Huynh TTT, Minakawa N: A comparative study of dengue virus vectors in major parks and adjacent residential areas in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16 (1): e0010119, 2022.
Minakawa N, Kawada H, Kongere JO, Sonye GO, Lutiali PA, Awuor B, Isozumi R,Futami K: Effectiveness of screened ceilings over the current best practice in reducing malaria prevalence in western Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Parasitology 149(7):1-39, 2022.
Kawada H, Nakazawa S, Ohasi K, Kambewa EA, Pemba DF: Effects of Indoor Environmental Factors and House Structures on Vaporization of Active ingredient from Spatial Repellent Devices in Rural Houses in Malawi. JJID 75(3) 288-295, 2022.
Tsunoda T, Tran CC, Tran DD, Nguyen LH, Tran PV, Kawashima E & Iwashita H: Blood-feeding and oviposition of yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti and Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in summer and winter in Hanoi, Vietnam. Jpn. J. Environ. Entomol. Zool. 33(3), 93-103, 2022.
Kasai S, Itokawa K, Uemura N, Takaoka A, Furutani S, Maekawa Y, Kobayashi D, Imanishi-Kobayashi N, Amoa-Bosompem M, Murota K, Higa Y, Kawada H, Minakawa N, Cuong TC, Yen NT, Phong TV, Keo S, Kang K, Miura K, Ng LC, Teng HJ, Dadzie S, Subekti S, Mulyatno KC, Sawabe K, Tomita T, Komagata O: Discovery of super-insecticide-resistant dengue mosquitoes in Asia: Threats of concomitant knockdown resistance mutations. Sci Adv 8 (51)eabq7345, 2022.
Yang C, Sunahara T, Hu J, Futami K, Kawada H, Minakawa N: Searching for a sign of exotic Aedes albopictus (Culicidae) introduction in major international seaports on Kyushu Island, Japan. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(10): e0009827, 2021.
Mao ZQ, Minakawa N, Moi ML: Novel Antiviral Efficacy of Hedyotis diffusa and Artemisia capillaris Extracts against Dengue Virus, Japanese Encephalitis Virus, and Zika Virus Infection and Immunoregulatory Cytokine Signatures. Plants -Basel 11(19)2589, 2022.
Martineau P, Behera SK, Nonaka M, Jayanthi R, Ikeda T, Minakawa N, Kruger P, Mabunda QE. Predicting malaria outbreaks from sea surface temperature variability up to 9 months ahead in Limpopo, South Africa, using machine learning. Frontiers in Public Health 10: 962377, 2022.
2021
Maekawa Y, Pemba D, Kumala J, Gowelo S, Higa Y, Futami K, Sawabe K, Tsuda Y: DNA barcoding of mosquitoes collected through a nationwide survey in 2011 and 2012 in Malawi, Southeast Africa. Acta Tropica 213: 105742, 2021.
Vargas RM, Tsunoda T, Noda J, Bousses P, Nguyen TY, Hasebe F, Dujardin P: Shape relatedness between geographic populations of Culex tritaeniorhynchus, the primary vector of Japanese encephalitis virus: A landmark study. Infect Genet Evol 90: 104764, 2021.
Morimoto Y, Kawada H, Kuramoto K, Mitsuhashi T, Saitoh T, Minakawa N: New mosquito repellency bioassay for evaluation of repellents and pyrethroids using an attractive blood-feeding device. Parasites Vectors 14(1), 151, 2021.
Wernecke B, Mathee A, Kunene Z, Balakrishna Y, Kapwata T, Mogotsi M, Sweijd N, Minakawa N, Wright CY: Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa. Ann Glob Health 87(1): 16, 2021.
Kawada H, Dida GO, Sonye G, Njenga MS, Minakawa N, Takagi M: Indoor resting places of the major malaria vectors in western Kenya. Japanese J Appl Entomol Zool 32(2): 47-52, 2021.
Yamaguchi S, Yasumura R, Okamoto Y, Okubo Y, Miyagi T, Kawada H, Takahashi K. Efficacy and safety of a dimethicone lotion in patients with pyrethroid-resistant head lice in an epidemic area, Okinawa, Japan. Journal of Dermatology, 48, 1343-1349, 2021.
Yang C, Sunahara T, Hu J, Futami K, Kawada H, Minakawa N: Searching for a sign of exotic Aedes albopictus (Culicidae) introduction in major international seaports on Kyushu Island, Japan. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(10): e0009827, 2021.
Kawada H, Futami K, Higa Y, Suzuki T, Minakawa N: Is the molecular identification by RAPD-PCR applicable to the African Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) subspecies? Japanese J Appl Entomol Zool 32(3), 99-103, 2021.
Minakawa N, Kongere JO, Sonye GO, Lutiali PA, Awuor B,Kawada H, Isozumi R, Futami K: Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Incorporating Piperonyl Butoxide Reduce the Risk of Malaria in Children in Western Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg 105(2): 461-471, 2021.
Tsunoda T, Huynh TTT , La HH, Le NTD, Pham TTN, ly HKK, Minakawa N: Oviposition of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus on Ovitraps in Dry and Rainy Seasons in Southern Vietnam. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 37(3): 169-171, 2021.
Mao ZQ, Fukuta M, Balingit JC, Nguyen TTN, Nguyen CT, Inoue S, Nguyen TTT,Nguyen LKH, Minakawa N, Morita K, Le TQM, Hasebe F, Moi ML: Direct Viral RNA Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and DENV in Inactivated Samples by Real-Time RT-qPCR: Implications for Diagnosis in Resource Limited Settings with Flavivirus Co-Circulation. Pathogens 10(12): 1558, 2021.
Larson PS, Ono M, Changoma M, Goto K, Kaneko S, Moji K, Minakawa N: Presence of dogs and proximity to a wildlife reserve increase household level risk of tungiasis in Kwale, Kenya. Trop Med Health 49(54), 2021.
Tsunoda T, Nguyen DT, Quynh TV: Effects of Color and Perforated Lid on Ovitrap Preference of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 36(4): 240-244, 2021.
Kapwata T, Wright CY, du Preez DJ, Kunene Z, Mathee A, Ikeda T, Landman W, Maharaj R, Sweijd N, Minakawa N, Blesic S: Exploring rural hospital admissions for diarrhoeal disease, malaria, pneumonia, and asthma in relation to temperature, rainfall and air pollution using wavelet transform analysis. Sci Total Environ 791: 148307, 2021.
2020
Futami K, Iwashita H, Higa Y, Lutiali PA, Sonye GO, Mwatele C, Njenga SM, Minakawa N: Geographical distribution of Aedes aegypti aegypti and Aedes aegypti formosus (Diptera:Culicidae) in Kenya and environmental factors related to their relative abundance. J Med Entomol 57(3), 772-779, 2020.
Kawada H, Nakazawa S, Shimabukuro K, Ohashi K, Kambewa EA, Foster Pemba D. Effect of metofluthrin-impregnated spatial repellent devices in combination with new long-lasting insecticidal nets (Olyset® Plus) on pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors and malaria prevalence - Field trial in south-eastern Malawi. Jpn J Infect Dis 73(2), 124-131, 2020.
Faizah AN, Kobayashi D, Isawa H, Amoa-Bosompem M, Murota K, Higa Y, Futami K, Shimada S, Kim KS, Itokawa K, Watanabe M, Tsuda Y, Minakawa N, Miura K, Hirayama K, Sawabe K: Deciphering the Virome of Culex vishnui Subgroup Mosquitoes, the Major Vectors of Japanese Encephalitis, in Japan. Viruses 12(3): 264, 2020.
Kawada H, Futami K, Higa Y, Rai G, Suzuki T, Rai SK: Distribution and pyrethroid resistance status of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations and possible phylogenetic reasons for the recent invasion of Aedes aegypti in Nepal. Parasites Vectors 13: 213, 2020.
Kapwata T, Mathee A, Sweijd N, Minakawa N, Mogotsi M, Kunene Z, Wright CY: Spatial assessment of heavy metals contamination in household garden soils in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa. Environ Geochem Health 42(1): 4181-4191, 2020.
Tamari N, Minakawa N, Sonye GO, Awuor B, Kongere JO, Hashimoto M, Kataoka M, Munga S: Protective effects of Olyset® Net on Plasmodium falciparum infection after three years of distribution in western Kenya. Malar J 19: 373, 2020.
Minakawa N, Kongere JO, Sonye GO, Lutiali PA, Awuor B, Kawada H, Isozumi R, Futami K: A preliminary study on designing a cluster randomized control trial of two new mosquito nets to prevent malaria parasite infection. Trop Med Health 48(1): 98, 2020.
Sultana A, Sunahara T, Tsurukawa C, Tuno N: Reproductive interference between Aedes albopictus and Aedes flavopictus at a place of their origin. Med Vet Entomol 35(1): 59-67, 2020.
Hashimoto M, Yokota K, Kajimoto K, Matsumoto M, Tatsumi A, Nakajima Y, Mita T, Minakawa N, Oka H, Kataoka M: Highly Sensitive and Rapid Quantitative Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Using an Image Cytometer. Microorganisms 8(11): 1769, 2020.
Hashimoto M, Yokota K, Kajimoto K, Matsumoto M, Tatsumi A, Yamamoto K, Hyodo T, Matsushita K, Minakawa N, Mita T, Oka H, Kataoka M: Quantitative Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Using, LUNA-FL, A Fluorescent Cell Counter. Microorganisms 8(9): 1356, 2020.
Tsunoda T, Nguyen DT, Quynh TV: Effects of Color and Perforated Lid on Ovitrap Preference of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 36(4), 240-244, 2020.
Itokawa K, Hu J, Sukehiro N, Tsuda Y, Komagata O, Kasai S, Tomita T, Minakawa N, Sawabe K: Genetic analysis of Aedes aegypti captured at two international airports serving to the Greater Tokyo Area during 2012-2015. PLoS One 15(4): e0232192, 2020.
2019
Kasai S, Caputo B, Tsunoda T, Cuong TC, Maekawa Y, Lam-Phua SG, Pichler V, Itokawa K,1, Murota K, Komagata O, Yoshida C, Chung HH, Bellini R, Tsuda Y, Teng HJ, Filho JLL, Alves LC, Ng LC, Minakawa N, Yen NT, Phong TV, Sawabe K, Tomita T. First detection of a Vssc allele V1016G conferring a high level of insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus collected from Europe (Italy) and Asia (Vietnam), 2016: a new emerging threat to controlling arboviral diseases. Eurosurveillance, 24,5, doi: 10.2807/1560-7917, 2019.
Yamamoto T, Yatsushiro S, Hashimoto M, Kajimoto K, Ido Y, Abe K, Sofue, Y, Nonami T, Hayashi T, Nagatomi K, Minakawa N, Oka H, Mita T, Kataoka M. Development of a highly sensitive, quantitative, and rapid detection system for Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells using a fluorescent blue-ray optical system. Biosensors and bioelectronics, 132, 375-381, 2019.
Moyes CL, Wiebe A, Gleave K, Trett A, Hancock PA, Padonou GG, Choua?bou MS, Sovi A, Abuelmaali SA, Ochomo E, Antonio-Nkondjio C, Dengela D, Kawada H, Dabire RK, Donnelly MJ, Mbogo C, Fornadel C, Coleman M. Analysis-ready datasets for insecticide resistance phenotype and genotype frequency in African malaria vectors. Scientific Data, 6 (121), https://doi.org/10.1101/582510, 2019.
Futami K, Iwashita H, Higa Y, Lutiali PA, Sonye GO, Mwatele C, Njenga SM, Minakawa N. Geographical distribution of Aedes aegypti aegypti and Aedes aegypti formosus (Diptera:Culicidae) in Kenya and environmental factors related to their relative abundance.Journal of Medical Entomology, doi: 10.1093/jme/tjz233, 2019.
Toma T., Takara T., Miyagi I.,Futami K. and Higa Y. Mosquitoes and frog-biting midges (Diptera: Culicidae and Corethrellidae) attracted to traps with natural frog calls and synthesized sounds at Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, Medical Entomology and Zoology, 70 (4), 221-234, 2019.
Kawada H, Nakazawa S, Shimabukuro K, Ohashi K, Kambewa EA, Foster Pemba D. Effect of metofluthrin-impregnated spatial repellent devices in combination with new long-lasting insecticidal nets (Olyset? Plus) on pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors and malaria prevalence - Field trial in south-eastern Malawi. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2019.311. 2019.
2018
Oo SZM, Thaung S, Maung YNM, Aye KM, Aung ZZ, Thu HM, Thant KZ, Minakawa N. Effectiveness of a novel long-lasting pyriproxyfen larvicide (SumiLarv?2MR) against Aedes mosquitoes in schools in Yangon, Myanmar. Parasites & Vectors, 11(16) , doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2603-9, 2018.
Sunahara T. Simulation Study of the Effects of Host Availability on Bite Rate of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) and Risk of Dengue Outbreaks in Non-Endemic Areas. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases,71(1), 28-32, 2018.
Behera SK, Moriok Y, Ikeda T, Doi T, Ratnam JV, Nonaka M, Tsuzuki A, Imai C, Kim Y, Hashizume M, Iwami S, Kruger P, Maharaj R, Sweijd N, Minakawa N.Malaria incidences in South Africa linked to a climate mode in southwestern Indian Ocean. Environmental Development.27,45-57, 2018.
Imanishi N, Higa Y, Teng HJ, Sunahara T. & Minakawa N. Identification of Three Distinct Groups of Anopheles lindesayi in Japan by Morphological and Genetic Analyses. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 71(6), 427- 435, 2018.
Tamari N, Minakawa N, Sonye GO, Awuor B, Kongere JO, Munga S, Larson P. Antimalarial bednet of children disappears when shared by three or more people in a high transmission setting of western Kenya. Parasitology, 146(3), 363-371, 2018.
Iwashita H, Higa Y, Futami K, Lutiali PA, Njenga SM, Nabeshima T, Minakawa N. Mosquito arbovirus survey in selected areas of Kenya: detection of insect-specific virus. Tropical Medicine and Health. 46: 19. 2018.
Baba YG, Tanikawa A, Takada MB, Futami K. Dead or alive? Sexual conflict and lethal copulatory interactions in long-jawed Tetragnatha spiders. Behavioral Ecology, 29 (6), 1278-1285, 2018.
Suzuki S, Futami K. Predatory risk increased due to egg-brooding in Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Onischidea). Ethology, 124, 256-259, 2018.
2017
Kawada H. Possible New Controlling Measures for the Pyrethroid-Resistant Malaria Vectors. Annals of Community Medicine and Practice, 3 (1), 1019, 2017.
Kawada H. Potential control measures for pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors. Acta Horticulturae, 1169, doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1169.10, 2017.
Komagata O, Higa Y, Muto A, Hirabayashi K, Yoshida M, Sato T, Nihei N, Sawabe K, Kobayashi M. Predicting the Start of the Aedes albopictus (Diptera:Culicidae) Female Adult Biting Season Using the Spring Temperature in Japan. Journal of Medical Entomology, 54 (6), 1519-1524, 2017.
Ikeda T, Behera SK, Morioka Y, Minakawa N, Hashizume M, Tsuzuki A, Maharaj R, Kruger P. Seasonally lagged effects of climatic factors on malaria incidence in South Africa. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) :2458, 2017.
Chaves LF. Globally invasive, withdrawing at home: Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus facing the rise of Aedes flavopictus. International Journal of Biometeorology, DOI 10.1007/s00484-016-1162-7, 2016.
Yamada K, Valderrama A, Gottdenker N, Cerezo L, Minakawa N, Saldana A, Calzada JE, Chaves LF. Macroecological patterns of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis transmission across the health areas of Panam? (1980?2012), Parasite Epidemiology and Cotrol, 1 (2) 42-55, 2016.
L.Shand, W.M.Brown, L.F.Chave, T.L.Goldberg, G.L.Hamer, L.Haramis, U.Kitron, E.D.Walker & M.O.Ruiz. Predicting West Nile Virus Infection risk from the synergistic effectsof rainfall and temperature, Journal of Medical Entomology, doi:10.1093/jme/tjw042, 2016.
Mori A, Tsuda Y, Takagi M, Higa Y, Severson DW. Multiple QTL Determine Dorsal Abdominal Scale Patterns in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti.Journal of Heredity, 107(5), 438-444, 2016.
Ohba S, Huynh TT, Kawada H, Le LL, Ngoc HT, Hoang SL, Takagi M. Effect of Olyset Net on mosquito larvae and their Heteroptera predators in water jars in southern Vietnam. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 69, 262-265,2016.
Mannen K, Toma T, Minakawa N, Higa Y, Miyagi I. Biology of Anopheles saperoi, an Endemic Species in Okinawajima, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 32(1), 12-23, 2016.
Kawada H, Higa Y, Futami K, Muranami Y, Kawashima E, Osei JH, Sakyi KY, Dadzie S, de Souza DK, Appawu M, Ohta N, Suzuki T, Minakawa N. Discovery of Point Mutations in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel from African Aedes aegypti Populations: Potential Phylogenetic Reasons for Gene Introgression. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(6), e0004780, 2016.
Sumita Y, Kawada H, Minakawa N. Mode of entry of a vaporized pyrethroid knockdown agent into the body of the housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera:Muschidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 51(4), 653-659, 2016.
Funo T, Inaba H, Jusup M, Tsuzuki A, Minakawa N , Iwami S. Impact of asymptomatic infections on the early spread of malaria. Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 33,3, 671-681, 2016.
Kobayashi D, Isawa H, Ejiri H, Sasaki T, Sunahara T, Futami K, Tsuda Y, Katayama Y, Mizutani T, Minakawa N, Ohta N, Sawabe K. Complete Genome Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis of a Getah Virus Strain (Genus Alphavirus, Family Togaviridae) Isolated from Culex tritaeniorhynchus Mosquitoes in Nagasaki, Japan in 2012. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 16(12) 769-776, 2016.
2015
Futami K, Valderrama A, BaldI M, Minakawa N, Marin Rodriguez R, Chaves LF. New and Common Haplotypes Shape Genetic Diversity in Asian Tiger Mosquito Populations from Costa Rica and Panama. Journal of Economic Entomology 108 (2), 761-768, 2015.
Chaves LF, Kawashima E, Futami K, Minakawa N. Rodriguez RM. Lack of kdr mutations in a population of Asian tiger mosquitoes from Costa Rica. Bulletin of Insectology 68 (1), 61-63, 2015.
Sasaki T, Higa Y, Bertuso AG, Isawa H, Takasaki T, Minakawa N, Sawabe K. Susceptibility of Indigenous and Transplanted Mosquito Spp. to Dengue Virus in Japan. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.511, 2015.
Fonzi E, Higa Y, Bertuso AG, Futami K, Minakawa N. Human-Mediated Marine Dispersal Influences the Population Structure of Aedes aegypti in the Philippine Archipelago. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003829, 2015.
Minakawa N, Kongere JO, Dida GO, Ikeda E, Hu J, Minagawa K, Futami K, Kawada H, Njenga SM, Larson PS. Sleeping on the floor decreases insecticide treated bed net use and increases risk of malaria in children under 5 years of age in Mbita District, Kenya. Parasitology, doi:10.1017/S0031182015000955, 2015.
Tsunoda T, Chaves LF, Giang Thi Tra Nguyen, Yen Thi Nguyen, Takagi M. Winter Activity and Diapause of Aedes albopictus ( Diptera: culicidae) in Hanoi, Northern vietnam. Journal of Medical Entomology, DOI:10.1093/jme/tjv122, 2015.
Chaves LF, Imanishi N, Hoshi T. Population dynamics of Armigeres subalbatus (Diptera: Culicidae) across a temperate altitudinal gradient. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 105,589-597, 2015.
Chaves LF, Chuang TW, Sasa M, Gutierrez JM. Snakebites are associated with poverty, weather fluctuations, and El Nino. Science Advance, 1,8, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500249, 2015.
Saldaña A, Calzada JE, Pineda V, Perea M, Rigg C, Gonz?lez K, Santamaria AM, Gottdenker NL, Chaves LF. Risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi exposure in domestic dogs from a rural community in Panama. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 110 (7), 936-944, 2015.
Calzada JE, Marquez R, Rigg C, Victoria C, De La Cruz M, Chaves LF, Caceres L. Characterization of a recent malaria outbreak in the autonomours indigenous region of Guna Yala, Panama. Malaria Journal, 14 (459) doi 10.1186/s12936-015-0987-6, 2015.
Chaves LF, Anez N. Nestedness patterns of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae ) species in a neotropical semi-arid environment. Acta Tropica, 153, 7-13. 2016.
Sweijd NA, Wright CY, Westwood A, Rouault M, Landman WA, MacKenzie ML, Nuttall JJ, Mahomed H, Cousins T, Winter K, Berhoozi F, Kalule B, Kruger P, Govender T, Minakawa N. Climate change is catchy-but when will it really hurt? South African Medical Journal, 105(12), 1018-1023, 2015.
