Our main purpose is to clarify infection mechanisms of intracellular protozoan parasites.

Study of malaria parasites
１）Specific immune reaction in malaria.
２）Surviving strategies of Plamodium falciparum in mammalian hosts.
３）Epidemiology of human malaria.


Study of trypanosomes
１）Functions and expression mechanism of transsialidase.
２）Adaptation mechanisms of Trypanosoma species to environments.
３）Modification of infected host‐cells by Trypanosoma cruzi.
４）Simple diagnostic methods for Chagas' disease in endemic fields.

Other studies
１）Molecular epidemiology of pathogenic strains of Entamoeba histolytica in the Philippines
２）Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis