Whole Genome Sequencing of Influenza A and B Viruses With the MinION Sequencer in the Clinical Setting: A Pilot Study

by Kazuo Imai, Kazuo Imai, Kazuo Imai, Kaku Tamura, Tomomi Tanigaki, Mari Takizawa, Eiko Nakayama, Takahiko Taniguchi, Misako Okamoto, Yasumasa Nishiyama, Norihito Tarumoto, Norihito Tarumoto, Kotaro Mitsutake, Kotaro Mitsutake, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Shigefumi Maesaki, Takuya Maeda, Takuya Maeda
Published 2018-11-01

Rapid and Accurate Species Identification of Mitis Group Streptococci Using the MinION Nanopore Sequencer

by Kazuo Imai, Kazuo Imai, Rina Nemoto, Masahiro Kodana, Norihito Tarumoto, Norihito Tarumoto, Jun Sakai, Jun Sakai, Toru Kawamura, Kenji Ikebuchi, Kotaro Mitsutake, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Shigefumi Maesaki, Taku Fujiwara, Satoshi Hayakawa, Tomonori Hoshino, Mitsuko Seki, Mitsuko Seki, Takuya Maeda, Takuya Maeda
Published 2020-01-01

Unique interplay between sugar and lipid in determining the antigenic potency of bacterial antigens for NKT cells.

by Enrico Girardi, Esther Dawen Yu, Yali Li, Norihito Tarumoto, Bo Pei, Jing Wang, Petr Illarionov, Yuki Kinjo, Mitchell Kronenberg, Dirk M Zajonc
Published 2011-11-01

Chagas disease: a report of 17 suspected cases in Japan, 2012–2017

by Kazuo Imai, Kazuhisa Misawa, Morichika Osa, Norihito Tarumoto, Jun Sakai, Kei Mikita, Yusuke Sayama, Yuji Fujikura, Akihiko Kawana, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Sachio Miura, Takuya Maeda
Published 2019-06-01

Clinical characteristics in blood stream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae: a comparative study, Japan, 2014–2017

by Kazuo Imai, Noriomi Ishibashi, Masahiro Kodana, Norihito Tarumoto, Jun Sakai, Toru Kawamura, Shinichi Takeuchi, Yoshitada Taji, Yasuhiro Ebihara, Kenji Ikebuchi, Takashi Murakami, Takuya Maeda, Kotaro Mitsutake, Shigefumi Maesaki
Published 2019-11-01

A novel diagnostic method for malaria using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and MinION™ nanopore sequencer

by Kazuo Imai, Norihito Tarumoto, Kazuhisa Misawa, Lucky Ronald Runtuwene, Jun Sakai, Kyoko Hayashida, Yuki Eshita, Ryuichiro Maeda, Josef Tuda, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Yutaka Suzuki, Junya Yamagishi, Takuya Maeda
Published 2017-09-01

An innovative diagnostic technology for the codon mutation C580Y in kelch13 of Plasmodium falciparum with MinION nanopore sequencer

by Kazuo Imai, Norihito Tarumoto, Lucky Ronald Runtuwene, Jun Sakai, Kyoko Hayashida, Yuki Eshita, Ryuichiro Maeda, Josef Tuda, Hideaki Ohno, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Yutaka Suzuki, Junya Yamagishi, Takuya Maeda
Published 2018-05-01

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes encoding penicillin-binding proteins in β-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in Japan

by Kazuhisa Misawa, Norihito Tarumoto, Shinsuke Tamura, Morichika Osa, Takaaki Hamamoto, Atsushi Yuki, Yuji Kouzaki, Kazuo Imai, Runtuwene Lucky Ronald, Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Yutaka Suzuki, Akihiko Kawana, Takuya Maeda
Published 2018-01-01