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Ichiro Kurane is affiliated with the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with notable contributions in the fields of public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and virology.

The scientist's work centers on multiple main topics, 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, and data-driven disease surveillance.

Among Kurane's recent papers are:

  • 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

Frequent co-authors connected with Ichiro Kurane's research include:

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

Publication venues where Kurane's work has appeared recently include:

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

The scientist's research contributes to advancing knowledge in infectious disease control and epidemiology, with an emphasis on viral and mosquito-borne diseases in both urban and rural contexts.

Best Publications

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

    Toru Takahashi;Ken Maeda;Tadaki Suzuki;Aki Ishido

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dengue virus-specific human T cell clones. Serotype crossreactive proliferation, interferon gamma production, and cytotoxic activity.

    Ichiro Kurane;Anthony Meager;Francis A. Ennis

  • 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

  • Dengue virus-specific, human CD4+ CD8- cytotoxic T-cell clones: multiple patterns of virus cross-reactivity recognized by NS3-specific T-cell clones.

    Ichiro Kurane;Margo A. Brinton;Annette L. Samson;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

  • Induction of Protective Immunity against Japanese Encephalitis in Mice by Immunization with a Plasmid Encoding Japanese Encephalitis Virus Premembrane and Envelope Genes

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

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

    Masahiro Niikura;Shiki Takamura;Gisen Kim;Satoru Kawai

  • Predominance of HLA-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses to serotype-cross-reactive epitopes on nonstructural proteins following natural secondary dengue virus infection

    Anuja Mathew;Ichiro Kurane;Sharone Green;Henry A. F. Stephens

  • Identification of two epitopes on the dengue 4 virus capsid protein recognized by a serotype-specific and a panel of serotype-cross-reactive human CD4+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte clones.

    Susan J. Gagnon;Weilan Zeng;Ichiro Kurane;Francis A. Ennis

  • Dengue virus-specific cross-reactive CD8+ human cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

    Jack F. Bukowski;Ichiro Kurane;Ching-Juh Lai;Michael Bray

  • Immunopathologic mechanisms of dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.

    Ichiro Kurane;Alan L. Rothman;Peter G. Livingston;Sharone Green

  • Safety and immunogenicity of NYVAC-JEV and ALVAC-JEV attenuated recombinant Japanese encephalitis virus--poxvirus vaccines in vaccinia-nonimmune and vaccinia-immune humans.

    Niranjan Kanesa-thasan;John J. Smucny;Charles H. Hoke;Donald H. Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis A. Ennis
Francis A. Ennis University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Alan L. Rothman
Alan L. Rothman University of Rhode Island
Bruce L. Innis
Bruce L. Innis GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Margo A. Brinton
Margo A. Brinton Georgia State University
Charles H. Hoke
Charles H. Hoke Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Robert E. Shope
Robert E. Shope The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Peter W. Mason
Peter W. Mason Novartis (Switzerland)
Sharone Green
Sharone Green University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Ananda Nisalak
Ananda Nisalak United States Department of the Army
David W. Vaughn
David W. Vaughn Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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