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Hiroaki Okamoto

Jichi Medical University(JP)Kawasaki Medical School(JP)St. Luke's International Hospital(JP)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Hepatitis C virus research, Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Most-Cited Works

→ Consensus Proposals for a Unified System of Nomenclature of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes *(2005)1,503 cited
→ Typing hepatitis C virus by polymerase chain reaction with type-specific primers: application to clinical surveys and tracing infectious sources(1992)1,271 cited
→ A Novel DNA Virus (TTV) Associated with Elevated Transaminase Levels in Posttransfusion Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology(1997)1,233 cited
→ Typing Hepatitis B Virus by Homology in Nucleotide Sequence: Comparison of Surface Antigen Subtypes(1988)1,054 cited
→ Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus from Mothers to Infants(1994)676 cited
→ Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae(2014)670 cited

→ Sporadic acute or fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan, may be food-borne, as suggested by the presence of hepatitis E virus in pig liver as food(2003)

596 cited

→ Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel DNA virus (TTV) associated with posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology(1998)582 cited

→ Full-length sequence of a hepatitis C virus genome having poor homology to reported isolates: Comparative study of four distinct genotypes(1992)579 cited

Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA by a two-stage polymerase chain reaction with two pairs of primers deduced from the 5'-noncoding region.(1990)