Publications
Pre-prints
CXCR6⁺ CD127⁻ Tr1 Cells Balance Immunity and Persistence in Plasmodium falciparum Infection
Jason Nideffer, Florian Bach, Steven Strubbe, Luis Lopez, Maato Zedi, Felistas Nankya, Jessica Briggs, Kattria van der Ploeg, Kenneth Musinguzi, Soyeon Kim, Aracely Garcia Romero, Arefin Keya, Kylie Camanag, Savannah Lewis, Muhammad Abdelbasset, Bing Wang, Allison Boss, Evelyn Nansubuga, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Saki Takahashi, Grant Dorsey, Bryan Greenhouse, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Moses R Kamya, Rosa Bacchetta, Isaac Ssewanyana, Ashraful Haque, Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Prasanna Jagannathan
Impact of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, and their combination on infant outcomes: A randomized controlled trial
Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Abel Abel, Anna T Nguyen, Michelle E Roh, Miriam Aguti, Harriet Adrama, Jimmy Kizza, Peter Olwoch, Kylie Camanag, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Philip J Rosenthal, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Prasanna Jagannathan
Cytotoxic Vδ2+T cell subsets expand in response to malaria in human tonsil and spleen organoids
Kathleen D. Press, Florian Bach, Elsa Sola, Kylie Camanag, Nicholas L. Dooley, Anselma Ivanawati, Damian Oyong, Mayimuna Nalubega, Abel Kakuru, Sedrack Matsiko, Nankya Felistas Namirimu, Kenneth Musinguzi, Annet Nalwoga, Evelyn Nansubuga, Johnie Ategeka, Ebusu Charles, Odongo Bakar, Chloe Kashiwagi, Xuhuai Ji, Molly Miranda, Joselyn Tachiwa-Appiah, Kareena Sandhu, Lilit Kamalyan, Kattria van der Ploeg, Michelle Boyle, Lisa E. Wagar, Mark Davis, Prasanna Jagannathan
2025
Longitudinal Patient-Reported Outcome Trajectories in Long COVID: Findings From the STOP-PASC Clinical Trial
Prasanna Jagannathan, Haley, Hedlin, Jane W Liang, Blake Shaw, Evan Maestri, Michelle Lin, P J Utz, Upinder Singh, Linda N Geng, Hector Bonilla
Clone tracking through repeated malaria identifies high-fidelity memory CD4 T cell responses
Jason Nideffer, Florian Bach, Felistas Nankya, Kenneth Musinguzi, Šimon Borna, Michelle Mantilla, Maato Zedi, Aracely Garcia Romero, Chloe Gerungan, Nora Yang, Soyeon Kim, Kattria van der Ploeg, Kylie Camanag, Luis Lopez, Evelyn Nansubuga, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Potchara Boonrat, Steven Strubbe, Alma- Martina Cepika, Saki Takahashi, Grant Dorsey, Bryan Greenhouse, Isabel Rodriguez- Barraquer, Moses R. Kamya, Rosa Bacchetta, Isaac Ssewanyana, Ashraful Haque, Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Prasanna Jagannathan
2024
Natural killer cell antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity to Plasmodium falciparum is impacted by cellular phenotypes, erythrocyte polymorphisms, parasite diversity and intensity of transmission
Stephen Tukwasibwe, Savannah Nicole Lewis, Yoweri Taremwa, Kattria van der Ploeg, Kathleen D Press, Maureen Ty, Felistas Namirimu Nankya, Kenneth Musinguzi, Evelyn Nansubuga, Florian Bach, Martin Chamai, Martin Okitwi, Gerald Tumusiime, Annettee Nakimuli, Francesco Colucci, Moses R Kamya, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Bryan Greenhouse, Grant Dorsey, Philip J Rosenthal, Isaac Ssewanyana, Prasanna Jagannathan
Gestational SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Ugandan Birth Cohort: High Incidence, Mild Maternal Disease, and Evidence of Association with Transient Infant Stunting
Clinical immunity to malaria involves epigenetic reprogramming of innate immune cells
The impact of Plasmodium-driven immunoregulatory networks on immunity to malaria
Michelle J. Boyle, Christian R. Engwerda, Prasanna Jagannathan
Monthly Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine During Pregnancy Prevents Febrile Respiratory Illnesses: A Secondary Analysis of a Malaria Chemoprevention Trial in Uganda
Jordan John Lee, Abel Kakuru, Karen B Jacobson, Moses R Kamya, Richard Kajubi, Anju Ranjit, Stephanie L Gaw, Julie Parsonnet, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Grant Dorsey, Prasanna Jagannathan, Michelle E Roh
2023
Safety and efficacy of inhaled interferon-β1a (SNG001) in adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19: a randomized, controlled, phase II trial
Prasanna Jagannathan, Kara W. Chew, Mark J. Giganti, Michael D. Hughes, Carlee Moser, Mark J. Main, Phillip D. Monk, Arzhang Cyrus Javan, Jonathan Z. Li, Courtney V. Fletcher, Caitlyn McCarthy, David A. Wohl, Eric S. Daar, Joseph J. Eron, Judith S. Currier, Upinder Singh, Davey M. Smith, William Fischer
Sex-Linked Differences in Malaria Risk Across the Lifespan
Jessica Briggs, Margaret Murray, Jason Nideffer, Prasanna Jagannathan
Malaria-specific Type 1 Regulatory T cells are more abundant in first pregnancies and associated with placental malaria
Malaria-driven expansion of adaptive-like functional CD56-negative NK cells correlates with clinical immunity to malaria
2022
Early immune markers of clinical, virological, and immunological outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a multi-omics study
Malaria in 2022: Increasing challenges, cautious optimism.
Jagannathan, P., Kakuru, A. Nature communications, 2022; 13 (1): 2678
TNF-alpha+ CD4+ Tcells dominate the SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response in COVID-19 outpatients and are associated with durable antibodies.
van der Ploeg, K., Kirosingh, A. S., Mori, D. A., Chakraborty, S., Hu, Z., Sievers, B. L., Jacobson, K. B., Bonilla, H., Parsonnet, J., Andrews, J. R., Press, K. D., Ty, M. C., Ruiz-Betancourt, D. R., de la Parte, L., Tan, G. S., Blish, C. A., Takahashi, S., Rodriguez-Barraquer, I., Greenhouse, B., Singh, U., Wang, T. T., Jagannathan, P. Cell reports. Medicine, 2022: 100640
Inflammatory but not respiratory symptoms are associated with ongoing upper airway viral shedding in outpatients with uncomplicated COVID-19
Karen B. Jacobson, Natasha Purington, Julie Parsonnet, Jason Andrews, Vidhya Balasubramanian, Hector Bonilla, Karlie Edwards, Manisha Desai, Upinder Singh, Haley Hedlin, Prasanna Jagannathan. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 102(3), 115612.
2021
Age-related Changes in Malaria Clinical Phenotypes During Infancy are Modified by Sickle Cell Trait.
Zehner, N., Adrama, H., Kakuru, A., Andra, T., Kajubi, R., Conrad, M., Nankya, F., Clark, T. D., Kamya, M., Rodriguez-Barraquer, I., Dorsey, G., Jagannathan, P. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021
Patients with uncomplicated COVID-19 have long-term persistent symptoms and functional impairment similar to patients with severe COVID-19: a cautionary tale during a global pandemic.
Jacobson, K. B., Rao, M., Bonilla, H., Subramanian, A., Hack, I., Madrigal, M., Singh, U., Jagannathan, P., Grant, P. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021
Peginterferon Lambda-1a for treatment of outpatients with uncomplicated COVID-19: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Jagannathan, P. n., Andrews, J. R., Bonilla, H. n., Hedlin, H. n., Jacobson, K. B., Balasubramanian, V. n., Purington, N. n., Kamble, S. n., de Vries, C. R., Quintero, O. n., Feng, K. n., Ley, C. n., Winslow, D. n., Newberry, J. n., Edwards, K. n., Hislop, C. n., Choong, I. n., Maldonado, Y. n., Glenn, J. n., Bhatt, A. n., Blish, C. n., Wang, T. n., Khosla, C. n., Pinsky, B. A., Desai, M. n., Parsonnet, J. n., Singh, U. n. Nature communications, 2021; 12 (1): 1967
2020
Infant sex modifies associations between placental malaria and risk of malaria in infancy.
Kakuru, A. n., Roh, M. E., Kajubi, R. n., Ochieng, T. n., Ategeka, J. n., Ochokoru, H. n., Nakalembe, M. n., Clark, T. D., Ruel, T. n., Staedke, S. G., Chandramohan, D. n., Havlir, D. V., Kamya, M. R., Dorsey, G. n., Jagannathan, P. n. Malaria journal, 2020; 19 (1): 449
2019
Intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and risk of malaria following cessation in young Ugandan children: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.
Muhindo, M. K., Jagannathan, P., Kakuru, A., Opira, B., Olwoch, P., Okiring, J., Nalugo, N., Clark, T. D., Ruel, T., Charlebois, E., Feeney, M. E., Havlir, D. V., Dorsey, G., Kamya, M. R. The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2019
2018
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy and risk of malaria in early childhood: A randomized controlled trial.
Jagannathan, P., Kakuru, A., Okiring, J., Muhindo, M. K., Natureeba, P., Nakalembe, M., Opira, B., Olwoch, P., Nankya, F., Ssewanyana, I., Tetteh, K., Drakeley, C., Beeson, J., Reiling, L., Clark, T. D., Rodriguez-Barraquer, I., Greenhouse, B., Wallender, E., Aweeka, F., Prahl, M., Charlebois, E. D., Feeney, M. E., Havlir, D. V., Kamya, M. R., Dorsey, G. PLoS medicine, 2018; 15 (7): e1002606
2017
Vδ2+ T cell response to malaria correlates with protection from infection but is attenuated with repeated exposure.
Jagannathan, P., Lutwama, F., Boyle, M. J., Nankya, F., Farrington, L. A., McIntyre, T. I., Bowen, K., Naluwu, K., Nalubega, M., Musinguzi, K., Sikyomu, E., Budker, R., Katureebe, A., Rek, J., Greenhouse, B., Dorsey, G., Kamya, M. R., Feeney, M. E. Scientific reports, 2017; 7 (1): 11487
2016
Effective Antimalarial Chemoprevention in Childhood Enhances the Quality of CD4(+) T Cells and Limits Their Production of Immunoregulatory Interleukin 10
Jagannathan, P., Bowen, K., Nankya, F., McIntyre, T. I., Auma, A., Wamala, S., Sikyomu, E., Naluwu, K., Nalubega, M., Boyle, M. J., Farrington, L. A., Bigira, V., Kapisi, J., Aweeka, F., Greenhouse, B., Kamya, M., Dorsey, G., Feeney, M. E. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2016; 214 (2): 329-338
Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for the Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy
Kakuru, A., Jagannathan, P., Muhindo, M. K., Natureeba, P., Awori, P., Nakalembe, M., Opira, B., Olwoch, P., Ategeka, J., Nayebare, P., Clark, T. D., Feeney, M. E., Charlebois, E. D., Rizzuto, G., Muehlenbachs, A., Havlir, D. V., Kamya, M. R., Dorsey, G. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2016; 374 (10): 928-939
2014
Loss and dysfunction of Vδ2+ γδ T cells are associated with clinical tolerance to malaria.
Jagannathan, P., Kim, C. C., Greenhouse, B., Nankya, F., Bowen, K., Eccles-James, I., Muhindo, M. K., Arinaitwe, E., Tappero, J. W., Kamya, M. R., Dorsey, G., Feeney, M. E. Science translational medicine, 2014; 6 (251): 251ra117-?
IFN gamma/IL-10 Co-producing Cells Dominate the CD4 Response to Malaria in Highly Exposed Children
Jagannathan, P., Eccles-James, I., Bowen, K., Nankya, F., Auma, A., Wamala, S., Ebusu, C., Muhindo, M. K., Arinaitwe, E., Briggs, J., Greenhouse, B., Tappero, J. W., Kamya, M. R., Dorsey, G., Feeney, M. E. PLOS PATHOGENS, 2014; 10 (1)