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.

Papers published in 2012

1. Antigenic Analysis of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Sublineages Co-Circulating in Egypt.

   Yohei Watanabe, Madiha S Ibrahim, Hany F Ellakany, Norihito Kawashita, Tomo Daidoji, Tatsuya Takagi, Teruo Yasunaga, Takaaki Nakaya and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

   J Gen Virol, 93 (Pt. 10), 2215-2226, 2012.
2. Bornavirus closely associates and segregates with host chromosomes to ensure persistent intranuclear infection.

   Yusuke Matsumoto, Yohei Hayashi, Hiroko Omori, Tomoyuki Honda, Takuji Daito, Masayuki Horie, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Kan Fujino, Shoko Nakamura, Urs Schneider, Geoffrey Chase, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Martin Schwemmle and Keizo Tomonaga

   Cell Host Microbe, 11 (5), 492-503, 2012.
3. The changing nature of avian influenza A virus (H5N1).

   Yohei Watanabe, Madiha S Ibrahim, Yasuo Suzuki and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

   Trends Microbiol, 20 (1), 11-20, 2012.

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