Hitoshi Mizuo

Sporadic acute or fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan, may be food-borne, as suggested by the presence of hepatitis E virus in pig liver as food

Yasuyuki Yazaki, Hitoshi Mizuo, Masaharu Takahashi et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2003 · 599 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Polyphyletic Strains of Hepatitis E Virus Are Responsible for Sporadic Cases of Acute Hepatitis in Japan

Hitoshi Mizuo, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Yasuhiro Takikawa et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2002 · 296 citations · Full text

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +14

Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Strains in Serum Samples Can Replicate Efficiently in Cultured Cells Despite the Coexistence of HEV Antibodies: Characterization of HEV Virions in Blood Circulation

Masaharu Takahashi, Toshinori Tanaka, Hideyuki Takahashi et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2010 · 277 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +12

Possible risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis E virus and for the severe form of hepatitis E acquired locally in Hokkaido, Japan

Hitoshi Mizuo, Yasuyuki Yazaki, Kenji Sugawara et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 2005 · 204 citations

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine +16

Simultaneous Detection of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgM Antibodies against Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Is Highly Specific for Diagnosis of Acute HEV Infection

Masaharu Takahashi, Shigeyuki Kusakai, Hitoshi Mizuo et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2005 · 202 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17