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  1. Extra gene coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2 provides a virus engineering platform for in vitro and in vivo applications

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  2. A Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza reassortant virus became pathogenic and highly transmissible due to mutations in its PA gene

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  3. Characterization of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant that emerged in Brazil

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  4. Syrian hamsters as a small animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection and countermeasure development

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Dr Makoto Takeda

  5. Influenza C and D Viruses Package Eight Organized Ribonucleoprotein Complexes

    Article • Journal of Virology, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Takeshi Noda, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  6. Mutations in the PA Protein of Avian H5N1 Influenza Viruses Affect Polymerase Activity and Mouse Virulence

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2017, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  7. Complete and Incomplete Genome Packaging of Influenza A and B Viruses

    Article • mBio, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Takeshi Noda, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  8. Identification of Stabilizing Mutations in an H5 Hemagglutinin Influenza Virus Protein

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  9. Identification of a Novel Viral Protein Expressed from the PB2 Segment of Influenza A Virus

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  10. Mapping of a Region of the PA-X Protein of Influenza A Virus That Is Important for Its Shutoff Activity

    Article • Journal of Virology, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  11. Immunology and Immunopathology of emerging viral disease

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, March 2015, AACC

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Malik Peiris, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  12. Amino Acid Changes in the Influenza A Virus PA Protein That Attenuate Avian H5N1 Viruses in Mammals

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  13. Hemozoin as a novel adjuvant for inactivated whole virion influenza vaccine

    Article • Vaccine, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Makoto Ozawa, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  14. Protection of ferrets from pulmonary injury due to H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection: Immunopathology tractable by sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 receptor agonist therapy

    Article • Virology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Michael BA Oldstone, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  15. Identification of Amino Acid Changes That May Have Been Critical for the Genesis of A(H7N9) Influenza Viruses

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  16. Virulence-Affecting Amino Acid Changes in the PA Protein of H7N9 Influenza A Viruses

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  17. A replication-incompetent influenza virus bearing the HN glycoprotein of human parainfluenza virus as a bivalent vaccine

    Article • Vaccine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  18. The Cytoprotective Enzyme Heme Oxygenase-1 Suppresses Ebola Virus Replication

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  19. 1918 Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin (HA) and the Viral RNA Polymerase Complex Enhance Viral Pathogenicity, but Only HA Induces Aberrant Host Responses in Mice

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  20. Synergistic Effect of the PDZ and p85 -Binding Domains of the NS1 Protein on Virulence of an Avian H5N1 Influenza A Virus

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Makoto Ozawa, Yoshihiro Kawaoka