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  1. Co-infection of Diplectanid Monogeneans <i>Pseudorhabdosynochus</i> spp. and Nervous Necrosis Virus in Cultured Red-spotted Grouper <i>Epinephelus akaara</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, June 2025, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  2. Galactosomum nagasakiense n. sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from the black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris, with a description of metacercariae from some marine fishes developing trematode whirling disease

    Article • Parasitology International, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  3. Anisakid larvae in the skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis captured in Japanese waters: Two-year monitoring of infection levels after the outbreak of human anisakiasis in 2018

    Article • Parasitology International, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  4. Morpho-molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of Encotyllabe percussa n. sp. (Monogenea: Capsalidae) from the spangled emperor Lethrinus nebulosus (Teleostei, Lethrinidae)

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  5. Description of Discocotyle ciray n. sp. (Monogenea: Discocotylidae) from Parahucho perryi (Brevoort) from Hokkaido, Japan, with a redescription of D. sagittata (Leuckart, 1842)

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  6. <i>Microsporidium seriolae</i> and Probable <i>Philometroides seriolae</i> Infection in Yellowtail Amberjack <i>Seriola aureovittata</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, December 2023, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  7. Parasites in the Skeletal Muscle of Amberjacks <i>Seriola</i> spp. in Japan: A Review

    Article • Fish Pathology, December 2023, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  8. <i>Philometroides seriolae</i> Recovered from the Swimbladder of Japanese Amberjack <i>Seriola quinqueradiata</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, June 2023, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  9. Establishment of the Life Cycle of <i>Philometroides seriolae</i> (Nematoda: Philometridae) Using Surrogate Copepod Intermediate Host

    Article • Fish Pathology, March 2023, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  10. Sex-inducing effects toward planarians widely present among parasitic flatworms

    Article • iScience, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  11. Digenean Larva Migrans in Cultured <i>Seriola</i> spp. Caused by <i>Hirudinella ventricosa</i> (Trematoda: Hirudinellidae)

    Article • Fish Pathology, September 2022, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  12. Polyopisthocotylid Monogenean Infections of Amberjacks <i>Seriola</i> spp. in Japan

    Article • Fish Pathology, June 2022, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  13. Redescription of Zeuxapta seriolae (Meserve, 1938) and Zeuxapta australica Lebedev, 1968 (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae)

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  14. Five new and two known species of Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) infecting puffers of the genus Takifugu from Japanese waters

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  15. Infection of a Species of Digenean in Common Octopus <i>Octopus sinensis</i> in Japan

    Article • Fish Pathology, December 2021, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  16. Biology and Pathogenicity of <i>Benedenia akajin</i> Infecting Hatchery-reared <i>Plectropomus leopardus </i>Juveniles

    Article • Fish Pathology, September 2021, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  17. Emendation of the genus Neoheterobothrium and a proposal of a new genus Paraheterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) for five species of diclidophorids from Pleuronectiform fishes

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  18. <i>Ceratothoa verrucosa</i> (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) Infection in the Buccal Cavity of Red Seabream Caught in Iyo-Nada, Western Japan, with Some Notes on Its Co-infection with <i>Choricotyle elongata</i> (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae)

    Article • Fish Pathology, June 2021, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  19. Species composition and infection levels of Anisakis (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in the skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) in the Northwest Pacific

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  20. Larval Cucullanid Nematode Infection in the Liver of Ayu

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2021, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  21. <i>Benedenia akajin</i> n. sp. (Monogenea: Capsalidae) from Leopard Coral Grouper <i>Plectropomus leopardus</i> Reared in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2021, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  22. Probable association between Anisakis infection in the muscle of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) and human anisakiasis in Tokyo, Japan

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  23. New records of Philometra pellucida (Jagerskiold, 1893) (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the body cavity of Arothron mappa (Lesson) and Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch et Schneider) reared in aquariums, with synonymisation of Philometra robusta Moravec, M...

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, October 2020, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  24. Heavy Metacercarial Infection in the Abdominal Cavity of Hatchery-reared Japanese Dace <i>Tribolodon hakonensis</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, September 2020, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  25. In vivo cultivation of tuna blood fluke Cardicola orientalis in terebellid intermediate hosts

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  26. Bucephalid Metacercarial Infection in Wild Larval and Juvenile Ayu <i>Plecoglossus altivelis</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2020, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  27. Skin Injuries Contribute to Nocardiosis in Japanese Amberjack <i>Seriola</i> <i>quinqueradiata</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, September 2019, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  28. Description of Two New Species of Philometra Costa, 1845 (Nematoda: Philometridae) from Marine Fishes off Japan, with Notes on Philometroides seriolae (Yamaguti, 1935)

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, August 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  29. Worm Cataract of Hatchery-Reared Japanese Dace <i>Tribolodon hakonensis</i> Caused by <i>Diplostomum</i> sp. (Digenea: Diplostomidae)

    Article • Fish Pathology, March 2019, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  30. Three species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) collected from Japanese rays

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  31. The Digenean <i>Clinostomum complanatum</i> Found from Great Cormorant <i>Phalacrocorax carbo</i> in Japan

    Article • Fish Pathology, December 2018, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  32. The first record of Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) on Crenimugil buchanani (Teleostei: Muglidae) from Thailand based on morphological and molecular analyses

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, September 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  33. Spatial and Temporal Changes in the Distribution of Blood Fluke Infection inNicolea gracilibranchis(Polychaeta: Terebellidae), the Intermediate Host forCardicola orientalis(Digenea: Aporocotylidae), at a Tuna Farming Site in Japan

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, October 2017, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  34. Gobioecetes biwaensis n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the gills of a freshwater gobiid fish, Rhinogobius sp. BW Takahashi & Okazaki, 2002, with a redescription of Parancyrocephaloides daicoci Yamaguti, 1938

    Article • Parasitology International, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  35. Developmental stages of fish blood flukes, Cardicola forsteri and Cardicola opisthorchis (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae), in their polychaete intermediate hosts collected at Pacific bluefin tuna culture sites in Japan

    Article • Parasitology International, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  36. Blood Fluke Infection of Japanese Amberjack <i>Seriola quinqueradiata</i> in Fish Farms along the Western Coastal Area of Bungo Channel, Japan

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2017, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  37. Identification of Blood Flukes Infecting Tiger Puffer <i>Takifugu rubripes</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2017, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  38. Discovery of intermediate hosts for two species of blood flukes Cardicola orientalis and Cardicola forsteri (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) infecting Pacific bluefin tuna in Japan

    Article • Parasitology International, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  39. Identification of a cestode worm in cultured and wild amberjacks.

    Article • Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, January 2016, Wiley

    Clyde S. Tamaru, Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  40. Determination of Effective Dose of Ultraviolet Irradiation to Influent Water for Prevention of <i>Kudoa yasunagai</i> Infection

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2016, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  41. Three new species of Pseudodactylogyrus (Monogenea: Pseudodactylogyridae) from Australian eels

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, August 2015, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  42. The resurrection of Myxobolus toyamai with a validation of a stunted polar capsule based on morphological evidence

    Article • Parasitology International, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  43. <i>Paradeontacylix buri</i> n. sp. (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) from <i>Seriola quinqueradiata</i> cultured in Japan with a description of unidentified <i>Paradeontacylix</i> sp. from <i>S. lalandi</i>

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2015, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  44. Occurrence of the Bluefin Tuna Blood Fluke <i>Cardicola opisthorchis</i> in the Intermediate Host <i>Terebella</i> sp.

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2015, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  45. First description of male Philometra thaiensis Moravec, Fiala et Dyková, 2004 (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the body cavity of the eyespot pufferfish Tetraodon biocellatus Tirant, and evolutionary relationships of this species with other dracunculoids...

    Article • Helminthologia, September 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  46. Diseases of cultured marine fishes caused by Platyhelminthes (Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda)

    Article • Parasitology, July 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  47. Insemination of the monogenean Neobenedenia girellae (Capsalidae, Benedeniinae)

    Article • Parasitology International, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  48. Occurrence and Molecular Identification of Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 from Marine Fish in Southern Makassar Strait, Indonesia

    Article • Parasites Hosts and Diseases, February 2014, Korean Society for Parasitology (KAMJE)

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  49. Investigation of the Infection with Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Plerocercoids and Metagonimus Metacercariae in Freshwater Salmonids Cultured in Japan

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2014, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  50. Efficacy of High Water Temperature Treatment of Myxosporean Emaciation Disease Caused by Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa)

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2014, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  51. Multiple gene analyses of caligid copepods indicate that the reduction of a thoracic appendage in Pseudocaligus represents convergent evolution

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa

  52. Genomic regions of pufferfishes responsible for host specificity of a monogenean parasite, Heterobothrium okamotoi

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuo Ogawa