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Human Challenge Studies in Endemic Settings Ethical and Regulatory Issues

Publication year: 2021

ISBN: 978-3-030-41480-1

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This book provides an extensive review of ethical and regulatory issues related to human infection challenge studies, with a particular focus on the expansion of this type of research into endemic settings and/or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Human challenge studies (HCS) involve the intentional infection of research participants, and this type of research is rapidly increasing in frequency worldwide


Subject: Religion and Philosophy, Bioethics, Infectious Diseases, Vaccine, Development and Health, human challenge studies, capacity building in low-income countries, capacity building in middle-income countries, malariotherapy, intentional infection, ethics of challenge studies, challenge studies in endemic settings, challenge studies and vulnerable populations, Falciparum malaria challenge studies in Africa