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Ichiro Kurane is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a concentration on public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and virology.

Their work covers various topics related to infectious diseases and vector-borne illnesses, including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Malaria research and control
  • HIV research and treatment
  • Infectious encephalopathies and encephalitis
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research
  • Data-driven disease surveillance

Ichiro Kurane has contributed to several scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Non-Human Primate Models of Dengue Virus Infection: A Comparison of Viremia Levels and Antibody Responses during Primary and Secondary Infection among Old World and New World Monkeys, 2020, Pathogens
  • Dengue epidemic in Malaysia: urban versus rural comparison of dengue immunoglobulin G seroprevalence among Malaysian adults aged 35-74 years, 2020, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Japanese encephalitis vaccine, 2021, Reactions Weekly
  • Genotype-Dependent Immunogenicity of Dengue Virus Type 2 Asian I and Asian/American Genotypes in Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus): Discrepancy in Neutralizing and Infection-Enhancing Antibody Levels between Genotypes, 2021, Microorganisms
  • U.S.-Japan cooperative medical sciences program: 22nd International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim, 2020, Virology

The frequent co-authors associated with Ichiro Kurane's work are:

  • Meng Ling Moi
  • Nor Azila Muhammad Azami
  • Tomohiko Takasaki
  • Kristina T. Lu
  • David McDonald

The venues in which Ichiro Kurane has published include:

  • Pathogens
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Reactions Weekly
  • Microorganisms
  • Virology

Best Publications

  • The first identification and retrospective study of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Japan

    Toru Takahashi;Ken Maeda;Tadaki Suzuki;Aki Ishido

  • Early Immune Activation in Acute Dengue Illness Is Related to Development of Plasma Leakage and Disease Severity

    Sharone Green;David W. Vaughn;Siripen Kalayanarooj;Suchitra Nimmannitya

  • Activation of T lymphocytes in dengue virus infections. High levels of soluble interleukin 2 receptor, soluble CD4, soluble CD8, interleukin 2, and interferon-gamma in sera of children with dengue.

    Ichiro Kurane;Bruce L. Innis;Suchitra Nimmannitya;Ananda Nisalak

  • Human IgG Fc receptor II mediates antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus infection.

    Rebecca A. Littaua;Ichiro Kurane;Francis A. Ennis

  • Report on a WHO consultation on immunological endpoints for evaluation of new Japanese encephalitis vaccines, WHO, Geneva, 2-3 September, 2004.

    Joachim Hombach;Tom Solomon;Ichiro Kurane;Julie Jacobson

  • High levels of cytokine-producing cells in the lung tissues of patients with fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

    Masuko Mori;Alan L. Rothman;Ichiro Kurane;James M. Montoya

  • Early CD69 expression on peripheral blood lymphocytes from children with dengue hemorrhagic fever.

    Sharone Green;Sathit Pichyangkul;David W. Vaughn;Siripen Kalayanarooj

  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever with special emphasis on immunopathogenesis

    Ichiro Kurane

  • Emergence of Genotype I of Japanese Encephalitis Virus as the Dominant Genotype in Asia

    Xiao-Ling Pan;Hong Liu;Huan-Yu Wang;Shi-Hong Fu

  • Phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and its downstream targets in SARS coronavirus-infected cells

    Tetsuya Mizutani;Shuetsu Fukushi;Masayuki Saijo;Ichiro Kurane

  • Vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike protein.

    Shuetsu Fukushi;Tetsuya Mizutani;Masayuki Saijo;Shutoku Matsuyama

  • Molecular epidemiological analysis of Japanese encephalitis virus in China

    Huan Yu Wang;Tomohiko Takasaki;Shi Hong Fu;Xiao Hong Sun

  • Human T cell responses to dengue virus antigens. Proliferative responses and interferon gamma production.

    Ichiro Kurane;Bruce L. Innis;Ananda Nisalak;Charles H. Hoke

  • An improved method for recovering rabies virus from cloned cDNA.

    Ken ichi Inoue;Youko Shoji;Youko Shoji;Ichiro Kurane;Toshio Iijima

  • In vitro assessment of human endothelial cell permeability: effects of inflammatory cytokines and dengue virus infection

    Beti Ernawati Dewi;Tomohiko Takasaki;Ichiro Kurane;Ichiro Kurane

  • The Anamnestic Neutralizing Antibody Response Is Critical for Protection of Mice from Challenge following Vaccination with a Plasmid Encoding the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Premembrane and Envelope Genes

    Eiji Konishi;Masaoki Yamaoka;Khin-Sane-Win;Ichiro Kurane

  • Interference in Japanese encephalitis virus infection of Vero cells by a cationic amphiphilic drug, chlorpromazine.

    Masaru Nawa;Tomohiko Takasaki;Ken-Ichiro Yamada;Ichiro Kurane

  • High levels of interferon alpha in the sera of children with dengue virus infection

    Ichiro Kurane;Bruce L. Innis;Suchitra Nimmannitya;Ananada Nisalak

  • Lethal Canine Distemper Virus Outbreak in Cynomolgus Monkeys in Japan in 2008

    Kouji Sakai;Noriyo Nagata;Yasushi Ami;Fumio Seki

  • Development and evaluation of fluorogenic TaqMan reverse transcriptase PCR assays for detection of dengue virus types 1 to 4.

    Mikako Ito;Tomohiko Takasaki;Ken-Ichiro Yamada;Reiko Nerome

  • Gamma interferon augments Fc gamma receptor-mediated dengue virus infection of human monocytic cells.

    Udo Kontny;Ichiro Kurane;Francis A. Ennis

  • LC16m8, a Highly Attenuated Vaccinia Virus Vaccine Lacking Expression of the Membrane Protein B5R, Protects Monkeys from Monkeypox

    Masayuki Saijo;Yasushi Ami;Yuriko Suzaki;Noriyo Nagata

  • Chimeric recombinant hepatitis E virus-like particles as an oral vaccine vehicle presenting foreign epitopes.

    Masahiro Niikura;Shiki Takamura;Gisen Kim;Satoru Kawai

  • Dominant recognition by human CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes of dengue virus nonstructural proteins NS3 and NS1.2a.

    Anuja Mathew;Ichiro Kurane;Alan L. Rothman;Ling Ling Zeng

  • Genetic Characterization and Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus Isolates in Brazil: Identification of Two Reservoirs, Dogs and Vampire Bats

    Mikako Ito;Yohko T. Arai;Takuya Itou;Takeo Sakai

  • Detection of Dengue Virus Genome in Urine by Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR: a Laboratory Diagnostic Method Useful after Disappearance of the Genome in Serum

    Takanori Hirayama;Yasutaka Mizuno;Nozomi Takeshita;Akira Kotaki

  • Analysis of specific IgM responses in secondary dengue virus infections: levels and positive rates in comparison with primary infections.

    Sumalee Chanama;Surapee Anantapreecha;Atchareeya A-nuegoonpipat;Areerat Sa-gnasang

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayuki Saijo
Masayuki Saijo National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
Shigeru Morikawa
Shigeru Morikawa National Institutes of Health
Francis A. Ennis
Francis A. Ennis University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Tetsuya Mizutani
Tetsuya Mizutani Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Noriyo Nagata
Noriyo Nagata National Institutes of Health
Ryuji Suzuki
Ryuji Suzuki National Institutes of Health
Peter W. Mason
Peter W. Mason Novartis (Switzerland)
Sharone Green
Sharone Green University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Haruo Watanabe
Haruo Watanabe National Institutes of Health
Alan L. Rothman
Alan L. Rothman University of Rhode Island

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