Kazuhisa Okada

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Affiliation: Osaka University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Genotypic and PFGE/MLVA analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1: geographical spread and temporal changes during the 2007-2010 cholera outbreaks in Thailand
    Kazuhisa Okada
    Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re emerging Infections, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    PLoS ONE 7:e30863. 2012
  2. ncbi A rapid, simple, and sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification method to detect toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in rectal swab samples
    Kazuhisa Okada
    Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Reemerging Infections, DMSc, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 66:135-9. 2010
  3. ncbi A cholera outbreak of the Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variant carrying classical CtxB in northeastern Thailand in 2007
    Kazuhisa Okada
    Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re emerging Infections RCC ERI, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:875-8. 2010

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Publications3

  1. ncbi Genotypic and PFGE/MLVA analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1: geographical spread and temporal changes during the 2007-2010 cholera outbreaks in Thailand
    Kazuhisa Okada
    Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re emerging Infections, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    PLoS ONE 7:e30863. 2012
    ..This study aims to characterize V. cholerae O1 isolates from outbreaks in Thailand with special reference to genotypic variations over time...
  2. ncbi A rapid, simple, and sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification method to detect toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in rectal swab samples
    Kazuhisa Okada
    Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Reemerging Infections, DMSc, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 66:135-9. 2010
    ..This LAMP method could be a sensitive, specific, inexpensive, and rapid detection tool for V. cholerae carrying the ctxA gene in the clinical laboratory and in the field...
  3. ncbi A cholera outbreak of the Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variant carrying classical CtxB in northeastern Thailand in 2007
    Kazuhisa Okada
    Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re emerging Infections RCC ERI, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:875-8. 2010
    ..The clone was genetically closely related to pulsotype H, which is predominantly found in India. It was probably introduced into Thailand recently...