Department of Virology

Subjects:

1. Epidemiological, virological and molecular-biological characterization of influenza virus and dengue virus.
2. Therapeutics and diagnostics using monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus and dengue virus.
3. Development of peptide-based boost vaccine against influenza and dengue.
4. Biosafety of blood products from infectious agents.

Published Papers

1. Acquisition of Human-Type Receptor Binding Specificity by New H5N1 Influenza Virus Sublineages during Their Emergence in Birds in Egypt.

   Yohei Watanabe, Madiha S Ibrahim, Hany F Ellakany, Norihito Kawashita, Rika Mizuike, Hiroaki Hiramatsu, Nogluk Sriwilaijaroen, Tatsuya Takagi, Yasuo Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

   PLoS Pathog, 7 (5), e1002068, 2011.
2. Genetic Diversification of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A Virus During Replication in Wild Ducks.

   Yohei Watanabe, Madiha S Ibrahim, Hany F Ellakany, Hatem S Abd El-Hamid and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

   J Gen Virol, 92 (9), 2105-2110, 2011.

Link

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