Yasushi Ohkusa
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Recent Articles
1.
Sakurai N, Kurita J, Yamaguchi S, Kamioka N, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
J Microorg Control
. 2023 Oct;
28(3):77-82.
PMID: 37866899
Fatalities caused by pneumonia and underlying diseases from COVID-19 infection show the highest relative frequency among elderly people. Long-term care facilities for elderly people have continued to be the areas...
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Kurita J, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
Drug Discov Ther
. 2022 Mar;
16(1):30-36.
PMID: 35264472
As of the end of November, 2021, the rate of completion for second-dose COVID-19 vaccine administration was almost 80% in Japan. We evaluated waning COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Japan, controlling...
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Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y, Taniguchi K, Miyazaki C, Kato Y, Okabe N
Drug Discov Ther
. 2021 Nov;
15(5):261-267.
PMID: 34719605
On March 1, 2019, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare added bleeding symptoms to adverse reaction package inserts as a possible adverse event for a new anti-influenza drug, baloxavir...
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Kurita J, Uematsu T, Sakurai N, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y, Yamaguchi N
Vaccine
. 2021 Jun;
39(30):4203-4209.
PMID: 34120763
Background: In Japan, measles elimination was confirmed in March 2015. Nevertheless, some outbreaks with cases imported from abroad were reported even after certification. A large rubella outbreak has been occurring...
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Nohara M, Sugawara T, Kurita J, Sakurai N, Umezawa M, Nagata N, et al.
Biocontrol Sci
. 2021 Mar;
26(1):37-41.
PMID: 33716247
Control of infectious diseases requires switching from usual hygiene such as water wiping and cleaning, to control measures including appropriate and aggressive disinfection using 70% alcohol and/or hypochlorous acid depending...
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Kurita J, Sugishita Y, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
JMIR Public Health Surveill
. 2021 Jan;
7(2):e20335.
PMID: 33481755
Background: In Japan, as a countermeasure against the COVID-19 outbreak, both the national and local governments issued voluntary restrictions against going out from residences at the end of March 2020...
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Sugishita Y, Kurita J, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
PLoS One
. 2020 Dec;
15(12):e0239455.
PMID: 33347444
Background: To control the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, sports and entertainment events were canceled and schools were closed throughout Japan from February 26 through March 19. That policy has been...
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Kurita J, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
J Infect Chemother
. 2020 Sep;
27(1):62-64.
PMID: 32896479
Background: As countermeasures against the COVID-19 outbreak, sports and entertainment events were canceled (VEC) in Japan for two weeks from 26 February through 13 March. Moreover, most schools were closed...
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Sugishita Y, Goto C, Sakamoto T, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
J Infect Chemother
. 2020 Aug;
26(11):1129-1133.
PMID: 32839113
Objective: The treatment completion rate for all latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) patients in Tokyo was 83.6% in 2014: somewhat lower than the targeted goal of 85%. This study examines the...
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Sugishita Y, Kurita J, Sugawara T, Ohkusa Y
Tohoku J Exp Med
. 2020 May;
251(1):39-46.
PMID: 32448819
In Japan, the reported cases of syphilis have been increasing since 2011 especially in large cities such as Tokyo. The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of...