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ArticleJournal of medical ethics2024

Ethical issues in Nipah virus control and research: addressing a neglected disease.

Tess Johnson, Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Tara Hurst, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Michael J Parker

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Article in Journal of medical ethics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Tess JohnsonEthox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK tess.johnson@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-2071-4302
Euzebiusz JamrozikEthox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Tara HurstPandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Phaik Yeong CheahEthox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Michael J ParkerEthox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
University of Oxford · GBMahidol University · THThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AU

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nipah virus is a priority pathogen that is receiving increasing attention among scientists and in work on epidemic preparedness. Despite this trend, there has been almost no bioethical work examining ethical considerations surrounding the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of Nipah virus or research that has already begun into animal and human vaccines. In this paper, we advance the case for further work on Nipah virus disease in public health ethics due to the distinct issues it raises concerning communication about the modes of transmission, the burdens of public health surveillance, the recent use of stringent public health measures during epidemics, and social or religious norms intersecting with preventive measures. We also advance the case for further work on Nipah virus disease in research ethics, given ethical issues surrounding potential vaccine trials for a high-fatality disease with sporadic spillover events, the different local contexts where trials may occur, and the potential use of unproven therapeutics during outbreaks. Further bioethics work may help to ensure that research and public health interventions for Nipah virus disease are ethically acceptable and more likely to be effective.

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Henipavirus InfectionsNipah VirusAnimalsBiomedical ResearchDisease OutbreaksEthics, ResearchHumansPublic HealthViral VaccinesViral VaccinesClinical TrialCommunicable DiseasesEthics- MedicalEthics- Research

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PMID38071589
PMCPMC11347257
OpenAlexW4389510021

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