Researchers
Division of Microbiology and Immunology
Virus Control Team
OKADA Kazuma
Status : Specially Appointed Assis.Prof.
Research Field : Virology
Profile
In 2013, completed a doctorate in veterinary medicine at Gifu University, focusing on rabies virus research. After serving as a postdoc at Gifu University for two years, joined the Osaka Institute of Public Health. After four years of working in the field of public health, conducting research and testing, assumed the current position in April 2023.
Research Activities
・Elucidation of the pathogenesis of rabies virus
・Elucidation of the pathogenesis of rhinovirus infection and its impact on public health
Publications
1. Kazuma Okada, Ryo Morita, Kazutaka Egawa, Yuki Hirai, Atsushi Kaida, Michinori Shirano, Hideyuki Kubo, Tetsushi Goto, and Seiji P. Yamamoto, Dengue Virus Type 1 Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Tanzania, 2019, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, doi: 10.3201/eid2509.190814.
2. Kazuma Okada, Naoto Ito, Satoko Yamaoka, Tatsunori Masatani, Hideki Ebihara, Hideo Goto, Kento Nakagawa, Hiromichi Mitake, Kota Okadera, Makoto Sugiyama, Roles of the Rabies virus phosphoprotein isoforms in pathogenesis, Journal of Virology, 2016, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00809-16.
3. Linda Wiltzer, Kazuma Okada, Satoko Yamaoka, Florence Larrous, Henna Veera Kuusisto, Makoto Sugiyama, Danielle Blondel, Hervé Bourhy, David Andrew Jans, Naoto Ito, Gregory William Moseley. Interaction of Rabies virus P-protein with STAT proteins is critical to lethal rabies disease, The journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014, doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit829.
