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Shigehiko Uni is affiliated with the University of Malaya in Malaysia. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Environmental Science, with a focus on areas such as Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, Ecology, Parasitology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Uni's work centers on parasitic diseases research and treatment, parasite biology and host interactions, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, coccidia and coccidiosis research, helminth infection and control, parasitic infections and diagnostics, as well as insect utilization and effects.

Frequent collaborators of Shigehiko Uni include:

  • Makoto Matsubayashi
  • Takeshi Agatsuma
  • Masako Fukuda
  • Ahmad Syihan Mat Udin
  • Shoji Uga

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Parasitology International
  • Parasitology Research
  • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • Veterinary Medicine and Science

Recent publications by Shigehiko Uni include:

  • "Description, molecular characteristics and Wolbachia endosymbionts of Onchocerca borneensis Uni, Mat Udin & Takaoka n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from the Bornean bearded pig Sus barbatus Müller (Cetartiodactyla: Suidae) of Sarawak, Malaysia," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Description and molecular characteristics of Morishitium polonicum malayense Urabe, Nor Hashim & Uni, n. subsp. (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) from the Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis strigata (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) in Peninsular Malaysia," 2020, Parasitology International
  • "Molecular identification of Eimeria species in liver and feces of naturally infected rabbits in Japan," 2022, Parasitology Research
  • "Molecular identification of Eimeria hestermani and Eimeria prionotemni from a red-necked wallaby (Macropodidae; Macropus rufogriseus) in Japan," 2020, Parasitology Research
  • "Scanning electron microscopy of Onchocerca fasciata (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) adults, microfilariae and eggs with notes on histopathological findings in camels," 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • Integrated taxonomy: traditional approach and DNA barcoding for the identification of filarioid worms and related parasites (Nematoda)

    Emanuele Ferri;Michela Barbuto;Odile Bain;Andrea Galimberti

  • New insights into the evolution of Wolbachia infections in filarial nematodes inferred from a large range of screened species.

    Emanuele Ferri;Odile Bain;Michela Barbuto;Coralie Martin

  • Localization of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 1 in the erythrocyte skeleton under knobs.

    Diane W. Taylor;Marcela Parra;George B. Chapman;Mark E. Stearns

  • Isolation of a Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry protein

    Anthony A. Holder;Robert R. Freeman;Shigehiko Uni;Masamichi Aikawa

  • Immune responses to Cryptosporidium muris and Cryptosporidium parvum in adult immunocompetent or immunocompromised (nude and SCID) mice.

    V McDonald;R Deer;S Uni;M Iseki

  • Infectivity of Cryptosporidium muris (strain RN 66) in various laboratory animals.

    M. Iseki;T. Maekawa;K. Moriya;S. Uni

  • Breakdown of coevolution between symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia and their filarial hosts

    Emilie Lefoulon;Odile Bain;Benjamin L. Makepeace;Cyrille d’Haese

  • Infective larvae of Cercopithifilaria spp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) from hard ticks (Ixodidae) recovered from the Japanese serow (Bovidae).

    Shigehiko Uni;Odile Bain;Hiromi Fujita;Makoto Matsubayashi

  • Ultrastructure of Cryptosporidium muris (strain RN 66) parasitizing the murine stomach.

    S. Uni;M. Iseki;T. Maekawa;K. Moriya

  • Hepatozoon ursi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) in Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus).

    Masahito Kubo;Shigehiko Uni;Takeshi Agatsuma;Mitsuru Nagataki

  • Structural alteration of the membrane of erythrocytes infected with Babesia bovis.

    Masamichi Aikawa;John Rabbege;Shigehiko Uni;Miodrag Ristic

  • Detection of antibodies against Japanese encephalitis virus in raccoons, raccoon dogs and wild boars in Japan.

    Yoshito Ohno;Hiroshi Sato;Kazuo Suzuki;Mayumi Yokoyama

  • Effector mechanism of host resistance in murine giardiasis: specific IgG and IgA cell-mediated toxicity.

    B. S. Kaplan;S. Uni;M. Aikawa;A. A. F. Mahmoud

  • The nematoda Filarioidea: critical analysis linking molecular and traditional approaches.

    O. Bain;M. Casiraghi;C. Martin;S. Uni

  • Characteristics of a hepatozoonosis in lungs of Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus).

    Shigehiko Uni;Makoto Matsubayashi;Eiichi Ikeda;Yoshitaka Suzuki

  • Dirofilaria immitis infection of a snow leopard (Uncia uncia) in a Japanese zoo with mitochondrial DNA analysis.

    Koichi Murata;Tokuma Yanai;Takeshi Agatsuma;Shigehiko Uni

  • Blackfly vectors of zoonotic onchocerciasis in Japan

    H Takaoka;H Takaoka;M Fukuda;Y Otsuka;C Aoki

  • A new type F Wolbachia from Splendidofilariinae (Onchocercidae) supports the recent emergence of this supergroup.

    Emilie Lefoulon;Laurent Gavotte;Kerstin Junker;Michela Barbuto

  • Elongation factor-1α is a novel protein associated with host cell invasion and a potential protective antigen of Cryptosporidium parvum.

    Makoto Matsubayashi;Makoto Matsubayashi;Isao Teramoto-Kimata;Shigehiko Uni;Shigehiko Uni;Hyun S. Lillehoj

  • Whence river blindness? The domestication of mammals and host-parasite co-evolution in the nematode genus Onchocerca☆

    Emilie Lefoulon;Alessio Giannelli;Benjamin L. Makepeace;Yasen Mutafchiev

  • Analysis of oocyst wall and sporozoite antigens from three Cryptosporidium species.

    J. M. S. Nina;V. Mcdonald;D. A. Dyson;J. Catchpole

  • Review of the genus Mansonella Faust, 1929 sensu lato (Nematoda: Onchocercidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new subspecies

    Odile Bain;Yasen Mutafchiev;Kerstin Junker;Ricardo Guerrero

  • Zoonotic filariasis caused by Onchocerca dewittei japonica in a resident of Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

    Shigehiko Uni;Tomoyuki Boda;Koichi Daisaku;Yoshihiro Ikura

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Takaoka
Hiroyuki Takaoka University of Malaya
Odile Bain
Odile Bain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Masamichi Aikawa
Masamichi Aikawa Tokai University
Takeshi Agatsuma
Takeshi Agatsuma Kōchi University
Russell J. Howard
Russell J. Howard Immutep (Germany)
Hiroshi Sato
Hiroshi Sato Yamaguchi University
Yvonne A. L. Lim
Yvonne A. L. Lim University of Malaya
Claudio Bandi
Claudio Bandi University of Milan
Hyun S. Lillehoj
Hyun S. Lillehoj United States Department of Agriculture
Hisashi Inokuma
Hisashi Inokuma University of Tokyo

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