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Yukifumi Nawa is affiliated with Khon Kaen University in Thailand and has conducted research principally within the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Parasites and Host Interactions, Dermatological Diseases and Infestations, Paleopathology and Ancient Diseases, Parasitic Infections in Humans and Animals, Helminth Infection and Control, and Mollusks and Parasites Studies.

Recent notable publications by Yukifumi Nawa include:

  • "Sparganosis in the Indian Sub-continent and the Middle East", 2024, published in Parasites Hosts and Diseases
  • "Dioctophyme renale (Goeze, 1782) (Nematoda, Dioctophymidae) parasitic in mammals other than humans: A comprehensive review", 2020, published in Parasitology International
  • "Cerebral paragonimiasis: Clinicoradiological features and serodiagnosis using recombinant yolk ferritin", 2022, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Pruritic Cutaneous Nematodiasis Caused by Avian Eyeworm Oxyspirura Larvae, Vietnam", 2020, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report", 2020, published in Korean Journal of Parasitology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yukifumi Nawa include:

  • Haruhiko Maruyama
  • Pham Ngoc Doanh
  • M. Yoshikawa
  • Prakasit Sa-ngaimwibool
  • J. C. Eiras

The scientist's publications are often found in specialized journals such as Parasitology International, Parasites Hosts and Diseases, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Korean Journal of Parasitology.

Best Publications

  • Role for interleukin-3 in mast-cell and basophil development and in immunity to parasites

    Chris S. Lantz;Jurg Boesiger;Chang Ho Song;Nicolas Mach

  • The current status of opisthorchiasis and clonorchiasis in the Mekong Basin.

    Paiboon Sithithaworn;Ross H. Andrews;Nguyen Van De;Thitima Wongsaroj

  • Adventitial Mast Cells Contribute to Pathogenesis in the Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Toshihiro Tsuruda;Johji Kato;Kinta Hatakeyama;Kazushi Kojima

  • Selective effector mechanisms for the expulsion of intestinal helminths.

    Y. Nawa;N. Ishikawa;K. Tsuchiya;Y. Horii

  • Mucosal T Cells Bearing TCRγδ Play a Protective Role in Intestinal Inflammation

    Kyoko Inagaki-Ohara;Takatoshi Chinen;Goro Matsuzaki;Atsuo Sasaki

  • Sushi Delights and Parasites: The Risk of Fishborne and Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses in Asia

    Yukifumi Nawa;Christoph Hatz;Johannes Blum

  • Clinicoradiologic Features of Pleuropulmonary Paragonimus westermani on Kyusyu Island, Japan

    Hiroshi Mukae;Haruko Taniguchi;Nobuhiro Matsumoto;Hirotoshi Iiboshi

  • Drug resistance in pathogenic African trypanosomes: what hopes for the future?

    B.M Anene;D.N Onah;Y Nawa

  • Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: Intestinal goblet-cell response in adoptively immunized rats

    H.R.P. Miller;Y. Nawa

  • Immune-mediated alteration of the terminal sugars of goblet cell mucins in the small intestine of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis-infected rats.

    N Ishikawa;Y Horii;Y Nawa

  • An outbreak of visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum in Kyushu, Japan

    Haruhiko Maruyama;Haruhiko Maruyama;Haruhiko Maruyama;Yukifumi Nawa;Shinichi Noda;Shinichi Noda;Shinichi Noda;Tatsuyuki Mimori;Tatsuyuki Mimori;Tatsuyuki Mimori

  • Paragonimiasis: a Japanese perspective

    Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama;Hiroshi Mukae;Yukifumi Nawa

  • Human sparganosis in Thailand: an overview.

    Malinee T. Anantaphruti;Yukifumi Nawa;Yuvadee Vanvanitchai

  • A Role of Mast Cell Glycosaminoglycans for the Immunological Expulsion of Intestinal Nematode, Strongyloides venezuelensis

    Haruhiko Maruyama;Yoshisada Yabu;Ayako Yoshida;Yukifumi Nawa

  • Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes sustain the epithelial barrier function against Eimeria vermiformis infection.

    Kyoko Inagaki-Ohara;Fitriya Nurannisa Dewi;Fitriya Nurannisa Dewi;Hajime Hisaeda;Adrian L. Smith

  • Worm expulsion and mucosal mast cell response induced by repetitive IL-3 administration in Strongyloides ratti-infected nude mice.

    T Abe;Y Nawa

  • CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND IMMUNODIAGNOSIS OF GNATHOSTOMIASIS IN CULIACAN, MEXICO

    S P Diaz Camacho;M Zazueta Ramos;E Ponce Torrecillas;I Osuna Ramirez

  • Adoptive transfer of the intestinal mast cell response in rats infected with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.

    Yukifumi Nawa;Hugh R.P. Miller

  • Mucosal mast cells and the expulsive mechanisms of mice against Strongyloides venezuelensis

    A.I. Khan;Y. Horii;R. Tiuria;Y. Sato

  • Mucosal immunity against parasitic gastrointestinal nematodes.

    Denis Nnabuike Onah;Yukifumi Nawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Yamaguchi University
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Keio University
Wanchai Maleewong
Wanchai Maleewong Khon Kaen University
Pewpan M. Intapan
Pewpan M. Intapan Khon Kaen University
David Blair
David Blair James Cook University
Nariaki Nonaka
Nariaki Nonaka Hokkaido University
Banchob Sripa
Banchob Sripa Khon Kaen University
Hiroshi Mukae
Hiroshi Mukae Nagasaki University
Jong-Yil Chai
Jong-Yil Chai Seoul National University
Jorge C. Eiras
Jorge C. Eiras University of Porto

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