Hiroaki Okamoto

Typing hepatitis C virus by polymerase chain reaction with type-specific primers: application to clinical surveys and tracing infectious sources

Hiroaki Okamoto, Yuichi Sugiyama, S Okada et al. · Journal of General Virology · 1992 · 1.3K citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +13

A Novel DNA Virus (TTV) Associated with Elevated Transaminase Levels in Posttransfusion Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology

Tsutomu Nishizawa, Hiroaki Okamoto, Keiko Konishi et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1997 · 1.2K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Typing Hepatitis B Virus by Homology in Nucleotide Sequence: Comparison of Surface Antigen Subtypes

Hiroaki Okamoto, Fumio Tsuda, Hiroshi Sakugawa et al. · Journal of General Virology · 1988 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +14

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus from Mothers to Infants

Hitoshi Ohto, Sousuke Terazawa, Nobuhiko Sasaki et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1994 · 677 citations · Full text

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics +14

Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds, Shahid Jameel et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2014 · 673 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17