Research Overview
Educational institutions are places where students live in groups, making them susceptible to outbreaks of infectious diseases, which can significantly impact educational activities. Similarly, medical institutions serve many elderly and immunocompromised patients, making them prone to outbreaks and severe cases of infectious diseases, which can greatly affect the medical system. Our department, in cooperation with the Department of Infection Control at Keio University Hospital and the Health Management Center of Keio University, is working to examine appropriate infectious disease control measures for educational and medical institutions.
Key Research Achievements
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- Nishimura T*, Uwamino Y, Uno S, Kashimura S, Shiraki T, Kurafuji T, Morita M, Noguchi M, Azegami T, Yamada-Goto N, Murai-Takeda A, Yokoyama H, Kuwabara K, Kato S, Matsumoto M, Hirata A, Iida M, Harada S, Ishizaka T, Misawa K, Murata M, Saya H, Amagai M, Kitagawa Y, Takeuchi T, Mori M, Takebayashi T, Hasegawa N; Keio Donner Project Team. SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Medical Institution Faculty and Healthcare Workers in Tokyo, Japan. Intern Med. 60(16): 2569-2575, 2021.
- Nishimura T*, Ota M, Mori M, Takano Y, Fujiwara H, Uwamino Y, Uno S, Hasegawa N. The annual risk of tuberculosis infection in newly hired researchers and healthcare workers using interferon-gamma release assay in Japan. J Infect Chemother. 26(8): 818-822, 2020.
- Nishimura T*, Ota M, Mori M, Hasegawa N, Kawabe H, Kato S. Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11): 2111-2113, 2018.
- Nishimura T*, Ota M, Mori M, Fujiwara H, Takano Y, Kato S, Kawabe H, Hasegawa N. Risk of tuberculosis infection among health care workers and nursing students in Japan. J Infect Chemother. 24(11): 921-924, 2018.