Kouichi Morita
- Dean / Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine Nagasaki University
- Virology
- Research on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the arbovirus. Infectious disease control in developing countries in the tropics.
Research is interesting for the challenge of the unknown. It's beneficial to society, and just repeating what is already known is meaningless. In research on tropical and infectious diseases also, I think there is value in maintaining interest in the unknown, which is to say curiosity, and carrying it through. I hope the students will visit the areas suffering from tropical and infectious diseases, consider the problems for themselves, and continue to have lifelong curiosity.
▼Course List
Emergency Management in communicable Disease Epidemics
▼Recommended books
Plagues and Peoples
William H. McNeill: This is an old book written before the appearance of HIV, but it is a classic, and the depth of the author's insight still seems fresh. Discussions of events of infectious diseases over thousands and tens of thousands of years will provide many suggestions for people who will be researching such diseases. This is a book to read and reread. It is a useful reference when talking about emerging infectious diseases.▼Homepage
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/virology/paper%20eng.htm
personal history
1981 Nagasaki University School of Medicine (M.D)
1985 Nagasaki Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D); Assistant Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University; Assistant, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Manager, Regional Advisor in Communicable Diseases, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization (WHO); Instructor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
2011- Present post
works/thesis
1. Dengue virus strain DEN2 16681 utilizes a specific glycochain of syndecan-2 proteoglycan as a receptor. Journal of General Virology. Vol. 93(4): 761-770. 2012
2. Serologic Evidence of Nipah Virus Infection in Bats, Vietnam. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol.18(3):536-7. 2012
3. Discovery of the First Insect Nidovirus, a Missing Evolutionary Link in the Emergence of the Largest RNA Virus Genomes. PLoS Pathogens 7 (9): e1002215. 2011
4. Delayed cytosolic exposure of Japanese encephalitis virus double-stranded RNA impedes interferon activation and enhances viral dissemination in porcine cells. Journal of Virology, Vol. 85（13）：6736?6749、2011
5. Development and evaluation of a formalin-inactivated West Nile Virus vaccine (WN-VAX) for a human vaccine candidate. Vaccine. Vol.28:7939-7946, 2010