoming, unithiol

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Vitamin D Deficiency in Young African Children

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Dec 2020
Reagan M. Mogire, John Muthii Muriuki, Alexander J. Mentzer, Emily Webb, Wandia Kimita, Alex W. Macharia, Francis M. Ndungu, Clare Cutland, Sodiomon Sirima, Amidou Diarra, Alfred B. Tiono, Swaib A. Lule, Alireza Morovat, Shabir A. Madhi, Philip Bejon, John M. Pettifor, Alison Elliott, Adebowale Adeyemo, Thomas N. Williams and Sarah H. Atkinson
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of Oxford - Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of the Witwatersrand - South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytical Research Unit, Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), University College London - Institute for Global Health, Oxford University Hospitals - Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of the Witwatersrand - Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of the Witwatersrand - South African Medical Research Council /Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit,, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Department of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health - Centre for Research on Genomics and Global Health, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
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Vitamin D; 25-hydroxyvitamin D; vitamin D deficiency; Africa; children; inflammation; malaria; age; sex; nutritional status; BRINDA

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Longitudinal evidence of differential pertussis antibody durability following natural infection among vaccinated children living in contrasting malaria transmission settings in coastal Kenya

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Longitudinal evidence of differential pertussis antibody durability following natural infection among vaccinated children living in contrasting malaria transmission settings in coastal Kenya

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Dec 2025
Mercy Sada Safari, Elijah T. Gicheru, Maureen W. Mburu, Timothy O. Makori, Omar Nyawa, Faiz Shee, Francis M. Ndungu, Deirdre J. Foley, James Nyagwange, Timothy Chege Kuria and Charles Sande
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Pwani University, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Columbia University - Department of Microbiology and Immunology and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Pertussis, Vaccine induced Antibodies, Malaria, Microarray, Natural Immunity

Longitudinal evidence of differential pertussis antibody durability following natural infection among vaccinated children living in contrasting malaria transmission settings in coastal Kenya

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Feb 2026
Mercy Sada Safari, Elijah T. Gicheru, Maureen W. Mburu, Timothy O. Makori, Omar Nyawa, Faiz Shee, Francis M. Ndungu, Deirdre J. Foley, James Nyagwange, Timothy Chege Kuria and Charles Sande
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Pwani University, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Columbia University - Department of Microbiology and Immunology and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Pertussis, Vaccine induced Antibodies, Malaria, Microarray, Natural Immunity

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Estimating the Hidden Burden of Iron Deficiency Among African Children

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 May 2019
John Muthii Muriuki, Alexander J. Mentzer, Emily Webb, Alireza Morovat, Wandia Kimita, Francis M. Ndungu, Alex W. Macharia, Rosie J. Crane, James A. Berkley, Swaib A. Lule, Clare Cutland, Sodiomon Sirima, Amidou Diarra, Alfred B. Tiono, Philip Bejon, Shabir A. Madhi, Adrian V. S. Hill, Andrew M. Prentice, Parminder S. Suchdev, Alison M. Elliott, Thomas N. Williams and Sarah H. Atkinson
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of Oxford - Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals - Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, University College London - Institute for Global Health, University of the Witwatersrand - Faculty of Health Sciences, Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of the Witwatersrand - Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of Oxford - The Jenner Institute, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Emory University, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
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Iron deficiency; Ferritin; Transferrin saturation; Inflammation; Malaria; Malnutrition; African children