Publications by authors named "Motoharu Yonekawa"

Article Synopsis
  • A study tested a tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine on Japanese people aged 1 year and older to see how well it works and if it’s safe.
  • Nearly all participants had a positive immune response after getting the third dose of the vaccine.
  • The vaccine was mostly safe, with only a few mild side effects, and no serious problems or deaths were reported.
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Background: The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a novel immunochromatographic (IC) assay (APD1806) using monoclonal antibodies against the matrix (M) protein of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) for detection of hMPV from nasopharyngeal swab samples based on the results of real-time RT-PCR.

Methods: Nasopharyngeal swab samples taken from 189 patients aged 0 - 5 years who were suspected of having respiratory tract infections associated with hMPV were used in this study. The samples were tested both by the IC assay and by real-time RT-PCR for detection of hMPV.

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