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Ikuo Igarashi is affiliated with Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, immunology, microbiology, and medicine. The core focus areas include parasitology, plant science, public health, environmental and occupational health, insect science, and immunology.

The scientist's work concentrates on vector-borne infectious diseases, insect pest control strategies, insect and pesticide research, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and vector-borne animal diseases.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Xuenan Xuan, Naoaki Yokoyama, and Shengwei Ji.

The main venues where Igarashi has published include Parasitology International, Pathogens, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecules, and PLoS ONE.

Selected recent publications are:

  • Tafenoquine Is a Promising Drug Candidate for the Treatment of Babesiosis, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Phytochemical Characterization and Chemotherapeutic Potential of Cinnamomum verum Extracts on the Multiplication of Protozoan Parasites In Vitro and In Vivo, 2020, Molecules
  • Safety and efficacy of hydroxyurea and eflornithine against most blood parasites Babesia and Theileria, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Myrrh Oil in Vitro Inhibitory Growth on Bovine and Equine Piroplasm Parasites and Babesia microti of Mice, 2020, Pathogens
  • In vitro screening of novel anti-Babesia gibsoni drugs from natural products, 2021, Parasitology International

Best Publications

  • Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Detection of African Trypanosomes

    Noritaka Kuboki;Noboru Inoue;Tatsuya Sakurai;Francescopaolo Di Cello

  • Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond.

    Wesley C. Van Voorhis;John H. Adams;Roberto Adelfio;Roberto Adelfio;Vida Ahyong

  • Development of a multiplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification (mLAMP) method for the simultaneous detection of bovine Babesia parasites.

    Hiroshi Iseki;Andy Alhassan;Naomi Ohta;Oriel M.M. Thekisoe

  • Development of a single-round and multiplex PCR method for the simultaneous detection of Babesia caballi and Babesia equi in horse blood.

    Andy Alhassan;Wilawan Pumidonming;Masashi Okamura;Haruyuki Hirata

  • Epidemiological survey of Theileria orientalis infection in grazing cattle in the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan.

    Naomi Ota;Daisuke Mizuno;Noritaka Kuboki;Ikuo Igarashi

  • Human cerebral malaria: a pathological study.

    Maung Maung Oo;Masamichi Aikawa;Than Than;Tin Maung Aye

  • Molecular and serological prevalence of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in water buffaloes in the northeast region of Thailand.

    Mohamad Alaa Terkawi;Nguyen Xuan Huyen;Cao Shinuo;Tawin Inpankaew

  • Development and preliminary evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification procedure for sensitive detection of cryptosporidium oocysts in fecal and water samples.

    Panagiotis Karanis;Panagiotis Karanis;Oriel Thekisoe;Klytaimnistra Kiouptsi;Klytaimnistra Kiouptsi;Jerry Ongerth

  • Species-specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for diagnosis of trypanosomosis.

    Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Noritaka Kuboki;Andrew Nambota;Kozo Fujisaki

  • Fatal experimental transplacental Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs.

    Shinya Fukumoto;Hiroshi Suzuki;Ikuo Igarashi;Xuenan Xuan

  • Molecular Evidence of Infections with Babesia gibsoni Parasites in Japan and Evaluation of the Diagnostic Potential of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method

    Hiromi Ikadai;Hiroko Tanaka;Nona Shibahara;Aya Matsuu

  • Divergence of the Mitochondrial Genome Structure in the Apicomplexan Parasites, Babesia and Theileria

    Kenji Hikosaka;Yoh-Ichi Watanabe;Naotoshi Tsuji;Kiyoshi Kita

  • Prevention of vertical transmission of Neospora caninum in BALB/c mice by recombinant vaccinia virus carrying NcSRS2 gene.

    Yoshifumi Nishikawa;Xuenan Xuan;Hideyuki Nagasawa;Ikuo Igarashi

  • Erythrocyte invasion by Babesia parasites: current advances in the elucidation of the molecular interactions between the protozoan ligands and host receptors in the invasion stage.

    Naoaki Yokoyama;Masashi Okamura;Ikuo Igarashi

  • A Review on Equine Piroplasmosis: Epidemiology, Vector Ecology, Risk Factors, Host Immunity, Diagnosis and Control.

    ThankGod E Onyiche;Keisuke Suganuma;Ikuo Igarashi;Naoaki Yokoyama

  • Protective efficacy of vaccination by recombinant vaccinia virus against Neospora caninum infection.

    Yoshifumi Nishikawa;Noboru Inoue;Xuenan Xuan;Hideyuki Nagasawa

  • Serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant SAG1

    Elikira N. Kimbita;Xuenan Xuan;Xiaohong Huang;Takayuki Miyazawa

  • Evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), PCR and parasitological tests for detection of Trypanosoma evansi in experimentally infected pigs.

    Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Noboru Inoue;Noritaka Kuboki;Darunee Tuntasuvan

  • Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis.

    Andy Alhassan;Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Naoaki Yokoyama;Noboru Inoue

  • Serodiagnosis of Neospora caninum infection in cattle by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with recombinant truncated NcSAG1

    Bayin Chahan;Irungu Gaturaga;Xiaohong Huang;Min Liao

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoaki Yokoyama
Naoaki Yokoyama Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Xuenan Xuan
Xuenan Xuan Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Kozo Fujisaki
Kozo Fujisaki National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Mahmoud AbouLaila
Mahmoud AbouLaila Damanhour University
Chihiro Sugimoto
Chihiro Sugimoto Hokkaido University
Takeshi Mikami
Takeshi Mikami University of Tokyo
Tawin Inpankaew
Tawin Inpankaew Kasetsart University
Yuzuru Ikehara
Yuzuru Ikehara Chiba University
Hisashi Inokuma
Hisashi Inokuma University of Tokyo

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