Epidemiological impact of revoking mask-wearing recommendation on COVID-19 transmission in Tokyo, Japan

Authors: Mayu Nagata, Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: Infectious Disease Modelling, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 1289-1300 (2024)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, Mask wearing recommendation, Health policy, Counterfactual, Mathematical model, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042724000952; https://doaj.org/toc/2468-0427

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Vaccine-induced reduction of COVID-19 clusters in school settings in Japan during the epidemic wave caused by B.1.1.529 (Omicron) BA.2, 2022

Authors: Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol 21, Iss 9, Pp 7087-7101 (2024)

Subject Terms: vaccine effectiveness, coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), population-level immunity, transmission cluster, classroom closure, time series regression model, Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65, Mathematics, QA1-939

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1551-0018

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Estimating the effective reproduction number of COVID-19 from population-wide wastewater data: An application in Kagawa, Japan

Authors: Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: Infectious Disease Modelling, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 645-656 (2024)

Subject Terms: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Wastewater-based epidemiology, Shedding load distribution, Mathematical model, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042724000459; https://doaj.org/toc/2468-0427

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Usefulness and safety of new ultrasmall-diameter colonoscope for cases with difficult insertion: a retrospective study

Authors: Rie Terada, Ryoji Ichijima, Aya Iwao, Hiroshi Kinebuchi, Yuta Okada, Tomomi Sugita, Kanako Ogura, Akiko Haruta, Hirofumi Kogure

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2024)

Subject Terms: Adenoma detection rate, Colorectal cancer, Linked color imaging, Blue laser imaging, Ultrathin endoscopes, Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Reconstructing the age-structured case count of COVID-19 from sentinel surveillance data in Japan: A modeling study

Authors: Yuta Okada, Minami Ueda, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 148, Iss , Pp 107223- (2024)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, Sentinel surveillance, Epidemic size, Time-series analysis, Japan, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971224002947; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712

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Life-expectancy changes from 2019 to 22: A case study of Japan using provisional death count

Authors: Mst S. Munira, Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 119-121 (2024)

Subject Terms: Mortality, Death, Demography, Population study, COVID-19, Pandemic, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034123004033; https://doaj.org/toc/1876-0341

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Survey of exposure to stranded dolphins in Japan to investigate an outbreak of suspected infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4(b) in humans

Authors: Taishi Kayano, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Seiko Fujiwara, Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 56, Iss , Pp 101214- (2024)

Subject Terms: H5N1, Dolphin, Avian influenza, Cross-sectional survey, Risk communication, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297523001336; https://doaj.org/toc/2052-2975

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Protection against SARS-CoV-2 BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants via vaccination and natural infection: A modeling study

Authors: Yuta Okada, Taishi Kayano, Asami Anzai, Tong Zhang, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 2530-2543 (2023)

Subject Terms: vaccine effectiveness, covid-19, humoral immunity, statistical model, neutralization, sars-cov-2 omicron variant, Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65, Mathematics, QA1-939

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1551-0018

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Comparison of phylogenetic and virulence factors between Escherichia coli isolated from biliary tract infections and uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Authors: Mahoko Ikeda, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Shu Okugawa, Fumie Fujimoto, Yuta Okada, Keita Tatsuno, Yoshimi Higurashi, Takeya Tsutsumi, Kyoji Moriya

Source: Heliyon, Vol 9, Iss 11, Pp e21748- (2023)

Subject Terms: Science (General), Q1-390, Social sciences (General), H1-99

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023089569; https://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440

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Life-expectancy changes during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019–2021: estimates from Japan, a country with low pandemic impact

Authors: Mst Sirajum Munira, Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: PeerJ, Vol 11, p e15784 (2023)

Subject Terms: Demography, Life table, Mortality, Death rate, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://peerj.com/articles/15784.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/15784/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359

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Night-time population consistently explains the transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 in three megacities in Japan

Authors: Yuta Okada, Syudo Yamasaki, Atsushi Nishida, Ryosuke Shibasaki, Hiroshi Nishiura

Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023)

Subject Terms: severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV2), mobility, public health and social measures, de facto population, cluster, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163698/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565

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The prevalence of the iutA and ibeA genes in Escherichia coli isolates from severe and non-severe patients with bacteremic acute biliary tract infection is significantly different

Authors: Mahoko Ikeda, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Fumie Fujimoto, Yuta Okada, Yoshimi Higurashi, Keita Tatsuno, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya

Source: Gut Pathogens, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

Subject Terms: Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, Biliary tract infection, Bacteremia, Severity, Virulence factors, iutA, Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, RC799-869

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1757-4749

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Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Recurrent Escherichia coli Bacteremia

Authors: Tatsuya Kobayashi, Mahoko Ikeda, Yuta Okada, Yoshimi Higurashi, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya

Source: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2021)

Subject Terms: recurrent Escherichia coli bacteremia, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction, genetic identity, virulence factor, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497

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Phenology-dependent cold exposure and thermal performance of Ostrinia nubilalis ecotypes

Authors: Crista B. Wadsworth, Yuta Okada, Erik B. Dopman

Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)

Subject Terms: Thermal tolerance, Seasonal timing, Phenology, Cold-hardiness, Climate adaptation, Diapause, Evolution, QH359-425

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-1598-6; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2148

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Letter to the Editor: Knowledge gap in assessing the risk of a human pandemic via mammals' infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1).

Authors: Hiroshi Nishiura, Taishi Kayano, Katsuma Hayashi, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yuta Okada

Source: Eurosurveillance (15607917); 3/2/2023, Vol. 28 Issue 9, p1-2, 2p

Asymmetry of Pelvic Rotation in Gait of Normal Adults: the Relationships among Trunk Rotation, Hip Joint Flexion and Extension, Step Length and Standing Posture. (English)

Authors: YUTA OKADA, SUMIKO YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI SEKI

Source: Rigakuryoho Kagaku; Jan/Feb2013, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p119-124, 6p