Michael Cappello, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis; Director, Yale Program in International Child Health; Director, Yale World Fellows Program
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology
Yale Medical Group
Global Health Initiative: Infectious Diseases | Women & Child Health
Microbial Pathogenesis
School of Public Health
Pediatrics: Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Child Health Research Center, Yale
Research Interests
Molecular Parasitology; Hookworm Pathogenesis & Vaccine Development; International Child Health more...
Education
- B.A., Brown University, 1984
- M.D., Georgetown University, 1988
Selected Publications
- Humphries D, Mosites M, Otchere J, Twum A, Woo L, Benham-Pyle B, Jones-Sanpei H, Harrison LM, Bungiro RD, Bosompem K, Wilson M, Cappello M. Epidemiology of hookworm infection in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Patterns of malaria coinfection, anemia, and albendazole treatment failure. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011;84:792-800
- Bungiro RD, Cappello M. 21st century progress toward the global control of human hookworm infection. Clin Infect Dis Rep 2011;13:1-8
- Kucera K, Harrison LM, Cappello M, Modis Y. Excretory-Secretory Protein 2 from the human hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum adopts a netrin-like fold and defines a novel family of nematode proteins. J Molec Biol 2011;408:9-17
