Akagi K, Kubo T, Miyashita R, Kondo A, Ehara N, Takazono T, Sakamoto N, Mukae H, Morita K, Fukushima K: Clinical Evaluation of Conventional Human Coronavirus Infection in Adults. Jpn J Infect Dis 75(2): 121-126, 2022.
Ngwe Tun MM, Toume K, Luvai E, Nwe KM, Mizukami S, Hirayama K, Komatsu K, Morita K: The discovery of herbal drugs and natural compounds as inhibitors of SARSCoV-2 infection in vitro. J Nat Med 76(2): 402-409, 2022.
Luvai EAC, Uchida L, Ngwe Tun MM, Inoue S, Weiyin H, Shimoda H, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Seroepidemiological surveys of tick-borne encephalitis virus and novel tickborne viruses in wild boar in Nagasaki, Japan. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 13(1): 101860, 2022.
Abe H, Ushijima Y, Amano M, Sakurai Y, Yoshikawa R, Kinoshita T, Kurosaki Y, Yanagihara K, Izumikawa K, Morita K, Kohno S, Yasuda J: Unique Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the Second Large Cruise Ship Cluster in Japan. Microorganisms 10(1): 99, 2022.
Ngwe Tun MM, Sakura T, Sakurai Y, Kurosaki Y, Inaoka DK, Shioda N, Yasuda J, Kita K, Morita K: Antiviral activity of 5-aminolevulinic acid against variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Trop Med Health 50(1): 6, 2022.
Ashizawa H, Yamamoto K, Ashizawa N, Takeda K, Iwanaga N, Takazono T, Sakamoto N, Sumiyoshi M, Ide S, Uemura A, Yoshida M, Fukuda Y, Kobayashi T, Tashiro M, Tanaka T, Katoh S, Morimoto K, Ariyoshi K, Morimoto S, Ngwe Tun MM, Inoue S, Morita K, Kurihara S, Izumikawa K, Yanagihara K, Mukae H: Associations between Chest CT Abnormalities and Clinical Features in Patients with the Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome. Viruses 14(2): 279, 2022.
Takemura T, Nguyen CT, Pham HC, Nguyen TT, Hoang VMP, Nguyen LKH, Nabeshima T, Nguyen TTT, Le TQM, Moi ML, Morita K, Hasebe F: The 2017 Dengue virus 1 outbreak in northern Vietnam was caused by a locally circulating virus group. Trop Med Health 50(1): 3, 2022.
Zhuang J, Cai G, Lu Y, Xu X, Lin Y, Wong LP, Hu Z, Yamamoto T, Morita K, Aoyagi K, He F: Exploring Factors and Associate Responses for Anxiety in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Web-Based Survey in Japan. Front Psychol 12: 795219, 2022.
Nomoto H, Ishikane M, Lee S, Komiya N, Maeki T, Matsui, Morita K, Oshitani H, Saijo M, Yamagishi T, Yamamoto T, Ohmagari N: Facilitating the deployment of Japanese human resources for responding global outbreaks of emerging and Re-emerging infectious diseases: A cross-sectional study. J Infect Chemother 28(1): 41-46, 2022.
Fujita-Fujiharu Y, Sugita Y, Takamatsu Y, Houri K, Igarashi M, Muramoto Y, Nakano M, Tsunoda Y, Taniguchi I , S Becker, Noda T: Structural insight into Marburg virus nucleoprotein-RNA complex formation.Nat Commun.13(1): 1191, 2022.
Ngwe Tun MM , T Sakura, Y Sakurai, Y Kurosaki, Inaoka DK, N Shioda, C Smith, J Yasuda, K Morita, K Kita: 5-Aminolevulinic acid antiviral efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in vitro.Trop Med Health 20(1): 30, 2022.
2021
Nabeshima T, Takazono T, Ashizawa N, Miyazaki T, Inoue S, Ngwe Tun MM, Izumikawa K, Mukae H, Moi ML, Morita K: COVID-19 cryptic transmission and genetic information blackouts: Need for effective surveillance policy to better understand disease burden. Lancet Reg Health West Pac ₇ : 100104, 2021.
Cai G, Lin Y, Lu Y, He F, Morita K, Yamamoto T, Aoyagi K, Taguri T, Hu Z, Alias H, Danaee M, Wong LP: Behavioural responses and anxiety symptoms during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan: A large scale cross-sectional study. J Psychiatr Res 136: 296-305, 2021.
Sakurai Y, Ngwe Tun MM, Kurosaki Y, Sakura T, Inaoka DK, Fujine K, Kita K, Morita K, Yasuda J: ５ -amino levulinic acid inhibits SARS-CoV- 2 infection in vitro. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 545: 203-207, 2021.
Ngwe Tun MM, Muthugala R, Rajamanthri L, Nabeshima T, Buerano CC, Morita K: Emergence of Genotype I of Dengue Virus Serotype 3 during a Severe Dengue Epidemic in Sri Lanka in 2017. Jpn J Infect Dis 74(5): 443-449, 2021.
Ngwe Tun MM, Kyaw AK, Nabeshima T, Soe AM, Nwe KM, Htet KKK, Aung TH, Htwe TT, Aung T, Myaing SS, Mar TT, Lwin EP, Thu HM, Thant KZ, Morita K: Detection of genotype-1 of dengue virus serotype 3 for the first time and complete genome analysis of dengue viruses during the 2018 epidemic in Mandalay, Upper Myanmar. PLoS One 16(6): e0251314, 2021.
Ngwe Tun MM, Kyaw AK, Nwe KM, Inoue S, Thant KZ, Morita K: Effectiveness of the SA 14-14-2 Live-Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine in Myanmar. Vaccines (Basel) 9(6): 568, 2021.
Fukuta M, Mao ZQ, Morita K, Moi ML: Stability and Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 and Viral RNA in Water, Commercial Beverages, and Bodily Fluids. Front Microbiol 12: 667956, 2021.
Ota K, Yanagihara K, Sasaki D, Kaku N, Uno N, Sakamoto K, Kosai K, Miyazaki T, Hasegawa H, Fujita A, Tashiro M, Tanaka T, Izumikawa K, Ariyoshi K, Mukae H, Yasuda J, Morita K, Kohno S: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 using qRT-PCR in saliva obtained from asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients, comparative analysis with matched nasopharyngeal samples. PLoS One 16(6): e0252964, 2021.
Soe AM, Ngwe Tun MM, Nabeshima T, Myat TW, Htun MM, Lin H, Hom NS, Inoue S, Nwe KM, Aye LPP, Fukuta M, Thant KZ, Hasebe F, Morita K, Shresta S, Thu HM, Moi ML: Emergence of a Novel Dengue Virus 3 (DENV-3) Genotype-I Coincident with Increased DENV-3 Cases in Yangon, Myanmar between 2017and 2019. Viruses 13(6): 1152, 2021.
Ando T, Nabeshima T, Inoue S, Ngwe Tun MM, Obata M, Hu W, Shimoda H, Kurihara S, Izumikawa K, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Sever Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Cats and Its Prevalence among Veterinarian Staff Members in Nagasaki, Japan. Viruses 13(6): 1142, 2021.
Ngwe Tun MM, Morita K, Ishikawa T, Urata S: The Antiviral Effect of the Chemical Compounds Targeting DED/EDh Motifs of the Viral Proteins on Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and SARS-CoV-2. Viruses 13(7): 1220, 2021.
Raini SK, Takamatsu Y, Dumre SP, Urata S, Mizukami S, Moi ML, Hayasaka D, Inoue S, Morita K, Ngwe Tun MM: The novel therapeutic target and inhibitory effects of PF-429242 against Zika virus infection. Antiviral Res 192: 105121, 2021.
Ngwe Tun MM, Pandey K, Nabeshima T, Kyaw AK, Adhikari M, Raini SK, Inoue S, Dumre SP, Pandey BD, Morita K: An Outbreak of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Cosmopolitan Genotype in Nepal, 2017. Viruses 13(8): 1444, 2021.
Irifune S, Ashizawa N, Takazono T, Mutantu P, Nabeshima T, Ngwe Tun MM, Ota K, Hirayama T, Fujita A, Tashiro M, Tanaka T, Yamamoto K, Imamura Y, Miyazaki T, Sawai T, Izumikawa K, Yanagihara K, Morita K, Mukae H: Discrepancy of SARSCov-2 PCR results due to the sample collection sites and possible improper sampling. J Infect Chemother 27(10): 1525-1528, 2021.
Mutantu PN, Ngwe Tun MM, Nabeshima T, Yu F, Mukadi PK, Tanaka T, Tashiro M, Fujita A, Kanie N, Oshiro R, Takazono T, Imamura Y, Hirayama T, Moi ML, Inoue S, Izumikawa K, Yasuda J, Morita K: Development and Evaluation of Quantitative Immunoglobulin G Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Using Truncated Recombinant Nucleocapsid Protein as Assay Antigen. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(18): 9630, 2021.
Kaku N, Nishimura F, Shigeishi Y, Tachiki R, Sakai H, Sasaki D, Ota K, Sakamoto K, Kosai K, Hasegawa H, Izumikawa K, Ariyoshi K, Mukae H, Yasuda J, Morita K, Kohno S, Yanagihara K: Performance of anti-SARS-Cov-2 antibody testing in asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study in outbreak on a cruise ship. PLoS One 16(9): e0257452, 2021.
Fukuta M, Nguyen CT, Nguyen TTT, Nguyen TTN, Vu TBH, Takemura T, Nguyen LKH, Inoue S, Morita K, Le TQM, Hasebe F, Moi ML: Discrepancies in Infectivity of Flavivirus and SARS-CoV-2 Clinical Samples: An Improved Assay for Infectious Virus Shedding and Viremia Assessment. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(18): 9845, 2021.
Luvai EAC, Kyaw AK, Sabin NS, Yu F, Hmone SW, Thant KZ, Inoue S, Morita K, Ngwe Tun MM: Evidence of Chikungunya virus seroprevalence in Myanmar among dengue-suspected patients and healthy volunteers in 2013, 2015, and 2018. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(12): e0009961, 2021.
Ngwe Tun MM, Mori D, Sabri SB, Kugan O, Shaharom SB, Jonh J, Soe AM, Nwe KM, Dony JF, Inoue S, Morita K, Ahmed K: Serological Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Febrile Patients and Healthy Blood Donors in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 2017-2018. Am J Trop Med Hyg 106(2): 601-606, 2021.
Mao ZQ, Fukuta M, Balingit JC, Nguyen TTN, Nguyen CT, Inoue S, Nguyen TTT, Nguyen LKH, Minakawa N, Moirta 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.
2020
Kyaw AK, Ngwe Tun MM, Naing ST, Htwe TT, Mar TT, Khaing TM, Aung T, Aye KS, Thant KZ, Morita K: Inapparent dengue virus infection among students in Mandalay, Myanmar. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 114(1): 57-61, 2020.
Wijesooriya SL, Nguyen CT, Nguyen TTT, Vu TBH, Takemura T, Morita K, Le TQM, Dang DA, Hasebe F, Moi ML: Long-term surveillance needed to detect Zika virus outbreaks in endemic regions. Lancet Infect Dis 20(2): 168-169, 2020.
Ngwe Tun MM, Muthugala R, Kyaw AK, Shimada S, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Pathogenetic Potential Relating to Metabolic Activity in a Mouse Model of Infection with the Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Genotype. Viruses 12(2): 169, 2020.
Ngwe Tun MM, Hmone SW, Soe AM, Luvai E, Nwe KM, Inoue S, Buerano CC, Thant KZ, Morita K: Zika virus infection in asymptomatic persons in Myanmar, 2018. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 114(6): 440-447, 2020.
Bastola A, Sah R, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Lal BK, Jha R, Ojha HC, Shrestha B, Chu DKW, Poon LLM, Costello A, Morita K, Pandey BD: The first 2019 novel coronavirus case in Nepal. Lancet Infect Dis 20(3): 279-280, 2020.
Ngwe Tun MM, Muthugala R, Nabeshima T, Rajamanthri L, Jayawardana D, Attanayake S, Soe AM, Dumre SP, Ando T, Hayasaka D, Inoue S, Buerano CC, Morita K: Unusual, neurological and severe dengue manifestations during the outbreak in Sri Lanka, 2017. J Clin Virol 125: 104304, 2020.
Sah R, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Jha R, Chu DKW, Gu H, Peiris M, Bastola A, Lat BK, Ojha HC, Rabaan AA, Zambrano LI, Costello A, Morita K, Pandey BD, Poon LLM: Complete Genome Sequence of a 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Strain Isolated in Nepal. Microbiol Resour Announc 9(11): e00169-20, 2020.
Ngwe Tun MM, Nguyen TTT, Ando T, Dumre SP, Soe AM, Buerano CC, Nguyen MT, Le NTN, Pham VQ, Nguyen TH, Le TQM, Morita K, Hasebe F: Clinical, Virological, and Cytokine Profiles of Children Infected with DengueVirus during the Outbreak in Southern Vietnam in 2017. Am J Trop Med Hyg 102(6): 1217-1225, 2020.
Le TQM, Takemura T, Moi ML, Nabeshima T, Nguyen LKH, Hoang VMP, Ung THT, Le TT, Nguyen VS, Pham HQA, Duong TN, Nguyen HT, Ngu DN, Nguyen CK, Morita K, Hasebe F, Dang DA: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndorome Coronavirus 2 Shedding by Travelers, Vietnam, 2020. Emerg Infect Dis 26(7): 1624-1626, 2020.
Akagi K, Miyazaki T, Oshima K, Umemura A, Shimada S, Morita K, Senju H, Tashiro M, Takazono T, Saijo T, Kurihara S, Sekino M, Yamamoto K, Imamura Y, Izumikawa K, Yanagihara K, Uda A, Morikawa S, Yoshikawa T, Kurosu T, Shimojima M, Saijo M, Mukae H: Detection of viral RNA in diverse body fluids in an SFTS patient with ncephalopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding and pneumonia: a case report and literature review. BMC Infect Dis 20(1): 281, 2020.
Nguyen CT, Moi ML, Le TQM, Nguyen TTT, Vu TBH, Nguyen HT, Pham TTH, Le THT, Nguyen LMH, Phu Ly MH, Ng CFS, Takemura T, Morita K, Hasebe F: Prevalence of Zika Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Healthy Adults in Vietnam During and After the Zika Virus Epidemic Season: A Longitudinal Population-Based Survey. BMC Infect Dis 20(1): 332, 2020.
Balingit JC, Phu Ly MH, Matsuda M, Suzuki R, Hasebe F, Morita K, Moi ML: A Simple and High-Throuhput ELISA-Based Neutralization Assay for the Determination of Anti-Flavivirus Neutralizing Antibodies. Vaccines (Basel) 8(2): 297, 2020.
Ngwe Tun MM, Muthugala R, Nabeshima T, Soe AM, Dumre SP, Rajamanthri L, Jayawardana D, Attanayake S, Inoue S, Morita K: Complete Genome Analysis and Characterization of Neurotropic Demgue Virus 2 Cosmopolitan Genothpe Isolated From the Gerrebrospinal Fluid of Encephalitis Patients. PLoS One 15(6): e0234508, 2020.
Ngwe Tun MM, Moriuchi M, Toizumi M, Luvai E, Raini S, Kitamura N, Takegata M, Nguyen HT, Moi ML, Buerano CC, Anh DD, Yoshida LM, Morita K, Moriuchi H: Congenital Zika Virus Infection in a Birth Chohort in Vietnam, 2017-2018. Am J Trop Med Hyg 103(5): 2059-2064, 2020.
Buerano CC, Pangillinan LS, Dimamay MTA, Mepua CA, Dimamay MPS, Matias RR, Natividad FF, de Guzman Daroy ML, Hasebe F, Morita K , Moi ML: Zika Virus Infection, Philippines, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis 26(9): 2300-2301, 2020.
Kyaw AK, Ngwe Tun MM, Nabeshima T, Soe AM, Thida T, Aung TH, Htwe TT, Myaing SS, Mar TT, Aung T, Win KMM, Mar Myint K, Lwin EP, Thu HM, Buerano CC, Thant KZ, Morita K: Chikungunya Virus Infection in Blood Donors and Patients During Outbreak, Mandalay, Myanmar, 2019. Emer Infect Dis 26(11): 2741-2745, 2020.
Islam MA, El Zowalaty ME, Islam S, Sharif M, Rahman MR, Amin MR, Ali MM, Rahman MT, Morita K, Ashour HM: A Novel Multiplex RT-PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses. Int J Mol Sci 21(21): 8281, 2020.
2019
Shigeki Nakamura, Naoki Iwanaga, Shintaro Hara, Satoshi Shimada, Yukio Kashima, Daisuke Hayasaka, Kuniko Abe, Koichi Izumikawa, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Kouichi Morita, Shigeru Khono, Hiroshi Mukae: Viral load and inflammatory cytokine dynamics associated with the prognosis of server fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection: An autopsy case. J Infect Chemother pii:S1341-321X(18)30365-9, 2019.
Aung Kyaw Kyaw, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Takeshi Nabeshima, Corazon C. Buerano, Tsuyoshi Amdo, Shingo Inoue, Daisuke Hayasaka, Chang-Kweng Lim, Masayuki Saijo, Hlaing Myat Thu, Kyaw Zin Thant, Kouichi Morita: Japanese Encephalitis- and Dengue-Associated Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in Myanmar. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100(3): 643-646, 2019.
2018
Tuan Hai Nguyen, Tho Duc Pham, Naomi Higa, Hanako Iwashita, Taichiro Takemura, Makoto Ohnishi, Kouichi Morita, Tetsu Yamashiro: Analysis of Vibrio seventh pandemic island ll and novel genomic islands in relation to attachment sequences among a wide variety of Vibrio cholerae strains. Microbiol Immunol 62(3): 150-157, 2018.
Minh Huong Phu Ly, Meng Ling Moi, Thi Bich Hau Vu, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Todd Saunders, Cam Nhat Nguyen, Anh Kieu Thi Nguyen, Hung Manh Nguyen, Than Huu Dao, Do Quyen Pham, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thi Quynh Mai Le, Futoshi Hasebe, Kouichi Morita: Dengue virus infection-enhancement activity in neutralizing antibodies of healthy adults before dengue season as determined by using FcγR-expressing cells. BMC Infect Dis 18(1): 31, 2018.
Mitsuru Toda, Dejan Zurovac, Ian Njeru, David Kareko, Matilu Mwau, Kouichi Morita: Health worker knowledge of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response standard case definitions: a cross-sectional survey at rural health facilities in Kenya. BMC Public Health 18(1): 146, 2018.
Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Aung Kyaw Kyaw, Saw Wut Hmone, Shingo Inoue, Corazon C. Buerano, Aung Min Soe, Meng Ling Moi, Daisuke Hayasaka, Hlaing Myat Thu, Futoshi Hasebe, Kyaw Zin Thant, Kouichi Morita: Detection of Zika Virus Infection in Myanmar. Am J Trop Med Hyg 98(3): 868-871, 2018.
Yuki Takamatsu, Leo Uchida, Muhareva Raekiansyah, Mark Anthony Luz, Kouichi Morita, Daisuke Hayasaka: A Simple Mechanism Based on Amino Acid Substitutions is not a Critical Determinant of High Mortality of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection in Mice. Viruses 10(2)pii: E 62, 2018.
Aung Kyaw Kyaw, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Corazon C. Buerano, Takeshi Nabeshima, Miako Sakaguchi, Tsuyoshi Ando, Shingo Inoue, Yi Yi Mya, Daisuke Hayasaka, Hlaing Myat Thu, Kyaw Zin Thant, Kouichi Morita: Isolation and genomic characterization of Culex flaviviruses from mosquitoes in Myanmar. Virus Res 247: 120-124, 2018.
Leo UCHIDA, Daisuke HAYASAKA, Mya Myat NGWE TUN, Kouichi MORITA, Yasukazu MURAMATSU, Katsuro HAGIWARA: Survey of tick-borne zoonotic viruses in wild deer in Hokkaido, Japan. J Vet Med Sci 80(6): 985-988, 2018.
Miho Inokuchi, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Shusaku Mizukami, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Mohamed Gomaa Kamel, Dao Huy Manh, Le Hong Phuc, Nguyen Van Thuong, Tran Van An, Lan Nguyen Weiss, Tarek Turk, Tran Ngoc Dang, Vu Thi Que Huong, Kouichi Morita, Nguyen Tien Huy, Kenji Hirayama: Association between dengue severity and plasma levels of dengue-specific lgE and chymase. Arch Virol 163(9): 2337-2347, 2018.
Fuxin Yu, Ferdinard Adungo, Samson Limbaso Konongoi, Shingo Inoue, Rosemary Sang, Salame Ashur, Allan Ole Kwallah, Leo Uchida, Corazon C Buerano, Matilu Mwau, Yan Zha, Yingjie Nie, Kouichi Morita: Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent ssay systems using rift valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein and inactivated virus as antigens. Virol J 15(1): 178, 2018.
Tho Duc Pham, Tuan Hai Nguyen, Hanako Iwashita, Taichiro Takemura, Kouichi Morita, Tetsu Yamashiro: Comparative analyses of CTX prophage region of Vibrio cholerae seventh pandemic wave 1 strains isolated in Asia. Microbiol Immunol 62(10): 635-650, 2018.
Dao Huy Manh, Shusaku Mizukami, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Muhareva Raekiansyah, Satoru Senju, Yasuharu Nishimura, Juntra Karbwang, Nguyen Tien Huy, Kouichi Morita, Kenji Hirayama: iPS cell serves as a source of dendritic cells for in vitro dengue virus infection model. J Gen Virol 99(9): 1239-1247, 2018.
Takahiro Maeki, Shigeru Tajima, Aung Kyaw Kyaw, Fumiaki Matsumoto, Kana Miura, Ayaka Yamashita, Akira Yoshikawa, Kodai Negishi, Yuji Noguchi, Koh Tadokoro, Koji Abe, Junko Taruya, Jinsoo Koh, Hidefumi Ito, Asaka Ikegaya, Fuyuki Abe, Mieko Wada, Tsuyoshi Nishigata, Makiko Ikeda, Fumihiro Kato, Satoshi Taniguchi, Eri Nakayama, Tomohiko Takasaki, Kouichi Morita, Chang-Kweng Lim, Masayuki Saijo: Comparison of Neutralizing Antibody Titers against Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype V Strain with Those against Genotype I and III Strains in the Sera of Japanese Encephalitis Patients in Japan in 2016. Jpn J Infect Dis 71(5): 360-364, 2018.
Thuy Thu Bui, Meng Ling Moi, Takeshi Nabeshima, Taichiro Takemura, Trang Thu Nguyen, Linh Ngoc Nguyen, Hang Thi Thu Pham, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Dao Huy Manh, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Shusaku Mizukami, Kenji Hirayama, Shigeru Tajima, Mai Thi Quynh Le, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Futoshi Hasebe, Kouichi Morita: A single amino acid substitution in the NS4B protein of Dengue virus confers enhanced virus growth and fitness in human cells in vitro through IFN-dependent host response. J Gen Virol 99(8): 1044-1057, 2018.
2017
Kayesh MEH, Kitab B, Sanada T, Hayasaka D, Morita K, Kohara M, Tsukiyama-Kohara K: Susceptibility and initial immune response of Tupaia belangeri cells to dengue virus infection. Infect Genet Evol 51: 203-210, 2017.
Sha M, Odoyo E, Wandera E, Kathiiko C, Bundi M, Miringu G, Guyo S, Komoto S, Nyangao J, Karama M, Tsuji T, Taniguchi K, Morita K, Ichinose Y: Burden of rotavirus and enteric bacterial pathogens among children under five years old hospitalized with diarrhea in suburban and rural areas in Kenya. Jpn J Infect Dis 70(4): 442-447, 2017.
Toda M, Njeru I, Zurovac D, Kareko D, O-Tipo S, Mwau M, Morita K: Understanding mSOS: A qualitative study examining the implementation of a text-messaging outbreak alert system in rural Kenya. PLoS One 12(6): e0179408, 2017.
Moi ML, Nguyen TTT, Nguyen CT, Vu TBH, Ngwe Tun MM, Pham TD, Pham NT, Tran T, Morita K, Le TQM, Dang DA, Hasebe F: Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Vietnam. Lancet Infect Dis 17(8): 805-806, 2017.
Ngwe Tun MM, Muthugala RV, Nguyen TTT, Pham HLL, Le THT, Dang TD, Ngyen VH, Le TQM, Moi ML, Buerano CC, Morita K, Hasebe F: Dengue Associated Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in Son La Province, Vietnam in 2014. Jpn J Infect Dis 70(4): 357-361, 2017.
Urakami A, Ngwe Tun MM, Moi ML, Sakurai A, Ishikawa M, Kuno S, Ueno R, Morita K, Akahata W: An Envelope-Modified Tetravalent Dengue Virus-Like-Particle Vaccine Has Implications for Flavivirus Vaccine Design. J Virol 91(23): e01181-17, 2017.
Raekiansyah M, Mori M, Nonaka K, Agoh M, Shiomi K, Matsumoto A, Morita K: Identification of novel antiviral of fungus-derived brefeldin A against dengue viruses. Trop Med Health 45: 32, 2017.
Pandey K, Pandey BD, Chaurasiya RR, Thakur M, Neupane B, Shah Y, Ngwe Tun MM, Morita K: Evidence of Chikungunya virus circulation in the Terai region of Nepal in 2014 and 2015. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 111(7): 294-299, 2017.
Nguyen HLK, Pham HTT, Nguyen TV, Hoang PVM, Le TQM, Takemura T, Hasebe F, Hayasaki D, Yamada A, Hotta K: The genetypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi, identified in scrub typhus patients in northern Vietnam. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 111(3): 137-139, 2017.
Kobashi K, Harada T, Adachi Y, Mori M, Ihara M, Hayasaka D: Comparative ecotoxicity of imidacloprid and dinotefuran to aquatic insects in rice mesocosms. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 138: 122-129, 2017.
Moi ML, Ami Y, Muhammad Azami NA, Shirai K, Yoksan S, Suzaki Y, Kitaura K, Lim CK, Saijo M, Suzuki R, Takasaki T, Kurane I: Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) as a non-human primate model for evalution of candidate dengue vaccines: induction and maintenance of specific protective immunity against challenges with clinical isolates. J Gen Virol 98(12): 2955-2967, 2017.
Yamanaka A, Moi ML, Takasaki T, Kurane I, Matsuda M, Suzuki R, Konishi E: Utility of Japanese encephalitis virus subgenomic replicon-based single-round infectious particles as antigens in neutralization tests for Zika virus and three other flaviviruses. J Virol Methods 243: 164-171, 2017.
Yamanaka A, Moi ML, Takasaki T, Kurane I, Konishi E: Neutralizing and enhancing antibody responses to five genotypes of dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1) in DENV-1 patients. J Gen Virol 98(2): 166-172, 2017.
Tajima S, Nakayama E, Kotaki A, Moi ML, Ikeda M, Yagasaki K, Saito Y, Shibasaki KI, Saijo M, Takasaki T: Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Molecular Epidemiologic Analysis of Autochthonous Dengue Virus type-1 Strains Circulating in Japan in 2014. Jpn J Infect Dis 70(1): 45-49, 2017.
Kyaw AK, Ngwe Tun MM, Moi ML, Nabeshima T, Soe KT, Thwe SM, Myint AA, Maung KTT, Aung W, Hayasaka D, Buerano CC, Thant KZ, Morita K. Clinical, virological and epidemiological characterization of dengue outbreak in Myanmar, 2015. Epidemiol Infect. Vol.145(9):1886-1897. 2017.
Mohammad Enamul Hoque Kayesh, Bouchra Kitab, Takahiro Sanada, Daisuke Hayasaka, Kouichi Morita, Michinori Kohara, Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara: Susceptibility and initial immune response of Tupaia belangeri cells to dengue virus infection. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. Vol.51:203-210, 2017.
2016
Hayasaka D, Nishi K, Fuchigami T, Shiogama K, Onouchi T, Shimada S, Tsutsumi Y, Morita K: 18F-FDG PET imaging for identifying the dynamics of intestinal disease caused by SFTSV infection in a mouse model. Oncotarget 7(1): 140-147, 2016.
Uchida L, Urata S, Ulanday GEL, Takamatsu Y, Yasuda J, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Suppressive Effects of the Site 1 Protease (S1P) Inhibitor, PF-429242, on Dengue Virus Propagation. Viruses 8(2): 46, 2016.
Shimada S, Aoki K, Nabeshima T, Yu F, Kurosaki Y, Shiogama K, Onouchi T, Sakaguchi M, Fuchigami T, Ono H, Nishi K, Posadas-Herrera G, Uchida L, Takamatsu Y, Yasuda J, Tsutsumi Y, Fujita H, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Tofla virus: A newly identified Nairovirus of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever group isolated from ticks in Japan. Sci Rep 6: 20213, 2016.
Dang My N, Nguyen Tien H, Ohyama K, Kimura D, Nguyen Thi PL, Uchida L, Nguyen Van T, Cao Thi MN, Le Hong P, Nguyen Thi M, Mizukami S, Lam Quoc B, Nguyen Ngoc D, Nguyen Van TB, Luong Chan Q, Karbwang J, Yui K, Morita K, Vu Thi QH, Hirayama K: A Proteomic Approach Identifies Candidate Early Biomarkers to Predict Severe Dengue in Children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(2): e0004435, 2016.
Toda M, Njeru I, Zurovac D, O-Tipo S, Kareko D, Mwau M, Morita K: Effectiveness of a Mobile Short-Message-Service-Based Disease Outbreak Alert System in Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis 22(4): 711-715, 2016.
Kurihara S, Satoh A, Yu F, Hayasaka D, Shimojima M, Tashiro M, Saijo T, Takazono T, Imamura Y, Miyazaki T, Tsukamoto M, Yanagihara K, Mukae H, Saijo M, Morita K, Kohno S, Izumikawa K: The world first two cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: An epidemiological study in Nagasaki, Japan. J Infect Chemother 22(7): 461-465, 2016.
Ngwe Tun MM, Kyaw AK, Makki N, Muthugala R, Nabeshima T, Inoue S, Hayasaka D, Moi ML, Buerano CC, Thwe SM, Thant KZ, Morita K: Characterization of the 2013 dengue epidemic in Myanmar with dengue virus 1 as the dominant serotype. Infect Genet Evol 43: 31-37, 2016.
Adungo F, Yu F, Kamau D, Inoue S, Hayasaka D, Posadas-Herrera G, Sang R, Mwau M, Morita K: Development and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies to Yellow Fever Virus and Application in Antigen Detection and IgM Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Clin Vaccine Immunol 23(8): 689-697, 2016.
Hayasaka D, Yu F, Yoshikawa A, Posadas-Herrera G, Shimada S, Ngwe Tun MM, Agoh M, Morita K: Seroepidemiological evidence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infections in wild boars in Nagasaki, Japan. Trop Med Health 44: 6, 2016.
Yoshikawa A, Nabeshima T, Inoue S, Agoh M, Morita K: Molecular and serological epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in a remote island of western Japan: an implication of JEV migration over the East China Sea. Trop Med Health 44: 8, 2016.
Ngwe Tun MM, Muta Y, Inoue S, Morita K: Persistence of Neutralizing Antibody Against Dengue Virus 2 After 70 Years from Infection in Nagasaki. Biores Open Access 5(1): 188-191, 2016.
Ulanday GEL, Okamoto K, Morita K: Development and utility of an in vitro, fluorescence-based assay for the discovery of novel compounds against dengue 2 viral protease. Trop Med Health 44: 22, 2016.
Ulanday GEL, Shimada S, Ngwe Tun MM, Nabeshima T, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Pathogenic potential and growth kinetics of Muko virus in mice and human-derived cells. Trop Med Health 44: 31, 2016.
KNgwe Tun MM, Muthugala RV, Nguyen Thi TT, Pham Hoai LL, Le Thi HT, Dinh DT, Nguyen Viet H, Le Thi QM, Moi ML, Buerano CC, Morita K, Hasebe F: Dengue-associated acute encephalitis syndrome cases in Son La Province, Vietnam in 2014. Jpn J Infect Dis 246: 2016.
Yasui F, Kohara M, Kitabatake M, Nishiwaki T, Fujii H, Tateno C, Yoneda M, Morita K, Matsushima K, Koyasu S, Kai C: Corrigendum to ‘Phagocytic cells contribute to the antibody-mediated elimination of pulmonary-infected SARS coronavirus’[Virology (2014) 157-168]. Virology 499: 397-398, 2016.
Ngwe Tun MM, Inoue S, Thant KZ, Talemaitoga N, Aryati A, Dimaano EM, Matias RR, Buerano CC, Natividad FF, Abeyewickreme W, Thuy NT, Mai LT, Hasebe F, Hayasaka D, Morita K: Retrospective seroepidemiological study of chikungunya infection in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific region. Epidemiol Infec 144(11): 2268-75, 2016.
Shinohara K, Kutsuma S, Takasaki T, Mio ML, Ikeda M, Kotaki A., Yamamoto K, Fujiya Y, Mawatari M, Takeshita N, Hayakawa K, Kanagawa S, Kato Y, Ohmagari N: Zika fever imported from Thailand to Japan, and diagnosed by PCR in the urines. J Travel Med 23(1), 2016.
Nakayama E, Kotaki A, Tajima S, Kawada M, Miura K, Gemma A, Adachi T, SekizukaT, Kato K, Yamashita A, Moi ML, Ikeda M, Yagasaki K, Shibasaki K, Saijo M, Kuroda M, Takasaki T: Two different dengue virus strains in the Japanese epidemics of 2014. Virus Genes 52(5): 722-726, 2016.
Moi ML, Takasaki T: Chikungunya Virus Growth and Fluorescent Labeling: Detection of Chikungunya Virus by Immunofluorescence Assay. Methods Mol Biol 1426:143-152, 2016.
Azami NA, Moi ML, Takasaki T: Neutralization Assay for Chikungunya Virus Infection: Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test. Methods Mol Biol 1426:273-282.
Nakajima S, Watashi K, Ohashi H, Kamisuki S, Izaguirre-Carbonell J, Kwon AT, Suzuki H, Kataoka M, Tsukuda S, Okada M, Moi ML, Takeuchi T, Arita M, Suzuki R, Aizaki H, kato T, Suzuki T, Hasegawa H, Takasaki T, Sugawara F, Wakita T: Fungus-Derived Neoechinulin B as a Novel Antagonist of Liver X Receptor, Identified by Chemical Genetics Using a Hepatitis C Virus Cell Culture System. J Virol 90(20): 9058-9074, 2016.
Saito Y, Moi ML, Takeshita N, Lim CK, Shiba H, Hosono K, Saijo M, Kurane I, Takasaki T: Japanese encephalitis vaccine-facilitated dengue virus infection-enhancement antibody in adults. BMC Infect Dis 16(1): 578, 2016.
Moi ML, Kobayashi D, Isawa H, Sasaki T, Saijo M, kurane I, Sawabe K, Takasaki T: Dengue Virus Isolation in Mosquito Aedes albopictus Captured During an Outbreak in Tokyo, 2014, by a Method Relying on Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Mechanism Using Fc?R-Expressing BHK Cells. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 16(12): 810-812, 2016.
Hotta K, Pham HT, Trang TC, Vu TN, Ung TT, Shimizu K, Arikawa J, Yamada A, Nguyen HT, Nguyen HL, Le MT, Hayasaka D: Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Small Mammals in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 16(2):96-102, 2016.
Kasai A, Hayashi TI, Ohnishi H, Suzuki K, Hayasaka D, Goka K: Fipronil application on rice paddy fields reduces densities of common skimmer and scarlet skimmer. Sci Rep 6:23055, 2016.
Tabara K, Fujita H, Hirata A, Hayasaka D: Investigation of Severe Fever with Thromabocytopenia Syndrome Virus Antibody among Domestic Bovines Transported to Slaughterhouse in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis 69(5): 445-447.
Akita T, Tanaka J, Ohisa M, Sugiyama A, Nishida K, Inoue S, Shirasaka T: Predicting future blood supply and demand in Japan with a Markov model: application to the sex-and age-specific probability of blood donation. Transfusion 56(11): 2750-2759, 2016.
2015
K. Morita, T. Nabeshima & C.C. Buerano: Japanese encephalitis. OIE Scientific and Technical Review Vol.34(2): 441-452, 2015.
Shirai K, Hayasaka D, Kitaura K, Takasaki T, Morita K, Suzuki R, Kurane I.: Qualitative differences in brain-infiltrating T cells are associated with a fatal outcome in mice infected with Japanese encephalitis virus. Arch Virol Vol.160(3): 765-775, 2015.
Yuki Takamatsu, Takeshi Nabeshima, Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen, Dinh Thi Dang, Ly Hoai Linh Pham, Hang Thi Pham, Lien Thi Nam Nguyen, Huong Ly Minh Phu, Thuy Thu Bui, Mai Thi Quynh Le, Kouichi Morita, Futoshi Hasebe: A Dengue virus serotype 4-dominated outbreak in central Vietnam, 2013. J Clin Virol 66: 24-26, 2015.
Kyaw Zin Thant, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Maria del Carmen Parquet, Shingo Inoue, Yee Yee Lwin, Sanda Lin, Kay Thi Aye, Pe Thet Khin, Tin Myint, Khin Htwe, Takeshi Nabeshima and Kouichi Morita: Molecular Epidemiology of Dengue Viruses Co-circulating in Upper Myanmar in 2006. Tropical Medicine and Health Vol.43: 21-27, 2015.
Takamatsu Y, Morita K, Hayasaka D: A Single Amino Acid Substitution in the NS2A Protein of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Affects Virus Propagation In Vitro but Not In Vivo. J Virol 89(11): 6126-6130, 2015.
Clara Vasquez Velasquez , Arthur Dessi Roman, Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, Nguyen Tien Huy, Edelwisa Segubre Mercado, Fe Esperanza Espino, Ma Lucila M. Perez, Vu Thi Que Huong, Tran Thi Thuy, Vo Dinh Tham, Cao Thi Phi Nga, Tran Thi Ngoc Ha, Josie M. Bilar, Jemimah Dawn P. Bajaro, Benilda Q. Baello, Mihoko Kikuchi, Michio Yasunami, Kouichi Morita, Naohiro Watanabe, Juntra Karbwang, Kenji Hirayama: Alpha tryptase allele of Tryptase 1 (TPSAB1) gene associated with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) in Vietnam and Philippines. Human Immunology Vol.76: 318-323, 2015.
Allan ole Kwallah1, Shingo Inoue, Anne Wangari Thairu-Muigai1, Nancy Kuttoh, Kouichi Morita, and Matilu Mwau: Seroprevalence of Yellow Fever virus in selected health facilities in Western Kenya 2010-2012. Jpn J Infect Dis 68(3): 230-234, 2015.
Minh Huong Phu Ly, Yuki Takamatsu, Takeshi Nabeshima, Linh Ly Pham Hoai, Hang Pham Thi, Dinh Dang Thi, Ngoc Linh Nguyen, Thu Thuy Nguyen Thi, Quynh Mai Le Thi, Corazon C. Buerano, Kouichi Morita, Futoshi Hasebe: Isolation of dengue serotype 3 virus from the cerebrospinal fluid of an encephalitis patient in Hai Phong, Vietnam in 2013. J Clin Virol 70: 93-96, 2015.
Fuxun Yu, Yanhua Du, Xueyong Huang, Hong Ma, Bianli Xu, Ferdinard Adungo, Daisuke Hayasaka, Corazon C. Buerano and Kouichi Morita: Application of recombinant severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus nucleocapsid protein for the detection of SFTSV-specific human IgG and IgM antibodies by indirect ELISA. Virol J 12: 117, 2015.
Takamatsu Y, Uchida L, Morita K: Delayed IFN response differentiates replication of West Nile virus and Japanese encephalitis virus in human neuroblastoma and glioblastoma cells. J Gen Virol 96(8): 2194-2199, 2015.
Tatsuhiko Tsukakoshi, Josaia Samuela, Eric V Rafai, Uraia Rabuatoka, Sumihisa Honda, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Corazon C Buerano and Kouichi Morita: Hepatitis B serologic survey and review of immunization records of children, adolescents and adults in Fiji, 2008-2009. Virol J 12: 36, 2015.
Yuko Muraki, Takeshi Fujita, Masaaki Matsuura, Isao Fuke, Sadao Manabe, Toyokazu Ishikawa, Yoshinobu Okuno and Kouichi Morita: The efficacy of inactivated West Nile vaccine (WN-VAX) in mice and monkeys. Virol J 12: 54, 2015.
Loan Phuong Do, Trang Minh Bui, Futoshi Hasebe, Kouichi Morita and Nga Thi Phan: Molecular epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis in northern Vietnam, 1964-2011: genotype replacement. Virol J 12: 51, 2015.
Shimada S, Posadas-Herrera G, Aoki K, Morita K, Hayasaka D: Therapeutic effect of post-exposure treatment with antiserum on severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in a mouse model of SFTS virus infection. Virology 482: 19-27, 2015.
Inoue M, Okamoto K, Uemura H, Yasuda K, Motohara Y, Morita K, Hiromura M, Reddy EP, Fukuma T, Horikoshi N: Identification and characterization of a cell division-regulating kinase AKB1 (associated kinase of Trypanosoma brucei 14-3-3) through proteomics study of the Tb14-3-3 binding proteins. J Biochem 158(1): 49-60, 2015.
Basu Dev Pandey, Biswas Neupane, Kishor Pandey, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Kouichi Morita: Detection of Chikungunya Virus in Nepal. Am J Trop Med Hyg 93(4):697-700, 2015.
Wasonga C, Inoue S, Kimotho J, Morita K, Ongus J, Sang R, Musila L: Development and Evaluation of an in-house IgM-capture ELISA for the Detection of Chikungunya and Application to a Dengue Outbreak Situation in Kenya in 2013. Jpn J Infect Dis 68(5): 410-414, 2015.
Takahiro Matsui, Takanori Onouchi, Kazuya Shiogama, Yasuyoshi Mizutani, Ken-ichi Ikeda, Fuxun Yu, Daisuke Hayasaka, Koichi Morita, Hirohisa Ogawa, Fumihiko Mahara and Yutaka Tsutsumi: Coated Glass Slides TACAS Are Applicable to Heat-Assisted Immunostaining and In Situ Hybridization at Electron Microscopy Level. Acta Histochem Cytochem 48(5): 153-157, 2015.
Daisuke Hayasaka, Satoshi Shimada, Kotaro Aoki, Yuki Takamatsu, Leo Uchida, Masahiro Horio, Yu Fuxun, Kouichi Morita: Epidemiological Survey of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Ticks in Nagasaki, Japan. Tropical Medicine and Health 43(3): 159-164, 2015.
Basu Dev Pandey, Kishor Pandey,Biswas Neupane, Yogendra Shah, Krishna P. Adhikary, Ishan Gautam, Deanna A. Hagge and Kouichi Morita. Persistent dengue emergence: the 7 years surrounding the 2010 epidemic in Nepal. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 109 (12): 775-782. 2015.
Yuki Takamatsu, Muhareva Raekiansyah, Kouichi Morita and Daisuke Hayasaka: NS1'protein expression in the JaOArS982 strain of Japanese encephalitis virus does not enhance virulence in mice. Trop Med Health 43(4): 233-237, 2015.
Saito N, Kitashouji E, Kojiro M, Furumoto A, Morimoto K, Morita K, Ariyoshi K. A Case of Clinically Mild Encephalitis/encephalopathy with a Reversible Splenial Lesion due to Dengue Fever [Article in Japanese]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 89(4): 465-469, 2015.
Tajima S, Yagasaki K, Kotaki A, Tomikawa T, Nakayama E, Moi ML, Lim CK, Saijo M, Kurane I, Takasaki T. In vitro growth, pathogenicity and serological characteristics of the Japanese encephalitis virus genotype V Muar strain. J Gen Virol. 96(9):2661-9, 2015.
Moi ML, Honma Y, Mori S, Kuze T, Kanekawa M, Isoda T, Moriwaki N, Hosogai T, Kotaki A, Kurane I, Saijo M, Miyake S, Takasaki T. Virological confirmation of concurrent dengue virus serotypes-1 and serotype-4 by virus isolation using Fcgamma receptor expressing BHK cells. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 33:177-8, 2015.
Saito Y, Moi ML, Kotaki A, Ikeda M, Tajima S, Shiba H, Hosono K, Saijo M, Kurane I, Takasaki T. Detection of dengue virus nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) in urine samples using ELISA as a laboratory diagnostic method for dengue virus infection. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 68(6):455-60, 2015.
Moi ML, Ami Y, Shirai K, Lim CK, Suzaki Y, Saito Y, Kitaura K, Saijo M, Suzuki R, Kurane I, Takasaki T. Formation of infectious dengue virus-antibody immune complex in vivo in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) after passive transfer of anti-dengue virus monoclonal antibodies and infection with dengue virus. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,92(2):92(2):370-6, 2015.
Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Moi ML, Kotaki A, Ota M, Shinohara K, Kobayashi T, Yamamoto K, Fujiya Y, Mawatari M, Takeshita N, Hayakawa K, Kanagawa S, Takasaki T, Ohmagari N. Autochthonous Dengue Fever, Tokyo, Japan, 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(3):517-20, 2015.
