Kazuo Imai

SARS-CoV-2 D614G spike mutation increases entry efficiency with enhanced ACE2-binding affinity

Seiya Ozono, Yanzhao Zhang, Hirotaka Ode et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 542 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +16

Clinical Evaluation of Self-Collected Saliva by Quantitative Reverse Transcription-PCR (RT-qPCR), Direct RT-qPCR, Reverse Transcription–Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, and a Rapid Antigen Test To Diagnose COVID-19

Mayu Nagura‐Ikeda, Kazuo Imai, Sakiko Tabata et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2020 · 429 citations · Full text

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine +14

Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in 104 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: a retrospective analysis

Sakiko Tabata, Kazuo Imai, Shuichi Kawano et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 291 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +12

The impact of bias temperature instability for direct-tunneling ultra-thin gate oxide on MOSFET scaling

N. Kimizuka, T. Yamamoto, Tohru Mogami et al. · 1999 · 208 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Materials +16

A new dielectric isolation method using porous silicon

Kazuo Imai · Solid-State Electronics · 1981 · 170 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science +13