Laboratory for Clinical Research Infectious Diseases

Department of Special Pathogenes;

Subjects:

1. Acute respiratory infections.
2. Pneumococcal vaccines.
3. Dengue virus infections.

Published Papers

1. Drug-resistant pneumococci in children with acute lower respiratory infections in Vietnam.

   Kiwao Watanabe, Dang Duc Anh, Phan Le Thanh Huong, Nguyen Thu Nguyet, Nguyen Thu Hien Anh, Ngo Thi Thi, Nguyen Tien Dung, Doan Mai Phuong, Olivia S Rusizoka, Tsuyoshi Nagatake, Hiroshi Watanabe and Kazunori Oishi

   Pediatr Int, 50 (4), 514-518, 2008.
2. Prevalence of Haemophilus influenzae with resistant genes isolated from young children with acute lower respiratory tract infections in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

   Kenji Gotoh, Liang Qin, Kiwao Watanabe, Dang Duc Anh, Phan Le Thanh Huong, Nguyen Thi Hien Anh, Nguyen Dinh Lien Cat, Luong Linh Ha, Le Thi Thuy Ai, Nguyen Manh Tien, Truong Tan Minh, Kazunori Oishi and Hiroshi Watanabe

   J Infect Chemother, 14 (5), 349-353, 2008.
3. Induction of opsonophagocytic killing activity with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in human immunodeficiency virus-infected Ugandan adults.

   Meng Chen, Francis Ssali, Maureen Mulungi, Peter Awio, Hiroyuki Yoshimine, Reiki Kuroki, Akitsugu Furumoto, Susumu Tanimura, Cissy Kityo, Tsuyoshi Nagatake, Peter Mugyenyi and Kazunori Oishi

   Vaccine, 26 (38), 4962-4968, 2008.
4. Additive effect of pneumococcal vaccine and influenza vaccine on acute exacerbation in patients with chronic lung disease.

   Akitsugu Furumoto, Yasushi Ohkusa, Meng Chen, Kenji Kawakami, Hironori Masaki, Yoshiko Sueyasu, Tomoaki Iwanaga, Hisamichi Aizawa, Tsuyoshi Nagatake and Kazunori Oishi

   Vaccine, 26 (33), 4284-4289, 2008.
5. Single dose of inhaled procaterol has a prolonged effect on exercise performance of patients with COPD.

   Toshitaka Sukisaki, Hideaki Senjyu, Kazunori Oishi, Naoto Rikitomi and Koya Ariyoshi

   Physiother Theory Pract, 24 (4), 255-263, .
6. Characteristics of a Large Cohort of Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Patients in Japan.

   Yoshikazu Inoue, Bruce C Trapnell, Ryushi Tazawa, Toru Arai, Toshinori Takada, Nobuyuki Hizawa, Yasunori Kasahara, Koichiro Tatsumi, Masaaki Hojo, Toshio Ichiwata, Naohiko Tanaka, Etsuro Yamaguchi, Ryosuke Eda, Kazunori Oishi, Yoshiko Tsuchihashi, Chinatsu Kaneko, Toshihiro Nukiwa, Jeffrey P Krischer and Koh Nakata

   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 177 (7), 752-762, 2008.
7. Mechanisms underlying glycosylation-mediated loss of ecotropic receptor function in murine MDTF cells and implications for receptor evolution.

   Hiroaki Yoshii, Haruka Kamiyama, Hiroshi Amanuma, Kazunori Oishi, Naoki Yamamoto and Yoshinao Kubo

   J Gen Virol, 89 (Pt 1), 297-305, 2008.

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