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Tetsushi Yoshikawa

Tetsushi Yoshikawa

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
69
Citations
15196
World Ranking
2522
National Ranking
99

Overview

Tetsushi Yoshikawa is affiliated with Fujita Health University in Japan and has an extensive publication record in the field of medicine with a focus on infectious diseases and related subfields. Their work spans diverse topics including cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, viral gastroenteritis, and cardiovascular complications associated with infectious diseases.

Their research contributions include studies on viral infections, immune response profiling, and clinical treatment trials, published across multiple scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Meningitis Caused by the Live Varicella Vaccine Virus: Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing, Immunology Exome Sequencing and Cytokine Multiplex Profiling (2021), published in Viruses
  • Inherited Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6 Is a Risk Factor for Spontaneous Abortion (2020), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Endogenization and excision of human herpesvirus 6 in human genomes (2020), published in PLoS Genetics
  • Oral Valganciclovir Therapy in Infants Aged ≤2 Months with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Disease: A Multicenter, Single-Arm, Open-Label Clinical Trial in Japan (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Full genome-based characterization of G4P[6] rotavirus strains from diarrheic patients in Thailand: Evidence for independent porcine-to-human interspecies transmission events (2021), published in Virus Genes

Tetsushi Yoshikawa frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Yoshiki Kawamura, Hiroki Miura, Kei Kozawa, Yuki Higashimoto, and Masaru Ihira. These coauthors have contributed extensively to publishing joint work, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

The main scientific domains of Yoshikawa's research lie within medicine, specifically focusing on:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Surgery
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research topics frequently addressed in Yoshikawa's publications include:

  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research

The primary publication venues reflect the scope and focus of Yoshikawa's research and include the following journals:

  • Journal of Medical Virology
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
  • Vaccine
  • Pediatrics International
  • Journal of Cardiology Cases

Best Publications

  • ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms.

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Tomohiko Gunji;Jane C Burns;Jane C Burns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6: questions and answers

    Philip E. Pellett;Dharam V. Ablashi;Peter F. Ambros;Henri Agut

  • A genome-wide association study identifies three new risk loci for Kawasaki disease

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Kouichi Ozaki;Jane C Burns;Jane C Burns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Classification of HHV-6A and HHV-6B as distinct viruses.

    Dharam Ablashi;Henri Agut;Roberto Alvarez-Lafuente;Duncan A. Clark

  • Fatal fulminant hepatitis in an infant with human herpesvirus-6 infection.

    Yoshizo Asano;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Sadao Suga;Takehiko Yazaki

  • Experience and Reason: Twenty-Year Follow-Up of Protective Immunity of the Oka Strain Live Varicella Vaccine

    Yoshizo Asano;Sadao Suga;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Ikuko Kobayashi

  • Clinical features of infants with primary human herpesvirus 6 infection (exanthem subitum, roseola infantum).

    Yoshizo Asano;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Sadao Suga;Ikuko Kobayashi

  • Human herpesvirus-6 infection in bone marrow transplantation

    Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Sadao Suga;Yoshizo Asano;Toshihiko Nakashima

  • Clinical and virological analyses of 21 infants with exanthem subitum (roseola infantum) and central nervous system complications

    Sadao Suga;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Yoshizo Asano;Toru Kozawa

  • Defective Epstein-Barr virus in chronic active infection and haematological malignancy.

    Yusuke Okuno;Takayuki Murata;Yoshitaka Sato;Hideki Muramatsu

  • Fatal encephalitis/encephalopathy in primary human herpesvirus-6 infection.

    Y Asano;T Yoshikawa;Y Kajita;R Ogura

  • Systemic Cytokine Responses in Patients with Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy

    Jun-ichi Kawada;Hiroshi Kimura;Yoshinori Ito;Shinya Hara

  • Common variants in CASP3 confer susceptibility to Kawasaki disease

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Kouichi Ozaki;Jane C. Buns;Jane C. Buns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Human Herpesvirus 6 Viremia in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients: Clinical Features and Risk Factors

    Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Yoshizo Asano;Masaru Ihira;Kyoko Suzuki

  • Distribution of Antibodies to a Causative Agent of Exanthem Subitum (Human Herpesvirus-6) in Healthy Individuals

    Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Sadao Suga;Yoshizo Asano;Takehiko Yazaki

  • Rapid Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection by a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method

    Yoshihiko Enomoto;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Masaru Ihira;Shiho Akimoto

  • Viremia and neutralizing antibody response in infants with exanthem subitum

    Yoshizo Asano;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Sadao Suga;Takehiko Yazaki

  • Human herpesvirus-6 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of a child with exanthem subitum and meningoencephalitis.

    Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Toshihiko Nakashima;Sadao Suga;Yoshizo Asano

  • Central nervous system complications in human herpesvirus-6 infection.

    Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Yoshizo Asano

  • Postexposure prophylaxis of varicella in family contact by oral acyclovir

    Yoshizo Asano;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Sadao Suga;Ikuko Kobayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshizo Asano
Yoshizo Asano Fujita Health University
Sadao Suga
Sadao Suga Fujita Health University
Yoshizo Asano
Yoshizo Asano Fujita Health University
Yukihiro Nishiyama
Yukihiro Nishiyama Nagoya University
Koki Taniguchi
Koki Taniguchi Fujita Health University
Seiji Kojima
Seiji Kojima Nagoya University
Hiroki Kurahashi
Hiroki Kurahashi Fujita Health University
Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura Nagoya University
Koichi Yamanishi
Koichi Yamanishi Osaka University
Tsuneo Morishima
Tsuneo Morishima Okayama University

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