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Overview

Christopher L. King is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a primary focus on Infectious Diseases. Their research spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, and aspects of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their publication record includes over 155 works, with 81 concentrating on Infectious Diseases, reflecting a strong focus on diseases affecting global health. King's research topics frequently cover areas such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, parasitic diseases research and treatment, and malaria research and control. Other notable topics include parasites and host interactions, mosquito-borne diseases and control, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Frequent coauthors in King's research collaborations include:

  • David H. Canaday
  • Brigid Wilson
  • Oladayo A. Oyebanji
  • Alejandro B. Balazs
  • Stefan Gravenstein

King has published regularly in a range of scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Malaria Journal
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Selected recent papers demonstrate a strong emphasis on both COVID-19 and parasitic disease research:

  • "Reduced BNT162b2 Messenger RNA Vaccine Response in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-Naive Nursing Home Residents," 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Extracellular vesicles carry SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and serve as decoys for neutralizing antibodies," 2021, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Immune resilience despite inflammatory stress promotes longevity and favorable health outcomes including resistance to infection," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Amplification of Duffy binding protein-encoding gene allows Plasmodium vivax to evade host anti-DBP humoral immunity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "COVID-19 vaccine booster dose needed to achieve Omicron-specific neutralisation in nursing home residents," 2022, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Plasmodium vivax clinical malaria is commonly observed in Duffy-negative Malagasy people

    Didier Ménard;Céline Barnadas;Christiane Bouchier;Cara Henry-Halldin

  • Challenges in infant immunity: implications for responses to infection and vaccines

    Mercy Prabhudas;Becky Adkins;Hayley Gans;Christopher King

  • Cytokine control of parasite-specific anergy in human lymphatic filariasis Preferential induction of a regulatory T helper type 2 lymphocyte subset

    Christopher L. King;Siddhartha Mahanty;V. Kumaraswami;John S. Abrams

  • Helminth- and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-Induced Immunity in Children Sensitized In Utero to Filariasis and Schistosomiasis

    Indu Malhotra;Peter Mungai;Alex Wamachi;John Kioko

  • Evidence that Systemic Gentamicin Suppresses Premature Stop Mutations in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

    J. P. Clancy;Zsuzsa Bebök;Fadel Ruiz;Chris King

  • Immunoglobulin G Subclass-Specific Responses against Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Antigens Are Associated with Control of Parasitemia and Protection from Symptomatic Illness

    Danielle I. Stanisic;Jack S. Richards;Jack S. Richards;Fiona J. McCallum;Fiona J. McCallum;Pascal Michon

  • Identification and Prioritization of Merozoite Antigens as Targets of Protective Human Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria for Vaccine and Biomarker Development

    Jack Richards;Thangavelu U Arumugam;Linda Reiling;Julie Healer

  • Cytokine control of parasite-specific anergy in human urinary schistosomiasis. IL-10 modulates lymphocyte reactivity.

    Christopher L. King;Ahmed Medhat;Indu Malhotra;Mohamed Nafeh

  • Evidence That Invasion-Inhibitory Antibodies Specific for the 19-kDa Fragment of Merozoite Surface Protein-1 (MSP-119) Can Play a Protective Role against Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Individuals in a Malaria Endemic Area of Africa

    Chandy C. John;Rebecca A. O'Donnell;Peter Odada Sumba;Ann M. Moormann

  • Plasmodium vivax invasion of human erythrocytes inhibited by antibodies directed against the Duffy binding protein

    Brian T Grimberg;Rachanee Udomsangpetch;Jia Xainli;Amy McHenry

  • Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Coadministered Diethylcarbamazine, Albendazole, and Ivermectin for Treatment of Bancroftian Filariasis

    Edward K. Thomsen;Edward K. Thomsen;Nelly Sanuku;Manasseh Baea;Samson Satofan

  • The risk of malarial infections and disease in Papua New Guinean children.

    Pascal Michon;Jennifer L. Cole-Tobian;Elijah Dabod;Sonja Schoepflin

  • A Trial of a Triple-Drug Treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis.

    Christopher L King;James Suamani;Nelly Sanuku;Yao-Chieh Cheng

  • Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

    Christopher L. King;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Naturally acquired Duffy-binding protein-specific binding inhibitory antibodies confer protection from blood-stage Plasmodium vivax infection

    Christopher L. King;Pascal Michon;Ahmad Rushdi Shakri;Alexandra Marcotty

  • In utero exposure to helminth and mycobacterial antigens generates cytokine responses similar to that observed in adults.

    Indu Malhotra;John Ouma;Alex Wamachi;John Kioko

  • Can prenatal malaria exposure produce an immune tolerant phenotype?: A prospective birth cohort study in Kenya

    Indu Malhotra;Arlene Elizabeth Dent;Peter Mungai;Alex Wamachi

  • Acquisition of Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites and Malaria Immunity in Young Children and the Influence of Age, Force of Infection, and Magnitude of Response

    Danielle I. Stanisic;Freya J. I. Fowkes;Melanie Koinari;Sarah Javati

  • Do antenatal parasite infections devalue childhood vaccination

    A. Desiree LaBeaud;A. Desiree LaBeaud;Indu Malhotra;Maria J. King;Christopher L. King

  • Fy(a)/Fy(b) antigen polymorphism in human erythrocyte Duffy antigen affects susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax malaria.

    Christopher L. King;John H. Adams;Jia Xianli;Brian T. Grimberg

  • B Cell Sensitization to Helminthic Infection Develops In Utero in Humans

    Christopher L. King;Indu Malhotra;Peter Mungai;Alex Wamachi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivo Mueller
Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
James W. Kazura
James W. Kazura Case Western Reserve University
James G. Beeson
James G. Beeson Burnet Institute
John H. Adams
John H. Adams University of South Florida
Peter Siba
Peter Siba Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Peter A. Zimmerman
Peter A. Zimmerman Case Western Reserve University
Eric M. Muchiri
Eric M. Muchiri Case Western Reserve University
Thomas B. Nutman
Thomas B. Nutman National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Freya J. I. Fowkes
Freya J. I. Fowkes Burnet Institute
Chetan E. Chitnis
Chetan E. Chitnis Institut Pasteur

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