Melissa Kapulu
Biographic Data
| ID | 9592000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Kapulu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapulu |
| SIGNATURE | KAPULU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | KEMRI‐Wellcome Trust Research Programme Kilifi Kenya |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0321-7128 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Undertaking Community Engagement for a Controlled Human Malaria Infection Study in Kenya
Human infection studies (HIS) involve deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with disease-causing pathogens under controlled conditions. These studies are “controlled” by way of using specific types of pathogens, including dose, and the availability of emergency medical facilities to research volunteers. Most HIS involve diseases whose treatment is known and are done to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics such as vaccines, to addr…
Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with malaria parasites
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) studies involve the deliberate infection of healthy volunteers with malaria parasites under controlled conditions to study immune responses and/or test drug or vaccine efficacy. An empirical ethics study was embedded in a CHMI study at a Kenyan research programme to explore stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of deliberate infection and moral implications of these. Data for this qualitative study we…
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Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with malaria parasites
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) studies involve the deliberate infection of healthy volunteers with malaria parasites under controlled conditions to study immune responses and/or test drug or vaccine efficacy. An empirical ethics study was embedded in a CHMI study at a Kenyan research programme to explore stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of deliberate infection and moral implications of these. Data for this qualitative study we…
Undertaking Community Engagement for a Controlled Human Malaria Infection Study in Kenya
Human infection studies (HIS) involve deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with disease-causing pathogens under controlled conditions. These studies are “controlled” by way of using specific types of pathogens, including dose, and the availability of emergency medical facilities to research volunteers. Most HIS involve diseases whose treatment is known and are done to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics such as vaccines, to addr…
Community engagement (2 works) · Ethics in Clinical Research (2 works) · Immunology (2 works) · Malaria (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Disease (1 works) · Ethics in medical practice (1 works)