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Prof. Melissa Kapulu

Principal Investigator


Publications

Detecting Malaria Hotspots: A Comparison of Rapid Diagnostic Test, Microscopy, and Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Mogeni, P., Williams, T. N., Omedo, I., Kimani, D., Ngoi, J. M., Mwacharo, J., Morter, R., Nyundo, C., Wambua, J., Nyangweso, G., Kapulu, M., Fegan, G., Bejon, P.
J Infect Dis, (2017). 216:1091-1098

Examining the human infectious reservoir for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in areas of differing transmission intensity.
Goncalves, B. P., Kapulu, M. C., Sawa, P., Guelbeogo, W. M., Tiono, A. B., Grignard, L., Stone, W., Hellewell, J., Lanke, K., Bastiaens, G. J. H., Bradley, J., Nebie, I., Ngoi, J. M., Oriango, R., Mkabili, D., Nyaurah, M., Midega, J., Wirth, D. F., Marsh, K., Churcher, T. S., Bejon, P., Sirima, S. B., Drakeley, C., Bousema, T.
Nat Commun, (2017). 8:1133

Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria - a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa.
Taylor, W. R., Naw, H. K., Maitland, K., Williams, T. N., Kapulu, M., D'Alessandro, U., Berkley, J. A., Bejon, P., Okebe, J., Achan, J., Amambua, A. N., Affara, M., Nwakanma, D., van Geertruyden, J. P., Mavoko, M., Lutumba, P., Matangila, J., Brasseur, P., Piola, P., Randremanana, R., Lasry, E., Fanello, C., Onyamboko, M., Schramm, B., Yah, Z., Jones, J., Fairhurst, R. M., Diakite, M., Malenga, G., Molyneux, M., Rwagacondo, C., Obonyo, C., Gadisa, E., Aseffa, A., Loolpapit, M., Henry, M. C., Dorsey, G., John, C., Sirima, S. B., Barnes, K. I., Kremsner, P., Day, N. P., White, N. J., Mukaka, M.
BMC Med, (2018). 16:11

Ethical considerations in Controlled Human Malaria Infection studies in low resource settings: Experiences and perceptions of study participants in a malaria Challenge study in Kenya.
Njue, M., Njuguna, P., Kapulu, M. C., Sanga, G., Bejon, P., Marsh, V., Molyneux, S., Kamuya, D.
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:39

Ethical and scientific considerations on the establishment of a controlled human infection model for schistosomiasis in Uganda: report of a stakeholders' meeting held in Entebbe, Uganda.
Elliott, A. M., Roestenberg, M., Wajja, A., Opio, C., Angumya, F., Adriko, M., Egesa, M., Gitome, S., Mfutso-Bengo, J., Bejon, P., Kapulu, M., Seager, Z., Lutalo, T., Nazziwa, W. B., Muwumuza, A., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Kaleebu, P., Kabatereine, N., Tukahebwa, E.
AAS Open Res, (2018). 1:2

The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density.
Slater, H. C., Ross, A., Felger, I., Hofmann, N. E., Robinson, L., Cook, J., Goncalves, B. P., Bjorkman, A., Ouedraogo, A. L., Morris, U., Msellem, M., Koepfli, C., Mueller, I., Tadesse, F., Gadisa, E., Das, S., Domingo, G., Kapulu, M., Midega, J., Owusu-Agyei, S., Nabet, C., Piarroux, R., Doumbo, O., Doumbo, S. N., Koram, K., Lucchi, N., Udhayakumar, V., Mosha, J., Tiono, A., Chandramohan, D., Gosling, R., Mwingira, F., Sauerwein, R., Paul, R., Riley, E. M., White, N. J., Nosten, F., Imwong, M., Bousema, T., Drakeley, C., Okell, L. C.
Nat Commun, (2019). 10:1433

Detection of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae using near-infrared spectroscopy.
Maia, M. F., Kapulu, M., Muthui, M., Wagah, M. G., Ferguson, H. M., Dowell, F. E., Baldini, F., Ranford-Cartwright, L.
Malar J, (2019). 18:85

Correction to: Detection of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae using near-infrared spectroscopy.
Maia, M. F., Kapulu, M., Muthui, M., Wagah, M. G., Ferguson, H. M., Dowell, F. E., Baldini, F., Ranford-Cartwright, L.
Malar J, (2019). 18:137

Gametocyte carriage in an era of changing malaria epidemiology: A 19-year analysis of a malaria longitudinal cohort.
Muthui, M. K., Mogeni, P., Mwai, K., Nyundo, C., Macharia, A., Williams, T. N., Nyangweso, G., Wambua, J., Mwanga, D., Marsh, K., Bejon, P., Kapulu, M. C.
Wellcome Open Res, (2019). 4:66