Hitoshi Kawada

E-Mail: vergiss@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Associate Professor

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Japan, Southeast Asia, Africa
Ecology, behavior, control method, and insecticidal susceptibility of vector mosquitoes

1.  Kawada, H., C. Kitamura (1983): The reproductive behavior of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha mista Uhler (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) I. Observation of mating behavior and multiple copulation. Appl. Ent. Zool. 18: 234-242. PDF

2.   Kawada, H., K. Dohara, G. Shinjo (1987): Evaluation of larvicidal potency of insect growth regulator, 2-[1-methyl-2-(4-phenoxy-phenoxy) ethoxy] pyridine, against the housefly, Musca domestica. Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool., 38: 317-322. PDF

3.    Kawada, H., K. Dohara, G. Shinjo (1987): Laboratory and field evaluation of an insect growth regulator, 4-phenoxyphenyl (RS)-2-(2-pyridyloxy) propyl ether, as a mosquito larvicide. Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool. 39: 339-346. PDF

4.    Kawada, H., I. Kojima, G. Shinjo (1989): Laboratory evaluation of a new insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen, as a cockroach control agent. Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool. 40:195-201. PDF

5.     Kawada, H., M. Makita, S. Tsuda, T. Ohtsubo, G. Shinjo, K. Tsuji (1990): Efficacy and the way of action of fenitrothion microcapsules for cockroach control. Jpn. J. Environ. Entomol. Zool. 2: 6-13. PDF

6.    Kawada, H., S. Senbo, Y. Abe (1992): Effects of pyriproxyfen on the reproduction of the housefly, Musca domestica, and the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool. 43: 169-175. PDF

7.    Kawada, H., C. Kitamura (1992): The Tachinid fly, Bogosia sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae), as a parasitoid of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha mista UHLER (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Jpn. J. Environ. Entomol. Zool. 4: 65-70. PDF

8.    Kawada, H., T. Ohtsubo, S. Tsuda, Y. Abe, K. Tsuji (1993): Insecticidal characteristics of cyphenothrin microcapsule for cockroach control. Jpn. J. Environ. Entomol. Zool. 5: 65-72. PDF

9.    Kawada, H., Y. Shono, T. Itoh, Y. Abe (1993): Laboratory evaluation of and insect growth regulators against several species of Anopheline mosquitoes. Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool. 44:349-353. PDF

10.    Kawada, H., M. Ogawa, T. Itoh, Y. Abe, K. Tsuji (1994): Laboratory evaluation of fenitrothion microcapsules as a new residual spraying formulation for mosquito control. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 10: 385-389. PDF

11.     Kawada, H., M. Ogawa, T. Itoh, Y. Abe (1995): Biological and physicochemical properties of fenitrothion microcapsules as a residual spraying formulation for mosquito control. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 11: 441-447. PDF

12.     Kawada, H., M. Hirano (1996): Insecticidal effects of an insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen on the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche) as a residual spraying formulation. J. Med. Entomol. 33:819-822. PDF

13. Hirano, M., M. Hatakoshi, H. Kawada, Y. Takimoto (1998): Pyriproxyfen and other juvenile hormone analogues. Rev. Toxicol. 2:357-394.  PDF

14. Kawada, H., Y. Maekawa, Y. Tsuda. M. Takagi (2004): Laboratory and field evaluation of spatial repellency with metofluthrin impregnated paper strip against mosquitoes in Lombok Island, Indonesia. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 20: 292-298. PDF

15. Kawada, H., Y. Maekawa, Y. Tsuda, M. Takagi (2004): Trial of spatial repellency of metofluthrin impregnated paper strip against Anopheles and Culex in shelters without walls in Lombok, Indonesia..J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 20: 434-437. PDF

16. Kawada, H., Takagi (2004): Photoelectric sensing device for recording mosquito host-seeking behavior in the laboratory. J. Med. Entomol. 41: 873-881.  PDF

17. Kawada, H., S. Takemura, K. Arikawa, M. Takagi (2005): Comparative study on nocturnal behavior of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. J. Med. Entomol. 42:312-318. PDF

18. Kawada, H., Ng. T. Yen, Ng. T. Hoa, Tr. M. Sang, Ng. V. Dan, M. Takagi (2005): Field evaluation of spatial repellency of metofluthrin impregnated resin strips against mosquitoes in Hai Phong city, Vietnam. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73:350-353. PDF

 19. Kawada H., Y. Maekawa, M. Takagi (2005): Field trial of the spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated plastic strip against mosquitoes in shelters without walls (Beruga) in Lombok, Indonesia. J. Vector Ecol. 30:181-185.  PDF

 20. Kawada, H., H. Tatsuta, K. Arikawa , M. Takagi (2005): Comparative study on the relationship between photoperiodic host-seeking behavioral patterns and the eye parameters of mosquitoes. J. Insect Physiol. 52:67-75.  PDF

 21. Kawada, H., S. Saita, K. Shimabukuro, M. Hirano, M. Koga, T. Iwashita, M. Takagi (2006): Effectiveness in controlling mosquitoes with EcoBio-Block® S - a novel integrated water purifying concrete block formulation combined with the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc.22: 451-456.  PDF

  22. Kawada, H., T. Iwasaki, L. L. Loan, T. K. Tien, Ng. T. N. Mai, Y. Shono, Y. Katayama, M. Takagi (2006): Field evaluation of spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated latticework plastic strips against Aedes aegypti (L.) and analysis of environmental factors affecting its efficacy in My Tho city, Tien Giang, Vietnam. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 75:1153-1157.  PDF

 23. Kawada, H., S. Honda, M. Takagi (2007): Comparative laboratory study on the reaction of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to different attractive cues in a mosquito trap. J. Med. Entomol. 44:427-432.  PDF

24. Sugiura, M., Y. Horibe, H. Kawada, M. Takagi (2008): Insect spiracle as the main penetration route of pyrethroids. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 91:135-140. PDF

25. Kawada, H., E. A. Temu, J. N. Minjas, O. Matsumoto, T. Iwasaki, M. Takagi (2008): Field evaluation of spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated latticework plastic strips against mosquitoes of Anopheles gambiae group in Bagamoyo, coastal Tanzania. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 24:404-409. PDF

26. Kawada, H., Y. Higa, T. Y. Nguyen, H. S. Tran, T. H. Nguyen, and M. Takagi (2009): Nationwide investigation on the pyrethroid susceptibility of mosquito larvae collected from used tires in Vietnam. PLoS Negl.Trop.Dis. 3(3): e391.  PDF

27. Kawada, H., Y. Higa, O. Komagata, S. Kasai, T. Tomita, N. T. Yen, L. L. Loan, R. A. P. Sánchez and M. Takagi (2009): Widespread distribution of a newly found point mutation in voltage-gated sodium channel in pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti populations in Vietnam. PLoS Negl.Trop.Dis. 3(10):e0000527. PDF

28. Kawada, H. (2009) : An Inconvenient Truth of Pyrethroid - Does it have a promising future? -. In J Clark, J. R. Bloomquist, H. Kawada [ed.] Advances in Human Vector Control (ACS Symposium Book 1014) American Chemical Society, New York.

29. Kawada, H. and M. Takagi (2009): Photoperiodic host-seeking behavioral pattern of mosquitoes of medical importance. In R. P. Maes [ed.] Insect Physiology: New Research. Nova Science Publishers. New York.

30. Kawada, H., Y. Maekawa, M. Abe, K. Ohashi, and M. Takagi (2010): Spatial distribution and pyrethroid susceptibility of mosquito larvae collected from catch basins in parks in Nagasaki city, Nagasaki, Japan. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 63:19-24. PDF

31. Kawada, H., G. O. Dida, K. Ohashi, O. Komagata, S. Kasai, T. Tomita, G. Sonye, Y. Maekawa, C. Mwatele, S. M. Njenga, C. Mwandawiro, N. Minakawa, and M. Takagi (2011): Multimodal pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis, and Anopheles funestus s.s. in western Kenya. PLoS ONE 6:e22574. PDF

32. Kawada, H., K. Futami, O. Komagata, S. Kasai, T. Tomita, G. Sonye, C. Mwatele, S. M. Njenga, C. Mwandawiro, N. Minakawa, and M. Takagi (2011): Distribution of a knockdown resistance mutation (L1014S) in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis in Western and Southern Kenya. PLoS ONE 6:e24323. PDF   

33. Sugiura, M, Y. Horibe, H. Kawada, and M. Takagi (2011): Effect of different droplet size on the knockdown efficacy of directly sprayed insecticides. Pest Manag Sci. 67: 1115-1123. PDF

34.  Kawada, H (2012): New Mosquito Control Techniques as Countermeasures Against Insecticide Resistance. In F Perveen [ed.] Insecticides - Advances in Integrated Pest Management. InTech.

35.  Kawada, H., G. O. Dida, K. Ohashi, G. Sonye, S. M. Njenga, C. Mwandawiro, N. Minakawa, and M. Takagi (2012): Preliminary evaluation of the insecticide-impregnated ceiling nets with coarse mesh size as a barrier against the invasion of malaria vectors. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 65: 243-246. PDF

36. Kawada, H., G. O. Dida, G. Sonye, S. M. Njenga, C. Mwandawiro, N. Minakawa (2012): Reconsideration of Anopheles rivulorum as a Vector of Plasmodium falciparum in Western Kenya: some evidence from biting time, blood preference, sporozoite positive rate, and pyrethroid resistance. Parasit. Vect. 5:230. PDF 

37. Tsunoda, T., H. Kawada, T.T.T. Huynh, L.L. Luu, S.H. Le, H.N. Tran, H.T.Q. Vu, H.M. Le, F. Hasebe, A. Tsuzuki and M. Takagi (2013): Field trial on a novel control method for the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti by the systematic use of Olyset(R) Net and pyriproxyfen in Southern Vietnam. Parasit. Vect. 6:6. PDF