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Hitoshi Oshitani

Hitoshi Oshitani

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Microbiology

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43
Citations
7159
World Ranking
5254
National Ranking
213

Overview

Hitoshi Oshitani is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and focuses primarily on medical research with an emphasis on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

Their recent publications include:

  • Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic? (2020, The Lancet)
  • Closed environments facilitate secondary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • Clusters of Coronavirus Disease in Communities, Japan, January-April 2020 (2020, Emerging infectious diseases)
  • Epidemiology of COVID-19 Outbreak in Japan, from January-March 2020 (2020, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • Cluster-Based Approach to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Response in Japan, from February to April 2020 (2020, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases)

The main fields of study in Hitoshi Oshitani's work include medicine, with specific attention to:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Frequent research topics covered in their publications are:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Viral infections and vectors

Key coauthors collaborating frequently with Hitoshi Oshitani include:

  • Mayuko Saito
  • Michiko Okamoto
  • Mariko Saito-Obata
  • Motoi Suzuki
  • Socorro Lupisan

The scientist's contributions have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues such as:

  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • IJID Regions
  • Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Emerging infectious diseases

Best Publications

  • Infectious diseases following natural disasters: prevention and control measures

    Isidore K Kouadio;Syed Aljunid;Taro Kamigaki;Karen Hammad

  • Closed environments facilitate secondary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Hitoshi Oshitani;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Tomoya Saito

  • Clusters of Coronavirus Disease in Communities, Japan, January-April 2020.

    Yuki Furuse;Eiichiro Sando;Naho Tsuchiya;Reiko Miyahara

  • Origin of measles virus: divergence from rinderpest virus between the 11th and 12th centuries.

    Yuki Furuse;Akira Suzuki;Hitoshi Oshitani

  • Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series

    Nienke M Scheltema;Angela Gentile;Florencia Lucion;D James Nokes;D James Nokes

  • Major Issues and Challenges of Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Developing Countries

    Hitoshi Oshitani;Taro Kamigaki;Akira Suzuki

  • Emergence of amantadine-resistant influenza A viruses: epidemiological study

    Hiroshi Suzuki;Reiko Saito;Hiroki Masuda;Hitoshi Oshitani

  • Evolution of the M gene of the influenza A virus in different host species: large-scale sequence analysis

    Yuki Furuse;Akira Suzuki;Taro Kamigaki;Hitoshi Oshitani

  • Enterovirus 68 among Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, the Philippines

    Tadatsugu Imamura;Naoko Fuji;Akira Suzuki;Raita Tamaki

  • Global reemergence of enterovirus D68 as an important pathogen for acute respiratory infections

    Tadatsugu Imamura;Hitoshi Oshitani

  • Can oral cholera vaccination play a role in controlling a cholera outbreak

    Philippe Calain;Jean Paul Chaine;Eliaser Johnson;Mary Lou Hawley

  • Antigenic and receptor binding properties of Enterovirus 68

    Tadatsugu Imamura;Michiko Okamoto;Shin-ichi Nakakita;Akira Suzuki

  • Environmental Surveillance of Norovirus Genogroups I and II for Sensitive Detection of Epidemic Variants.

    Shinobu Kazama;Takayuki Miura;Yoshifumi Masago;Yoshimitsu Konta

  • School closures during the 2009 influenza pandemic: national and local experiences

    Simon Cauchemez;Simon Cauchemez;Maria D Van Kerkhove;Brett N Archer;Martin Cetron

  • Large-Scale Sequence Analysis of M Gene of Influenza A Viruses from Different Species: Mechanisms for Emergence and Spread of Amantadine Resistance

    Yuki Furuse;Akira Suzuki;Hitoshi Oshitani

  • Frequency of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A Viruses during Two Seasons Featuring Cocirculation of H1N1 and H3N2

    Reiko Saito;Takatsugu Sakai;Isamu Sato;Yasuko Sano

  • Acute respiratory infections due to enterovirus 68 in Yamagata, Japan between 2005 and 2010

    Tatsuya Ikeda;Katsumi Mizuta;Chieko Abiko;Yoko Aoki

  • Epidemiological characteristics and low case fatality rate of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Japan.

    Taro Kamigaki;Hitoshi Oshitani

  • Epidemiology of COVID-19 Outbreak in Japan, from January-March 2020.

    Yuki Furuse;Yura K Ko;Mayuko Saito;Yugo Shobugawa

  • Respiratory viruses from hospitalized children with severe pneumonia in the Philippines

    Akira Suzuki;Socorro Lupisan;Yuki Furuse;Naoko Fuji

  • Detection of human rhinovirus C viral genome in blood among children with severe respiratory infections in the Philippines.

    Naoko Fuji;Akira Suzuki;Socorro Lupisan;Lydia Sombrero

  • Temporal dynamics of norovirus determined through monitoring of municipal wastewater by pyrosequencing and virological surveillance of gastroenteritis cases.

    Shinobu Kazama;Yoshifumi Masago;Yoshifumi Masago;Kentaro Tohma;Nao Souma

  • Measles outbreaks in displaced populations: a review of transmission, morbidity and mortality associated factors.

    Isidore K Kouadio;Taro Kamigaki;Hitoshi Oshitani

Frequent Co-Authors

Remigio M. Olveda
Remigio M. Olveda Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki Niigata University
Hiroshi Nishiura
Hiroshi Nishiura Kyoto University
Takaji Wakita
Takaji Wakita National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Masayuki Saijo
Masayuki Saijo National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
Caryn Bern
Caryn Bern University of California, San Francisco
Robert H. Gilman
Robert H. Gilman Johns Hopkins University
Asuncion Mejias
Asuncion Mejias St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Hiroyuki Shimizu National Institutes of Health
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong

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