Department of Paediatric Diseases, Insitute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
JAPANESE
1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
TEL：+81-95-819-7764　/　FAX：+81-95-819-7844


Professor
Lay Myint Yoshida
Keyword
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, ARI, Pneumonia, Clinical Epidemiology, HIV, Pathogenesis
Job Exprerience
    　
  • 2015 May: Professor, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases,
                   Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • 2012 Apr: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases,                Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • 2010 May: Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine,
                    Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • 2006 Feb: Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine,
                   Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • 1999 Oct: STA Research Fellow, AIDS Research Center,
                     National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
  • 1994 Nov: Research Officer, Virology Research Division,
                    Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar
  • 1993 Apr: Medical Doctor, Yangon General Hospital,
                   South Okkalapa Mother and Children Hospital, Yangon
  • 1991-1999: Chief Medical Doctor, Phyo Wai Clinic , Yangon
  • 1990-1991: Resident Doctor, Yangon General Hospital Yangon
Award
  • 1. Best Poster award, Basic principles & clinical implications, XI international HIV DRUG RESISTANCE workshop, July 2-5, 2002. Seville, Spain
  • 2. Research Fellow award, Japanese Science and Technology Agency, 1999-2001
Publications
  • Vu Dinh Thiem, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Motoi Suzuki, Le Huu Tho, Hideki Yanai, Koya Ariyoshi, Dang Duc Anh, and Lay-Myint Yoshida*. Animal livestock and the risk of hospitalized diarrhea in children under 5 years in Vietnam. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2012 Mar 16. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02969.x. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Motoi Suzuki, Vu Dinh Thiem, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Toru Matsubayashi,　Hideki Yanai, Le Huu Tho, Dang Duc Anh, Koya Ariyoshi. User fee exemption does not affect lower rates of hospital admission of girls in Vietnam. Health Policy and Planning. 2011 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Shinji Ono, Takeshi Tanaka, Masayuki Ishida, Akira Kinoshita, Junya Fukuoka, Masahiro Takaki, Noriho Sakamoto, Yuji Ishimatsu, Shigeru Kohno, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Masachika Senba, Michio Yasunami, Yoshinao Kubo, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Hiroshi Kubo, Koya Ariyoshi, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura, Konosuke Morimoto. Surfactant protein C G100S mutation causes familial pulmonary fibrosis in Japanese kindred. European Respiratory Journal. 2011 Oct;38(4):861-9.
  • Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Motoi Suzuki, Vu Dinh Thiem, Ataru Tsuzuki, Lay-Mint Yoshida, Hideki Yanai, Ubydul Haque, Le Huu Tho, Dang Duc Anh, Koya Ariyoshi. Population density, water supply and the risk of dengue fever in Vietnam. PLoS Med. 2011 Aug;8(8):e1001082.
  • Vu HT, Yoshida LM*, Suzuki M, Nguyen HA, Nguyen CD, Nguyen AT, Oishi K, Yamamoto T, Watanabe K, Vu TD, Schmidt WP, Phan HT, Morimoto K, Le TH, Yanai H, Kilgore PE, Dang AD, Ariyoshi K. Association Between Nasopharyngeal Load of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Viral Coinfection, and Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia in Vietnamese Children. PIDJ. 2011 Jan;30(1):11-8.
  • Suzuki M, Yoshida LM, Ariyoshi K. Severe pneumonia among Kenyan infants and children. JAMA. 2010 Sep 1;304(9):964; author reply 964-5.
  • Suzuki M, Thiem VD, Yoshida LM, Anh DD, Kilgore PE, Ariyoshi K. Who are exposed to smoke at home? -A population-based cross-sectional survey in central Vietnam. TOBACCO CONTROL, BMJ. 2010 Aug;19(4):344-5.
  • Tsuzuki Ataru, Thiem, Vu, Suzuki Motoi, Matsubayashi Toru, Yoshida Lay-Myint, Tho Le Minh Truong, Anh, Dang, Kilgore Paul, Takagi Masahiro, Ariyoshi Koya. Can Daytime Bed-net Usage Reduce the Risk of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever among Children in Vietnam? American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 2010 Jun;82(6):1157-9.
  • Lay-Myint Yoshida, Motoi Suzuki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Hien Anh Nguyen, Dinh Lien Cat Nguyen, Thi Thuy Ai Nguyen, Kengo Oishi, Thiem Vu Dinh, Le Huu Tho, Le Mai Quynh, Hideki Yanai, Paul E Kilgore, Duc Anh Dang, and Koya Ariyoshi. Viral Pathogens Associated with Acute Respiratory Infections in Central Vietnamese Children. PIDJ, 2010 Jan: 29(1), p75-7.
  • Motoi Suzuki, Vu Dinh Thiem, Hideki Yanai, Toru Matsubayashi, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Le Huu Tho, Truong Tan Minh, Dang Duc Anh, Paul Kilgore, Koya Ariyoshi. Environmental tobacco smoking exposure is associated with an increased risk of hospitalized pneumonia among children under 5 years old in Vietnam. Thorax. 2009 Jun;64(6):484-9.
  • Anh DD, Kilgore PE, Slack MPE, Nyambat B, Tho LH, Yoshida LM, Nguyen HA, Nguyen CD, Chong CY, Nguyen D, Ariyoshi K, Clemens JD, Jodar L. Surveillance for Pneumococcal-Associated Disease in Hospitalized Children in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Clin Infect Dis 2009, 48(Suppl 2), S57-S64.
  • Saeng-Aroon S, Yoshida LM, Ariyoshi K, Taguchi M, Pathipvanich P, Rojanawiwat A, Matsuda M, Kannagi M, Sawanpanyalert P, Sugiura W, Auwanit W. An Efficient Tool for Surveying CRF01_AE HIV Type 1 Resistance in Thailand to Combined Stavudine-Lamivudine-Nevirapine Treatment: Mutagenically Separated PCR Targeting M184I/V. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2007 Dec;23(12):1461-8.
  • Miyauchi K, Komano J, Myint L, Futahashi Y, Urano E, Matsuda Z, Chiba T, Miura H, Sugiura W, Yamamoto N. Rapid propagation of low-fitness drug-resistant mutants of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by a streptococcal metabolite sparsomycin. Antivir Chem Chemother.　2006;17(4):167-74.
  • Siriphan Saeng-Aroon, Nuanjun Wichukchinda, Lay Myint, Panita Pathipvanich, Koya Ariyoshi, Archawin Rojanawiwat, Masakazu Matsuda, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, Wataru Sugiura, Wattana Auwanit: Study of antiretroviral drug resistance HIV-1 genotypes in northern Thailand; roles of mutagenically separated PCR as a tool for monitoring AZT-resistant HIV-1 in resource limited settings. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 2004 August, vol 36(5), p1051-1056.
  • Lay Myint, Masakazu Matsuda, Zene Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yokomaku, Tomoko Chiba, Aiko Okano, Kaneo Yamada, and Wataru Sugiura: Contribution of Gag Non-Cleavage Site Mutations for Full Recovery of Viral Fitness in Protease Inhibitor Resistant HIV-1. Antimicrobial Agent and Chemotherapy, 2004 Feb, vol 48, p.444 – 452.
  • Wataru Sugiura, Kazunori Shimada, Masakazu Matsuda, Tomoko Chiba, Lay Myint, Aiko Okano, and Kaneo Yamada: Novel Enzyme-Linked Minisequence Assay for Genotypic Analysis of Human Immunodeficency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003 Nov, vol 41, 11, p. 4971-4979.
  • Lay Myint, Koya Ariyoshi, Hua Yan, Alexander J. Frater, Wattana Auwanit, Panita Pathipvanith, Kaneo Yamada, Masakazu Matsuda, Tomoko Chiba, Kazunori Fugita, Myra McClure, Jonathan N. Weber, and Wataru Sugiura: Mutagenically Separated PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of M41L and K70R Zidovudine Resistance Mutations in CRF01_AE (Subtype E) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Antimicrobial Agent and Chemotherapy, 2002 Dec, vol 46, 12, p.3861-3868.