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Publications

The research interests of the Coordinator include:

1. acquirement of protective immunity against malaria
2. recrudescence of malaria
3. detection of gametocyte carriage

He has extensive experience of collaboration with Thai and Indonesian researchers on research involving malaria parasite cyto-adherence and epidemiology.

Studies of malaria transmission were initiated in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam in 2000 and resulted in the development of molecular detection methods for gametocytes. This method was later applied to mosquito salivary glands in order to detect malaria parasites, and resulted in a report of the co-infection of a mosquito with both monkey and human malaria parasites.

Recent Publications

Recent Papers

1. Nakazawa S, Culleton R, Maeno Y. In vivo and in vitro gametocyte production of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Northern Thailand. Int J Parasitoj. 41: 317-23, 2011.
2. Isozumi R, Uemura H, Le DD, Truong VH, Nguyen DG, Ha VV, Bui QP, Nguyen VT, Nakazawa S. Longitudinal survey of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Vietnam: characteristics of antimalarial resistance and their associated factors. J Clin Microbiol, American Society of Microbioly, 48:70-7, 2010.
3. Abe T, Honda S, Nakazawa S, Tuong TD, Thieu NQ, Hung le X, Thuan le K, Moji K, Takagi M, Yamamoto T. Risk factors for malaria infection among ethnic minorities in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, Seameo Regional Tropical Medicine & Public Health, 40:18-29, 2009.
4. Nakazawa S, Marchand RP, Nguyen QT, Culleton R, Nguyen MD, Maeno Y. Anopheles dirus co-infection with human and monkey malaria parasites in Vietnam. Int J Parasitol, Elsevier, 39:1533-7. 2009.
5. Maeno Y, Nakazawa S, Dao LD, Yamamoto N, Giang ND, Van Hanh T, Thuan LK, Taniguchi K. A dried blood sample on filter paper is suitable for detecting Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Acta Trop, Elsevier, 107:121-7. 2008.
6. Maeno Y, Nakazawa S, Dao le D, Van Tuan N, Giang ND, Van Hanh T, Taniguchi K. Osteopontin is involved in Th1-mediated immunity against Plasmodium falciparum infection in a holoendemic malaria region in Vietnam. Acta Trop, Elsevier. 98:305-10. 2006.
7. Maeno Y, Nakazawa S, Yamamoto N, Shinzato M, Nagashima S, Tanaka K, Sasaki J, Rittling SR, Denhardt DT, Uede T, Taniguchi K. Osteopontin participates in Th1-mediated host resistance against nonlethal malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi infection in mice. Infect Immun, American Society of Microbioly, 74:2423-7, 2006.
8. Nakazawa S. Plasmodium berghei NK65: studies on the effect of treatment duration and inoculum size on recrudescence. Exp Parasitol, Elsevier, 111:59-63, 2005.

Recent Oral presentations

1. Nakazawa S. Detection of malaria parasites from fecal samples. The 1st International Symposium on Human and Monkey Malaria in Vietnam: Eco-Epidemiology of Sylvatic and Zoonotic Malaria. Kyoto, Sep. 2010.
2. Nakazawa S. “Why we begin with monkey malaria” Monkey Malaria Seminar. Kyoto, Dec., 2009
3. Nakazawa S. A gametocyte pool, a site and size—Goals and outcomes in the JSPS project—The 4th Nagasaki Symposium on Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki, Nov., 2009.
4. Nakazawa S. Reduction of parasite number during treatment. The 4th International Seminar on Emerging and Re-emerging diseases. Hanoi, Dec. 2006.

Recent Publications by researchers in Japan

Recent Papers

Richard Culleton

1. Culleton RL, Inoue M, Reece SE, Cheesman S, Carter R. Strain-specific immunity induced by immunization with pre-erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasite Immunol. 33(1):73-8, 2011.
2. Culleton R, Kaneko O. Erythrocyte binding ligands in malaria parasites: Intracellular trafficking and parasite virulence. Acta Trop 114:131-7, 2010.
3. Culleton R, Ndounga M, Zeyrek FY, Coban C, Casimiro PN, Takeo S, Tsuboi T, Yadava A, Carter R, Tanabe K. Evidence for the transmission of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of the Congo, West Central Africa. J Infect Dis. 200:1465-9, 2009.
4. Pattaradilokrat S, Culleton R, Cheesman SJ, Carter R. Gene encoding Erythrocyte Binding Ligand linked to blood stage multiplication rate phenotype in Plasmodium yoelii yoelii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:7161-6. 2009.

Osamu Kaneko

1. Otsuki H, Kaneko O, Thongkukiatkul A, Tachibana M, Iriko H, Takeo S, Tsuboi T, Torii M. Single amino acid substitution in Plasmodium yoelii erythrocyte ligand determines its localization and controls parasite virulence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:7167-72, 2009.
2. Iriko H, Jin L, Kaneko O, Takeo S, Han E-T, Tachibana M, Otsuki H, Torii M, Tsuboi T, A small-scale systematic analysis of alternative splicing in Plasmodium falciparum. Parasitol Int 58:196-9, 2009.
3. Cortés A, Carret C, Kaneko O, Yim-Lim BYS, Ivens A, Holder AA. Epigenetic silencing of Plasmodium falciparum genes linked to erythrocyte invasion. PLoS Pathog 3:e107, 2007.

Yoshimasa Maeno

1. Maeno Y, Shinzato M, Nagashima S, Rittling SR, Denhardt DT, Uede T, Taniguchi K. Effect of osteopontin on diarrhea duration and innate immunity in suckling mice infected with a murine rotavirus. Viral Immunol., Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers 22:139-44, 2009.
2. Maeno Y, Nakazawa S, Dao le D, Yamamoto N, Giang ND, Van Hanh T, Thuan le K, Taniguchi K. A dried blood sample on filter paper is suitable for detecting Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Acta Trop. 107(2):121-7. 2008.
3. Maeno Y, Nakazawa S, Dao le D, Van Tuan N, Giang ND, Van Hanh T, Taniguchi K. Osteopontin is involved in Th1-mediated immunity against Plasmodium falciparum infection in a holoendemic malaria region in Vietnam. Acta Trop. 98:305-10, 2006.

Satoru Kawai

1. Iseki H, Kawai S, Takahashi N, Hirai M, Tanabe K, Yokoyama N, Igarashi I. Evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method as a tool for diagnosis of infection by the zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi. J Clin Microbiol. 48(7):2509-14. 2010.
2. Kawai S, Hirai M, Haruki K, Tanabe K, Chigusa Y. Cross-reactivity in rapid diagnostic tests between human malaria and zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi infections. Parasitol Int. Elsevier, 58:300-2, 2009.
3. Hirai M, Arai M, Mori T, Miyagishima SY, Kawai S, Kita K, Kuroiwa T, Terenius O, Matsuoka H. Male fertility of malaria parasites is determined by GCS1, a plant-type reproduction factor. Curr Biol. 18(8):607-13. 2008.

Michael A Huffman

1. Huffman MA, Spiezio C, Sgaravatti A, Leca JB. Leaf swallowing behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): biased learning and the emergence of group level cultural differences. Anim Cogn. 2010 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print]
2. MacIntosh AJ, Hernandez AD, Huffman MA. Host age, sex, and reproductive seasonality affect nematode parasitism in wild Japanese macaques. Primates. 51(4):353-64. 2010.
3. Leca JB, Gunst N, Huffman MA. Principles and levels of laterality in unimanual and bimanual stone handling patterns by Japanese macaques. J Hum Evol. 58(2):155-65. 2010.

Kazuhiko Moji

1. Abe T, Honda S, Nakazawa S, Tuong TD, Thieu NQ, Hung le X, Thuan le K, Moji K, Takagi M, Yamamoto T. Risk factors for malaria infection among ethnic minorities in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 40(1):18-29. 2009.
2. Matsuyama A, Moji K. Perception of bleeding as a danger sign during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period in rural Nepal. Qual Health Res, SAGE journals, 18:196-208, 2008.
3. Yoda T, Minematsu K, Abe T, Basuki S, Artasutra K, Dachlan YP, Moji K, Kanbara H, Rakue Y, Mizota T. Evaluation by villagers of the malaria control project on Lombok and Sumbawa Islands, west Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 38(2):213-22. 2007.

Toshihiko Shin-e

1. Toshihiko Shine. The Symbolic Role of Literacy as a Standard to Distinguish the Raglai from the Cham. Senri Ethnological Studies, National Musium of Ethnology, 74:129-172, 2009.

Shigeo Kobayashi

1. Shigeo Kobayashi. An overview of techniques for the rehabilitation of degraded tropical forests and biodiversity conservation. Current Science, Vol.93, 1596-1603, 2007.