Mitsunobu Imai

2.4k citations

57 papers · 1.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Co-authors: Yuzo Miyakawa Makoto Mayumi Kazuaki Takahashi Y. Yanase Katsumi Tachibana Shunji Mishiro Hisami Ikeda Keiji Matsubayashi
Topics: HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers)Hepatitis B Virus Studies (16 papers)Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (12 papers)
Cited by: Hepatology Virology Epidemiology
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine The Lancet The Journal of Immunology
Partner nations: Japan United States Belgium

In The Last Decade

Mitsunobu Imai

55 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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E Antigen and Anti-E in the Serum of Asymptomatic Carrier Mothers as Indicators of Positive and Negative Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus to Their Infants

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening Algorithm to Address the High Rate of False-Positive Results in Pregnant Women in Japan 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Rika Yamada,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Makiko Kondo,Kazuo Kawahara,Yuki Tsukahara,Noriyuki Inaba,Shingo Kato,Mitsunobu Imai	17
2	Quantitation of HIV-1 group M proviral DNA using TaqMan MGB real-time PCR 2009 ·Journal of Virological Methods ·Makiko Kondo,(unknown),Rie Tanaka,(unknown),Hiroko SAGARA,(unknown),Yutaka Takebe,Mitsunobu Imai,Shingo Kato	16
3	Analysis of a Long-Term Discrepancy in Drug-Targeted Genes in Plasma HIV-1 RNA and PBMC HIV-1 DNA in the Same Patient 2006 ·Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Shuzo Usuku,(unknown),Mitsuo Sakamoto,Takuya Adachi,Hiroko SAGARA,(unknown),Masako Nishizawa,Makiko Kondo,Osamu Tochikubo,Mitsunobu Imai	6
4	Evaluation of Immunochromatography Test for Rapid Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses 2005 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·Masahiko Yamazaki,Keiko Mitamura,Hideaki Shimizu,(unknown),(unknown),Kazuhiro Kimura,Masataka Ichikawa,Osamu Komiyama,(unknown),Mitsunobu Imai,Chiharu Kawakami,Hideo Cho,Norio Sugaya	2
5	Transfusion‐transmitted hepatitis E caused by apparently indigenous hepatitis E virus strain in Hokkaido, Japan 2004 ·Transfusion ·Keiji Matsubayashi,Yasuhiro Nagaoka,Hidekatsu Sakata,Shin Sato,(unknown),Toshiaki Kato,Kazuaki Takahashi,Shunji Mishiro,Mitsunobu Imai,Naokazu Takeda,Hisami Ikeda	235
6	Evaluation of an Immunochromatography Test Using Enzyme Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses 2004 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·Keiko Mitamura,Masahiko Yamazaki,Masataka Ichikawa,Kazuhiro Kimura,Chiharu Kawakami,Hideaki Shimizu,(unknown),Mitsunobu Imai,(unknown),(unknown),Norio Sugaya	19
7	Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Uzbekistan: Epidemiological and Genetic Analyses 2003 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Fuat Kurbanov,Makiko Kondo,Yasuhito Tanaka,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nao Jounai,Nadira Yuldasheva,Ruslan Ruzibakiev,Masashi Mizokami,Mitsunobu Imai	39
8	Evaluation of Immunochromatography Method for Rapid Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses 2001 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·Chiharu Kawakami,Hideaki Shimizu,(unknown),Miwako Saikusa,(unknown),Keiko Mitamura,Norio Sugaya,Mitsunobu Imai	15
9	Evaluation of an HIV Screening Assay Kit for The Combined Detection of Anti-HIV-1/2 Antibodies and HIV p24 Antigen 2001 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·(unknown),Makiko Kondo,Takayuki Saito,(unknown),Akira Ito,Mitsuo Sakamoto,Hiroko SAGARA,Mitsunobu Imai	2
10	Occurrence of Scrub Typhus (Tsutsugamushi) in Kanagawa Prefecture and Types of <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> Involved 2000 ·Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Yumiko Furuya,Takashi Katayama,(unknown),Yoshiya Yoshida,Mitsunobu Imai,Toshikatsu Hagiwara	1
11	Lipopolysaccharide-induced HIV-1 expression in transgenic mice is mediated by tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1, but not by interferon-γ nor interleukin-6 2000 ·AIDS ·(unknown),Hidenori Ozaki,Jiro Yasuda,Reiko Horai,Yoh‐ichi Tagawa,Masahide Asano,Shinobu Saijo,Mitsunobu Imai,Kenji Sekikawa,Manfred Köpf,Yoichiro Iwakura	14
12	Sensitivity and Specificity of Rapid Diagnosis Kit Detecting Separately Influenza A and B Viruses 2000 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·(unknown),(unknown),Chiharu Kawakami,(unknown),Keiko Mitamura,Norio Sugaya,Mitsunobu Imai	2
13	Evaluation of a New Screening Assay Kit for The Combined Detection of HIV p24 Antigen and Antibody 1999 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·Takako Hayashi,(unknown),(unknown),T. Saito,Mitsunobu Imai	1
14	Quantitation of Viral Load in Patients Infected with HIV-1 Subtype E or A 1998 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·Makiko Kondo,(unknown),Akira Ito,Takayuki Saito,Mitsunobu Imai	1
15	Simple Method for Typing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (B, E) by PCR and Chronological Change of Distribution of Subtype (B to E) in Japan 1997 ·Kansenshogaku zasshi ·Mitsunobu Imai,Makiko Kondo,(unknown),(unknown),Hironori Sato,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Akira Ito,Hiroko SAGARA,Masahiro Kihara	7
16	Poly A-linked non-isotopic microtiter plate reverse transcriptase assay for sensitive detection of clinical human immunodeficiency virus isolates 1995 ·Journal of Virological Methods ·Kazuo Suzuki,T. Saito,Makiko Kondo,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kyoichi Kano,Mitsunobu Imai	12
17	Extracellular production of human hepatitis B virus preS2 antigen as hybrid proteins with Bacillus subtilis ?-amylases in high-salt-concentration media 1993 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Kiyofumi Honda,(unknown),(unknown),Mitsunobu Imai,Hiroaki Yamamoto,Takayuki Ikeda,Kunio Yamane	3
18	Site-directed mutagenesis of hepatitis B surface antigen sequence at codon 160 from arginine to lysine for conversion of subtypic determinant from r to w 1987 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Hiroaki Okamoto,Mitsunobu Imai,Yuzo Miyakawa,Makoto Mayumi	21
19	The relation of the e system to the infectivity of HBsAg positive serum in chimpanzees. 1977 ·Kanzo ·Toshio Shikata,Tsutomu Karasawa,Kenji Abe,T Uzawa,Makoto Mayumi,Mitsunobu Imai,(unknown),(unknown),Keiji Mitamura,Hiroshi Suzuki,(unknown),Yasuo Moritsugu,(unknown),Kaoru KOSHIMIZU	1
20	Epidemiological Studies on e Antigen and Antibody 1976 ·Kanzo ·Akira Ohbayashi,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Shigeo Nakano,Mitsunobu Imai,Makoto Mayumi	0

About Mitsunobu Imai

Mitsunobu Imai is a scholar working on Virology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 57 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (16 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hepatology (1.0k citations), Virology (170 citations) and Epidemiology (1.2k citations). Mitsunobu Imai has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Yuzo Miyakawa, Makoto Mayumi, Kazuaki Takahashi, Makoto Mayumi, Y. Yanase, Katsumi Tachibana, Shunji Mishiro, Hisami Ikeda, Keiji Matsubayashi and Shin Sato. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and The Journal of Immunology.

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