Tropical Viral Vaccine Development Achievement list
2024
Nguyen TTN, Choo EM, Nakamura Y, Suzuki R, Shiina T, Shin-I T, Fukuta M, Nguyen CT, Nguyen TTT, Nguyen LKH, Hoang VMP, Morita K, Dang DA, Hasebe F, Le TQM, Moi ML: Pre-existing cross-reactive neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronaviruses prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (2014-2019) with limited immunity against recent emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, Vietnam. Int J Infect Dis 139: 109-117, 2024.
Balingit JC, Dimamay MPS, Suzuki R, Matsuda M, Xayavong D, Ngwe Tun MM, Matias RR, Natividad FF, Moi ML, Takamatsu Y, Culleton R, Buerano CC, Morita K: Role of pre-existing immunity in driving the dengue virus serotype 2 genotype shift in the Philippines: A retrospective analysis of serological data. Int J Infect Dis 139:59-68, 2024.
Ota K, Sakai H, Sasaki D, Mitsumoto-Kaseida F, Sakamoto K, Kosai K, Hasegawa H, Takazono T, Izumikawa K, Mukae H, Tun MMN, Morita K, Yanagihara K: Rapid increae in salivary IgA and broad recognition of spike protein following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Virus Res 339: 199294, 2024.
Hossain KA, Akhter R, Rashid MHO, Akter L, Utsunomiya M, Kitab B, Ngwe Tun MM, Hishiki T, Kohara M, Morita K, Tsukiyama-Kohara K: Suppression of dengue virus replicantion by the French maritime pine extract Pycnogenol. Virus Res 339: 199244, 2024.
Cai G, Liu S, Lu Y, Takaki Y, Matsumoto F, Yoshikawa A, Taguri T, Xie J, Arima K, Mizukami S, Wu J, Yamamoto T, Hasegawa M, Tien Huy N, Saito M, Takeuchi S, Morita K, Aoyagi K, He F: Inpact of COVID-19 vaccination status on hospitalization and disease severity: A descriptive study in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Hum Vaccin Immunother 20(1): 2322795, 2024.
Buerano CC, Morita K: Single dose of Dengvaxia vaccine: is it a cause for alarm? Lancet Infect Dis 24(7): 670-671, 2024.
Rimal S, Shrestha S, Paudel SW, Shah Y, Bhandari G, Pandey K, Kharbuja A, Kapandji M, Gautam I, Bhujel R, Takamatsu Y, Bhandari R, Klungthong C, Shrestha SK, Fernandez S, Malavige GN, Pandey BD, Urano T, Morita K, Ngwe Tun MM, Dumre SP: Molecular and Entomological Characterization of 2023 Dengue Outbreak in Dhading District, Central Nepal. Viruses 16(4): 594, 2024.
Thoresen D, Matsuda K, Urakami A, Ngwe Tun MM, Nomura T, Moi ML, Watanabe Y, Ishikawa M, Hau TTT, Yamamoto H, Suzaki Y, Ami Y, Smith JF, Matano T, Morita K, Akahata W: A tetravalent dengue virus-like particle vaccine induces high levels of neutralizing antibodies and reduces dengue replication in non-human primates. J Virol 98(5): e0023924, 2024.
Ngwe Tun MM, Luvai EAC, Toizumi M, Moriuchi M, Takamatsu Y, Inoue S, Urano T, Bui MX, Thai Hung D, Thi Nguyen HA, Anh DD, Yoshida LM, Moriuchi H, Morita K: Possible vertical transmission of Chikungunya virus infection detected in the cord blood samples from a birth cohort in Vietnam. J Infect Public Health 17(6): 1050-1056, 2024.
Fraenkel S, Nabeshima T, Xayavong D, Nguyen TTN, Xu Q, Kapandji M, Yamao K, Balingit JC, Pandey BD, Morita K, Hasebe F, Ngwe Tun MM, Takamatsu Y: The Development of New Primer Sets for the Amplification and Sequencing of the Envelope Gene of All Dengue Virus Serotypes. Microorganisms 12(6): 1092, 2024.
Osako H, Xu Q, Nabeshima T, Balingit JC, Nwe KM, Yu F, Inoue S, Hayasaka D, Ngwe Tun MM, Morita K, Takamatsu Y: Clinical Factors Associated with SFTS Diagnosis and Severity in Cats. Viruses 16(6): 874, 2024.
Huang J, Adungo F, Konongoi SL, Inoue S, Zhan L, Sang R, Ashur S, Kwallah AO, Mwau M, Morita K, Yu F: Monoclonal Antibodies for Rift Valley Fever Virus Nucleocapsid: Application in IgG/IgM ELISA for Sero-Diagnosis. Pathogens 13(7): 582, 2024.
Jafari Y, Brady OJ, Biggs JR, Lien LT, Mai HK, Nguyen HAT, Van Loock M, Herrera-Taracena G, Menten J, Iwasaki C, Takegata M, Kitamura N, Do Thai H, Minh BX, Morita K, Anh DD, Clifford S, Prem K, Hafalla J, Edmunds WJ, Yoshida LM, Hibberd ML, Hué S: Could prophylactic antivirals reduce dengue incidence in a high-prevalence endemic area? PloS Negl Trop Dis 18(7): e0012334, 2024.
Balingit JC, Denis D, Suzuki R, Hayati RF, Ngwe Tun MM, Takamatsu Y, Masyeni S, Sasmono RT, Morita K: Impact of pre-existing cross-reactive antibodies on cyclic dengue outbreaks in the hyperendemic region of Bali, Indonesia. Virus Res 348: 199445, 2024.
Muriithi B, Wandera EA, Takeuchi R, Mutunga F, Kathiiko C, Wachira M, Tinkoi J, Meiguran M, Akumu P, Ndege V, Mochizuki R, Kaneko S, Morita K, Ouma C, Ichinose Y: Impact of integrated WASH and maternal and child health interventions on diarrhea disease prevalence in a resource-constrained setting in Kenya. Trop Med Health 52(1): 56, 2024.
Bharati N, Dumre SP, Shah Y, Nabesima T, Dhimal M, Pandey S, Kapandji M, Takamatsu Y, Urano T, Pandey BD, Morita K, Ngwe Tun MM, Pandey K: Circulating serotypes and genotypes of dengue virus during the 2023 outbreak in Eastern Nepal. J clinic Virol 174: 105721, 2024.
Ngwe Tun MM, Kapandji M, Wada A, Yamamoto K, Dumre SP, Nwe KM, Lin H, Takamatsu Y, Thant KZ, Thu HM, Urano T, Pandey BD, Morita K: Performance of Fujifilm Dengue NS1 Antigen Rapid Diagnosis Kit Compared to Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction. Pathogens 13(9): 818, 2024.
Wandera EA, Kurokawa N, Mutua MM, Muriithi B, Nyangao J, Khamadi SA, Kathiiko C, Wachira M, Njuguna E, Mwaura B, Golicha RO, Njau J, Morita K, Kaneko S, Komoto S, Tsutsui N, Ichinose Y: 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 42 (22): 126210, 2024.
Xu Q, Nabeshima T, Hamada K, Sugimoto T, Ngwe Tun MM, Morita K, Yamanashi H, Maeda T, Ariyoshi K, Takamatsu Y: Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus to Human from Nonindigenous Tick Host, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis 30 (11): 2419-2423, 2024.
Shrestha S, Bajracharya M, Rimal S, Bhujel R, Chalise B, Basaula YN, Amatya P, Pandey S, Joshi P, Adhikari N, Ngwe Tun MM, Morita K, Dumre SP, Pandey BD: A challenge to clinical management: A case of expanded dengue syndrome co-infection with dengue 1 and dengue 3 serotypes in Nepal. Medical Report 8: 100123, 2024.
2023
Ngwe Tun MM, Nwe KM, Balingit JC, Takamatsu Y, Inoue S, Pandey BD, Urano T, Kohara M, Tsukiyama-Kohara K, Morita K: A Novel, Comprehensive A129 Mouse Model for Investigation Dengue Vaccines and Evaluating Pathogenesis. Vaccines 11(12): 1857, 2023.
Nwe KM, Ngwe Tun MM, Muthugala R, Nabeshima T, Balingit JC, Rajamanthri L, Jayawardana D, Attanayake S, Inoue S, Takamatsu Y, Urano T, Morita K: Clinical, Virological, and Immunological Features in Cosmopolitan Genotype DENV-2-Infected Patients during a Large Dengue Outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2017. Am J Trop Med Hyg 109(4): 917-925, 2023.
Nguyen TV, Ngwe Tun MM, Cao MT, Dao HM, Luong CQ, Huynh TKL, Nguyen TTT, Hoang TND, Morita K, Le TQM, Pham QD, Takamatsu Y, Hasebe F: Serological and Molecular Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus Infection in Vietnam, 2017-2019. Viruses 15(10): 2065, 2023.
Ota K, Kodama H, Kawamoto Y, Sasaki D, Mitsumoto-Kaseida F, Sakamoto K, Kosai K, Hasegawa H, Takazono T, Izumikawa K, Mukae H, Ngwe Tun MM, Morita K, Yanagihara K: The evaluation of a rapid microfluidic immunofluorescence antigen test in detecting the infectiousness of COVID-19 patients. BMC Infect Dis 23(1): 823, 2023.
Ngwe Tun MM, Raini SK, Fernando L, Gunawardene Y, Inoue S, Takamatsu Y, Urano T, Muthugala R, Hapugoda M, Morita K: Epidemiological evidence of acute transmission of Zika virus infection in dengue suspected patients in Sri-Lanka. J Infect Public Health 16(9): 1435-1442, 2023.
Ngwe Tun MM, Kyaw AK, Nwe KM, Myaing SS, Win YT, Inoue S, Takamatsu Y, Urano T, Thu HM, Hmone SW, Thant KZ, Morita K: Burden of Chikungunya Virus Infection during an Outbreak in Myanmar. Viruses 15(8): 1734, 2023.
Takazono T, Ngwe Tun MM, Funakoshi S, Morimoto S, Ota K, Torigoe K, Abe S, Muta K, Ito Y, Ashizawa N, Kitamura M, Takeda K, Iwanaga N, Ide S, Tashiro M, Hosogaya N, Nishino T, Yanagihara K, Izumikawa K, Morita K, Mukae H: Long-Term Neutralizing Antibody Titers After BNT162b2 Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients. Kidney Int Rep 8(9): 1883-1886, 2023.
Pandey BD, Ngwe Tun MM, Shah Y, Suzuki Y, Morita K: Ending tuberculosis by 2030: understanding the transmission. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 38: 100851, 2023.
Okamoto K, Song C, Wang H, Sakaguchi M, Chalkiadaki C, Miyazaki N, Nabeshima T, Morita K, Inoue S, Murata K: Structure and its transformation of elliptical nege-like virus Tanay virus. J Gen Virol 104(6), 2023.
Ngwe Tun MM, Kyaw AK, Nabeshima T, Dumre SP, Soe AM, Nwe KM, Myaing SS, Lwin EP, Win YT, Inoue S, Takamatsu Y, Urano T, Thu HM, Thant KZ, Htun ZT, Morita K: Coinfection and circulation of chikungunya virus and dengue virus in pediatric patients in Myanmar, 2019. Microbes Infect 25(6): 105129, 2023.
Mizuta S, Mosaddeque F, Ngwe Tun MM, Teklemichael AA, Taniguchi M, Hosokawa M, Yamaguchi T, Makau J, Huy NT, Mizukami S, Nishida N, Morita K, Hirayama K: Challenges Based on Antiplasmodial and Antiviral Activities of 7-Chloro-4-aminoquinoline Derivatives. Chem Med Chem 18(7): e202200586, 2023.
Rimal S, Shrestha S, Pandey K, Nguyen TV, Bhandari P, Shah Y, Acharya D, Adhikari N, Rijal KR, Ghimire P, Takamatsu Y, Pandey BD, Fernandez S, Morita K, Ngwe Tun MM, Dumre SP: Co-Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotypes 1, 2, and 3 during the 2022 Dengue Outbreak in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study. Viruses 15(2): 507, 2023.
Phu Ly MH, Nguyen CT, Nguyen TV, Nguyen TTN, Nabeshima T, Adungo F, Takamatsu Y, Huy HT, Mai Le TQ, Morita K, Hasebe F, Moi ML: Differential Infectivity of Human Neural Cell Lines by a Dengue Virus Serotype-3 Genotype-III with a Distinct Nonstructural Protein 2A (NS2A) Amino Acid Substitution Isolated from the Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Dengue Encephalitis Patient. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol 2023: 2635383, 2023.
Wu J, Cai G, Fan Y, Arima K, Lin Y, Wong L, Zhang Z, Yamamoto T, Morita K, Yoshikawa K, Lu Y, Aoyagi K: Acceptance and Preference for COVID-19 Vaccine among Japanese Residents at Early Stage of the Epidemic in Japan. Vaccines (Basel) 11(1): 157, 2023.
