皆川 昇 教授

専門・研究テーマ・キーワード

病害動物学

担当課程

博士前期課程専任教員

取得学位・資格

PhD

個人/所属ウェブページ

• http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/research/vector_ecology.html
• http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/english/research/vector_ecology.html

他所属

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya.

経歴

I received my PhD degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. During my graduate school course work, I studied aquatic entomology and stream ecology. I participated in a series of international biological expeditions on the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island in Russian Far East between 1994-1998 and 2001-2003. In 1997, I joined the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya, and started my career as a medical entomologist. After working on sleeping chironomids from Nigeria at the National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science in Japan for six months, I moved to the State University of New York at Buffalo in the US in 2001, and Saga Medical School in Japan in 2004. Since I joined NEKKEN in 2006, I have not moved from Nagasaki. On my holidays, I can be found fly fishing in mountain streams in Japan and Africa.

教育活動

I lecture on medical entomology. In the past, I taught aquatic entomology at the University of Washington.

研究活動

Since my first visit to Africa, my research has focused on the ecology of African malaria vectors, Anopheles gamibae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis and the Anopeheles funestus group. In the last five years, I have been involved in a field study trial for testing new mosquito nets in western Kenya and Malawi. In South Africa, I work with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, South Africa Medical Research Council, South Africa Department of Technology and Science, and Limpopo Department of Health for developing a climate-based early warning system for infectious diseases. I also work on dengue vectors in Africa and Southeast Asia.

現在の主な研究活動地域

• Kenya
• Malawi
• South Africa
• Vietnam
• Myanmar

最近の5つの出版物

1. Fonzi E, Higa Y, Bertuso A, Futami K, Minakawa N. Human-mediated marine dispersal influences the population structure of Aedes aegypti in the Philippine Archipelago. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015; 9(6):e0003829.
2. Futami K, Dida GO, Sonye GO, Lutiali PA, Mwania MS, Wagalla S, Lumumba J, Kongere JO, Njenga SM, Minakawa N. Impacts of insecticide treated bed nets on Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations in Mbita District and Suba District, western Kenya. Parasites & Vectors. 2014; 7:63.
3. Larson PS, Minakawa N, Dida GO, Njenga SM, Ionides EL, Wilson ML. Insecticide-treated net use before and after mass distribution in a fishing community along Lake Victoria, Kenya: successes and unavoidable pitfalls. Malaria Journal. 2014: 13:466.
4. Minakawa N, Dida GO, Sonye GO, Futami K, Njenga SM. Malaria vectors in Lake Victoria and adjacent habitats in western Kenya. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e32725.
5. Hashizume M, Chaves LF, Minakawa N. Indian Ocean Dipole drives malaria resurgence in East African highlands. Scientific Reports. 2012:2:269.

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