Search Results - "Akira Homma"

Reply to the Letter to the Editors by Beirão by Homma, Akira, Freire, Marcos da Silva, Possas, Cristina

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Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: the puzzle of rapid viral spread and challenges for immunisation by Possas, Cristina, Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ricardo, Tauil, Pedro Luiz, Pinheiro, Francisco de Paula, Pissinatti, Alcides, Cunha, Rivaldo Venâncio da, Freire, Marcos, Martins, Reinaldo Menezes, Homma, Akira

“…We discuss the complex eco-social factors involved in the puzzle of the unexpected rapid viral spread in the ongoing Brazilian yellow fever (YF) outbreak,…”
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Brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in older Japanese: Validation of the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment by Fujiwara, Yoshinori, Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Yasunaga, Masashi, Sugiyama, Mika, Ijuin, Mutsuo, Sakuma, Naoko, Inagaki, Hiroki, Iwasa, Hajime, Ura, Chiaki, Yatomi, Naomi, Ishii, Kenji, Tokumaru, Aya M, Homma, Akira, Nasreddine, Ziad, Shinkai, Shoji

“…Aim:  The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), developed by Dr Nasreddine (Nasreddine et al. 2005), is a brief cognitive screening tool for detecting older…”
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Vaccine coverage in the tropics: sharp decline in immunization and implications for Disease X preparedness and the UN 2030 agenda by Possas, Cristina, Risi, João Baptista, Homma, Akira

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Urgent call for action: avoiding spread and re-urbanisation of yellow fever in Brazil by Possas, Cristina, Martins, Reinaldo Menezes, Oliveira, Ricardo Lourenço de, Homma, Akira

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Dengue vaccine endgame: why has the global response to exponential demand in the tropics been so slow? by Possas, Cristina, Marques, Ernesto T. A., Oliveira, Alessandra, Schumacher, Suzanne, Antunes, Adelaide, Homma, Akira

“…Introduction There has been a dramatic global surge in dengue fever (DF) in recent years, with a projected 100-400 million cases annually and large outbreaks…”
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Detection of post-vaccination enhanced dengue virus infection in macaques: An improved model for early assessment of dengue vaccines by Borges, Maria Beatriz, Marchevsky, Renato Sergio, Carvalho Pereira, Renata, da Silva Mendes, Ygara, Almeida Mendes, Luiz Gustavo, Diniz-Mendes, Leonardo, Cruz, Michael A, Tahmaoui, Ouafaâ, Baudart, Sébastien, Freire, Marcos, Homma, Akira, Schneider-Ohrum, Kirsten, Vaughn, David W, Vanloubbeeck, Yannick, Lorin, Clarisse, Malice, Marie-Pierre, Caride, Elena, Warter, Lucile

“…The need for improved dengue vaccines remains since the only licensed vaccine, Dengvaxia, shows variable efficacy depending on the infecting dengue virus…”
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Disease X in the Tropics, preventing the next pandemic: how to accelerate spillover prevention and vaccine preparedness? by Possas, Cristina, Marques, Ernesto T. A., Kuchipudi, Suresh V., Kumar, Prashant, Kim, Jerome H., Homma, Akira

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Actual Clinical Practice Assessment: A Rapid and Easy-to-Use Tool for Evaluating Cognitive Decline Equivalent to Dementia by Asano, Takayuki, Yasuda, Asako, Kinoshita, Setsuo, Nomoto, Jun, Kato, Takahiro, Suzuki, Chihiro, Suzuki, Han, Kinoshita, Toru, Shigeta, Masahiro, Homma, Akira

“…Background Screening tests reveal the early signs of cognitive decline, enabling better self-care and preparation for the future. We developed and evaluated…”
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Characterization of recent and minimally passaged Brazilian dengue viruses inducing robust infection in rhesus macaques by Borges, Maria Beatriz, Marchevsky, Renato Sergio, Mendes, Ygara S, Mendes, Luiz Gustavo, Duarte, Ana Claudia, Cruz, Michael, de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo, Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando C, Freire, Marcos, Homma, Akira, Mossman, Sally, Lepine, Edith, Vanloubbeeck, Yannick, Lorin, Clarisse, Malice, Marie-Pierre, Caride, Elena, Warter, Lucile

“…The macaque is widely accepted as a suitable model for preclinical characterization of dengue vaccine candidates. However, the only vaccine for which both…”
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Zika puzzle in Brazil: peculiar conditions of viral introduction and dissemination - A Review by Possas, Cristina, Brasil, Patricia, Marzochi, Mauro Ca, Tanuri, Amilcar, Martins, Reinaldo M, Marques, Ernesto Ta, Bonaldo, Myrna C, Ferreira, Antonio Gp, Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ricardo, Nogueira, Rita Maria R, Sequeira, Patricia C, Marzochi, Keyla Bf, Homma, Akira

“…This article discusses the peculiar conditions that favoured the unexpected introduction of Zika virus into the poorest northeastern region of Brazil in 2015,…”
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Phase II trial of chemoradiotherapy with S‐1 plus cisplatin for unresectable locally advanced head and neck cancer (JCOG0706) by Tahara, Makoto, Kiyota, Naomi, Mizusawa, Junki, Nakamura, Kenichi, Hayashi, Ryuichi, Akimoto, Tetsuo, Hasegawa, Yasuhisa, Iwae, Shigemichi, Monden, Nobuya, Matsuura, Kazuto, Fujii, Hirofumi, Onozawa, Yusuke, Homma, Akira, Kubota, Akira, Fukuda, Haruhiko, Fujii, Masato

“…We conducted a phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemoradiotherapy concurrent with S‐1 plus cisplatin in patients with unresectable locally…”
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Leptospira Immunoglobulin-Like Proteins as a Serodiagnostic Marker for Acute Leptospirosis by Croda, Julio, Ramos, João G.R, Matsunaga, James, Queiroz, Adriano, Homma, Akira, Riley, Lee W, Haake, David A, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I

“…There is an urgent need for improved diagnosis of leptospirosis, an emerging infectious disease which imparts a large disease burden in developing countries…”
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Historical review of clinical vaccine studies at Oswaldo Cruz Institute and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - technological development issues by de Menezes Martins, Reinaldo, de Albuquerque Possas, Cristina, Homma, Akira

“…This paper presents, from the perspective of technological development and production, the results of an investigation examining 61 clinical studies with…”
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Beta-NMR of short-lived nucleus 17N in liquids by Mihara, Mototsugu, Sugihara, Takanobu, Fukuda, Mitsunori, Homma, Akira, Izumikawa, Takuji, Kitagawa, Atsushi, Matsuta, Kensaku, Minaisono, Tadanori, Momota, Sadao, Nagatomo, Takashi, Nishibata, Hiroki, Nishimura, Daiki, Ohnishi, Kosuke, Ohtsubo, Takashi, Ozawa, Akira, Sato, Shinji, Tanaka, Masaomi, Wakabayashi, Ryo, Yagi, Shoichi, Yanagihara, Rikuto

“…s The β-ray detected nuclear magnetic resonance (β-NMR) of a short lived-nucleus 17 N ( I  = 1/2, T 1/2  = 4.173 s) in liquid H 2 O and CH 3 NO 2 has been…”
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Roles of specialists in psychogeriatrics by HOMMA, Akira

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Pela reconquista das altas coberturas vacinais by Homma, Akira, Maia, Maria de Lourdes de Sousa, Azevedo, Isabel Cristina Alencar de, Figueiredo, Isabella Lira, Gomes, Luciano Bezerra, Pereira, Clebson Veríssimo da Costa, Paulo, Eliana de Fátima, Cardoso, Daniel Bruschi

“…O declínio global das coberturas vacinais levou a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), em 2019, a definir a hesitação vacinal como uma das dez maiores ameaças…”
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S1C1-6 Clinical aspects of Alzheimer's disease:Current status and issues to have to be solved by Akira Homma

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A 24-Week, Randomized, Controlled Study to Evaluate the Tolerability, Safety and Efficacy of 2 Different Titration Schemes of the Rivastigmine Patch in Japanese Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease by Nakamura, Yu, Strohmaier, Christine, Tamura, Kaoru, Kataoka, Naoko, Nakano, Masayuki, Oda, Shoichiro, Nishimura, Kazuma, Homma, Akira

“…Aim: To investigate whether 1-step titration of the rivastigmine patch (initiated at 5 cm 2 and titrated to 10 cm 2 after 4 weeks) is well tolerated in…”
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A 24-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of the Rivastigmine Patch in Japanese Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease by Nakamura, Yu, Imai, Yukimichi, Shigeta, Masahiro, Graf, Ana, Shirahase, Toru, Kim, Hyosung, Fujii, Akifumi, Mori, Joji, Homma, Akira

“…Background: As of 2010, the rivastigmine patch was licensed for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in 64 countries. Methods: This 24-week, multicenter,…”
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