Publications

Yoshioka I, Fahal AH, Kaneko S, Cao W, Yaguchi T. Itraconazole resistance in Madurella fahalii linked to a distinct homolog of the gene encoding cytochrome P450 14-α sterol demethylase (CYP51). Ramírez-Soto MC, editor. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025;19: e0012623. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012623

Wandera EA, Akari Y, Sang C, Njugu P, Khamadi SA, Musundi S, et al. Full genome characterization of a Kenyan G8P[14] rotavirus strain suggests artiodactyl-to-human zoonotic transmission. Trop Med Health. 2025;53: 82. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00759-9

Mutua MM, Rimal S, Shrestha S, Kharbuja A, Dulal A, Subedi S, et al. Detection of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses in Mosquitoes from Nepal. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2025;113: 378–381. http://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0685

Yoshioka I, Fahal AH, Sow D, Kaneko S, Mori Y, Ban S, et al. Simultaneous Detection of Four Madurella Species Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) for Eumycetoma Diagnosis. Mycopathologia. 2025;190: 105. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-025-01019-4

Nagayasu T, Nishida N, Kita K, Hashizume M, Kimura M, Takamura N, et al. Local Microcosm of Planetary Health: Global Challenges, Local Solutions. One Health on the Planet - World Beyond Recognition [Working Title]. IntechOpen; 2026. doi:10.5772/intechopen.1015707

Murata K, Kato K, Kurogi Y, Unno H, Wakao M, Suda Y, et al. Lectin pull-down assay utilizing biotin-labeled sugar chain-immobilized gold nanoparticles and streptavidin-functionalized magnetic beads. Carbohydrate Research. 2026;564: 109891. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2026.109891

Wagatsuma K, Ogawa T, Yang Y-S, Uraguchi K, Hitachi M, Silva S, et al. Do weekends matter in unraveling the impact of acute temperature exposure on the risk of daily mortality? Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances. 2025;15: 100134. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.heha.2025.100134

Ko YK, Kagaya W, Kanoi BN, Kongere J, Gitaka J, Minakawa N. Evaluating the impacts of piperonyl butoxide-treated ceiling nets on malaria risk among high-risk populations with limited access to conventional LLINs in Homa Bay Country, Kenya: study protocol for a household randomized control trial. Trials. 2026 [cited 28 May 2026]. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09794-1

Tamaki R, Furuse Y, Mori H, Santa K, Shimizu K, Wang H, et al. Research capacity and decolonisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a bibliometric analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2026;11: e021609. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021609

Hikone M, Kondo Y, Takaizumi Y, Kagaya W, Kranzer K, Saito N. Urine-based diagnostic tests for tuberculosis: a scoping review highlighting unmet diagnostic needs. Front Microbiol. 2026;17: 1783312. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1783312

Ikeda E, Minakawa N, Kagaya W, Ko YK, Sonye G, Kongere J, et al. Who uses the only mosquito net? Sex and age disparities. Trop Med Health. 2026;54: 62. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-026-00906-w

Ko YK, Alfvén T, Okomo GO, Kagaya W, Shioda K, Kaneko A, et al. Need for Real-World Evaluation of Malaria Vaccines and Reliable Vaccination Records in Africa. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2026;114: 407–409. http://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.25-0501

Imai T, Miyazaki S, Miyazaki Y, Kagaya W, Nakashima M, Ito K, et al. Quantification and visualization of malaria-infected erythroblasts by imaging flow cytometry. Acta Tropica. 2025;271: 107843. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107843

Iwashita H, Nagi S, Bahati F, Kagaya W, Larson PS, Kongere J, et al. Long-lasting insecticidal net ownership and malaria infection by socio-economic status: a cross-sectional household study in an area along Lake Victoria, Kenya. Malar J. 2025;24: 355. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05528-x

Matsumoto T, Nagashima M, Kagaya W, Okomo G, Kongere J, Oginga J, et al. The second-round evaluation of financial incentives on malaria prevalence in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: updated study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2025;26: 426. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09146-5

Ito K, Tateishi YS, Imai T, Miyazaki S, Miyazaki Y, Kagaya W, et al. Visual Detection of Malaria Parasite-Parasitized Erythroblasts in Peripheral Blood via Immunization-Based Model. Vaccines. 2025;13: 988. http://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13090988

Sumboh JG, Appiah G, Oblim FT, Oboubie E, Wilson MD, Kaneko S, et al. A GIS and field-based assessment of the ecological consequences of illegal mining (galamsey) on blackfly breeding sites in Ghana: implications for the sustainable development goals. Trop Med Health. 2026 [cited 22 Apr 2026]. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-026-00944-4

Hoshi T, Ishigaki E, Kaneko S. An R Package for Acquiring and Processing Notifiable Infectious Diseases Dataset from the Japan Institute for Health Security. Journal of Open Source Software. 2025;10: 8577. http://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08577

Suzuki K, Kamiya Y, Smith C, Kaneko S, Vitalis J, Tai O, et al. Effectiveness of dimeticone oils versus sodium carbonate solution in the treatment of tungiasis in Kenya: a non-inferiority randomised trial. Trop Med Health. 2026;54: 46. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-026-00909-7

Kitano M, Shim B-S, Sasaki H, Lovell JF, Kim VN, Kim R, et al. CEPI Workshop Report: Applying Disease X Vaccine Library and Knowledge Base Approaches to Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS). Vaccines. 2026;14: 304. http://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines14040304

Wandera EA, Kurokawa N, Mutua MM, Muriithi B, Nyangao J, Khamadi SA, et al. Long-term impact of rotavirus vaccination on all-cause and rotavirus-specific gastroenteritis and strain distribution in Central Kenya: An 11-year interrupted time-series analysis. Vaccine. 2024;42: 126210. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126210

Muriithi B, Wandera EA, Takeuchi R, Mutunga F, Kathiiko C, Wachira M, et al. Impact of integrated WASH and maternal and child health interventions on diarrhea disease prevalence in a resource-constrained setting in Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2024;52: 56. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00616-1

Suzuki K, Kamiya Y, Smith C, Kaneko S, Okomo G, Ongaya A, et al. A pilot study of dimeticone oils versus sodium carbonate treatment for tungiasis: A randomized cohort trial in Homa Bay County, Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2024;18: e0012341. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012341

友川幸, 渋谷文子, 日達真美, 秋山剛, 山川路代, 小林潤. 国際学校保健ワークショップ報告「海外でのフィールド研究をはじめるためのA–Z」. 日本健康教育学会誌. 2024;32: 340–346. http://doi.org/10.11260/kenkokyoiku.32.340

Hoshi T, Ishigaki E, Kaneko S. jpinfect: Acquiring and Processing Data from Japan Institute for Health Security. 2025. Available: https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.jpinfect

Ishigaki E, Hoshi T, Kaneko S. A checklist of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) from Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan: A scoping review. Transactions of the Nagasaki Biological Society. 2025;96: 51–56. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002002564

Sekine S, Chan CW, Kalkoa M, Yamar S, Iata H, Taleo G, et al. Tracing the origins of Plasmodium vivax resurgence after malaria elimination on Aneityum Island in Vanuatu. Commun Med. 2024;4: 91. http://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00524-9

Musyoka K, Chan CW, Gutiérrez Rico EM, Omondi P, Kijogi C, Okai T, et al. Genetic variation present in the CYP3A4 gene in Ni-Vanuatu and Kenyan populations in malaria endemicity. Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. 2024;57: 101029. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.dmpk.2024.101029

Omondi P, Musyoka B, Okai T, Kongere J, Kagaya W, Chan CW, et al. Non-random distribution of Plasmodium Species infections and associated clinical features in children in the lake Victoria region, Kenya, 2012–2018. Trop Med Health. 2024;52: 52. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00622-3

Ko YK, Kagaya W, Chan CW, Kanamori M, Mbugua SM, Rotich AK, et al. Unraveling the ‘community effects’ of interventions against malaria endemicity: a systematic scoping review. bmjph. 2024;2: e001557. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001557

Okai T, Chan CW, Kc A, Omondi P, Musyoka K, Kongere J, et al. Plasmodium falciparum with pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions in asymptomatic malaria infections in the Lake Victoria region, Kenya. Trop Med Health. 2024;52: 94. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00664-7

Ko YK, Kagaya W, Omondi P, Musyoka KB, Okai T, Chan CW, et al. Evaluation of the protective efficacy of OlysetPlus ceiling nets for reduction of malaria incidence in children in Homa Bay County, Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled study protocol. BMJ Open. 2025;15: e087832. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087832

Ko YK, Gitaka J, Kanoi BN, Ngasala BE, Kanamori M, Kagaya W, et al. Previously Undiagnosed Disease “X” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Malaria’s Potential Role in the Outbreak. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025;12: ofaf240. http://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf240

Kagaya W. Low-density Plasmodium falciparum infection: “Even a parasite will turn.” Parasitology International. 2025;107: 103052. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2025.103052

Hitachi M, Miyamichi K, Honda S, Wanjihia V, Nzou SM, Kaneko S. The association between 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline for hypertension and neonatal outcomes in Kenya: a retrospective study. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2025;53: 41. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00724-6

Gouegni EF, Yusuf AB, Habila AJ, Mamman M, Atawodi SE, Kato K, et al. The extracellular region of Trypanosoma congolense Membrane Bound Acid Phosphatase induces partial protection in immunized BALB/c mice. Microbial Pathogenesis. 2025;204: 107526. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2025.107526

Hoshi T, Ishigaki E, Khongyot T, Kaneko S. Ecological overview of hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Nagasaki prefecture of western Japan during winter 2021–2022. Sci Rep. 2025;15: 4114. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87085-6

Kokubo-Tanaka M, Kildemoes AO, Chadeka EA, Cheruiyot BN, Moriyasu T, Sassa M, et al. Detection and analysis of Serpin and RP26 specific antibodies for monitoring Schistosoma haematobium transmission. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2025;19: e0012813. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012813

Akar SE, Nwachukwu W, Adewuyi OS, Ahumibe AA, Akanimo I, Okunromade O, et al. Epidemiology of Yellow Fever in Nigeria: Analysis of Climatic, Ecological, Socio-Demographic, and Clinical Factors Associated with Viral Positivity Among Suspected Cases Using National Surveillance Data, 2017–2023. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2025;15: 2. http://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-025-00341-w

Ko YK, Kagaya W, Yoneoka D, Kongere J, Opiyo V, Oginga J, et al. Where is the hard-to-reach population? Spatial analysis from a cross-sectional study on the access to bed net and malaria vaccine in the Lake Victoria Region, Kenya. Malaria Journal. 2025;24: 42. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05280-2

Kato K, Heimburg-Molinaro J. Editorial: Insights into glyco-parasitology. Front Mol Biosci. 2024;11: 1422955. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2024.1422955

Kagaya W, Takehara I, Kurihara K, Maina M, Chan CW, Okomo G, et al. Potential application of the haematology analyser XN-31 prototype for field malaria surveillance in Kenya. Malar J. 2022;21: 252. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04259-7

Matsumoto T, Nagashima M, Kagaya W, Kongere J, Gitaka J, Kaneko A. Evaluation of a financial incentive intervention on malaria prevalence among the residents in Lake Victoria basin, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024;25: 165. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07991-4

Nomura S, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Murakami M, Ghaznavi C, Gilmour S, et al. Characterising reasons for reversals of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Japanese people: One-year follow-up survey. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022;27: 100541. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100541

Uchibori M, Ghaznavi C, Murakami M, Eguchi A, Kunishima H, Kaneko S, et al. Preventive Behaviors and Information Sources during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19: 14511. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114511

Suzuki K, Kamiya Y, Smith C, Kaneko S, Ongaya A, Amukoye E. Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial for Tungiasis Treatment in Homa Bay County, Kenya: Dimeticone versus Sodium Carbonate. Methods Protoc. 2023;6: 12. http://doi.org/10.3390/mps6010012