MAHIDOL-OSAKA CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Staff:

Professor

Yoshiharu Matsuura (SUP), DVM, PhD

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Tamaki Okabayashi, DVM, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow

Orapim Puiprom, PhD

Technical Staff

Nantarat Chantawat

Subjects:

1. Development of Chikungunya virus antigen immunochromatographic diagonosis kit
2. Mechanism of Dengue fever: Function of Antibody
3. Surveillance of Chikungunya virus

Papers published in 2014

1. Antibody germline characterization of cross-neutralizing human IgGs against 4 serotypes of dengue virus.

   Pannamthip Pitaksajjakul, Surachet Benjathummarak, Chonlatip Pipattanaboon, Waranya Wongwit, Tamaki Okabayashi, Motoki Kuhara, Ryo Misaki, Kazuhito Fujiyama and Pongrama Ramasoota

   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 446 (2), 475-480, 2014.
2. Detection of chikungunya virus antigen by a novel rapid immunochromatographic test.

   Tamaki Okabayashi, Tadahiro Sasaki, Promsin Masrinoul, Nantarat Chantawat, Sutee Yoksan, Narong Nitatpattana, Sarunyou Chusri, Ronald E Morales Vargas, Marc Grandadam, Paul T Brey, Soegeng Soegijanto, Kris Cahyo Mulyantno, Siti Churrotin, Tomohiro Kotaki, Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye, Abdourahmane Sow, Amadou Alpha Sall, Orapim Puiprom, Panjaporn Chaichana, Takeshi Kurosu, Seiji Kato, Mieko Kosaka, Pongrama Ramasoota and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

   J Clin Microbiol, 53 (2), 382-388, 2015.
3. Chikungunya virus was isolated in Thailand, 2010.

   Mikiko Sasayama, Surachet Benjathummarak, Norihito Kawashita, Prasert Rukmanee, Suntaree Sangmukdanun, Promsin Masrinoul, Pannamthip Pitaksajjakul, Orapim Puiprom, Pitak Wuthisen, Takeshi Kurosu, Panjaporn Chaichana, Pannamas Maneekan, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Pongrama Ramasoota, Tamaki Okabayashi, Pratap Singhasivanon and Natthanej Luplertlop

   Virus Genes, 49 (3), 485-489, 2014.
4. Monoclonal antibody targeting chikungunya virus envelope 1 protein inhibits virus release.

   Promsin Masrinoul, Orapim Puiprom, Atsushi Tanaka, Miwa Kuwahara, Panjaporn Chaichana, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Pongrama Ramasoota and Tamaki Okabayashi

   Virology, 464-465C, 111-117, 2014.
5. Low levels of antibody-dependent enhancement in vitro using viruses and plasma from dengue patients.

   Panjaporn Chaichana, Tamaki Okabayashi, Orapim Puiprom, Mikiko Sasayama, Tadahiro Sasaki, Akifumi Yamashita, Pongrama Ramasoota, Takeshi Kurosu and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

   PLoS One, 9 (3), e92173, 2014.

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Mahidol-Osaka Center for Infectious Diseases

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University