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 · 536 citations · Full text

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 · 423 citations · Full text

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 · 289 citations · Full text

Virus Epidemiology, Sars-cov-2 Infection, Medicine +8

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

N. Kimizuka, T. Yamamoto, Tohru Mogami et al. · 2003 · 208 citations

Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Physics +12

A new dielectric isolation method using porous silicon

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

Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Microfabrication +8