Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕 Kawaoka Yoshihiro, born November 14, 1955) is a leading scientist in the field of influenza and other infectious diseases. He is currently a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo.[1]
The latest study conducted by UW-Madison virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka,[2] a world authority on influenza, documented an early warning that flu viruses may be beginning to outwit highly effective drugs.[3]
Hatta M, Gao P, Halfmann P, Kawaoka Y. Molecular basis for high virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza A viruses, Science 298:1840-1842, 2001.
Schultz-Cherry S, Dybdahl-Sissoko N, Neumann G, Kawaoka Y, Hinshaw VS. Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Induces Apoptosis in Cultured Cells. J Virol 2001 75: 7875-7881.
Kobasa D, Wells K, KawaokaY. Amino Acids Responsible for the Absolute Sialidase Activity of the Influenza A Virus Neuraminidase: Relationship to Growth in Duck Intestine. J Virol (in press).
Goto H, Wells K, Takada A, Kawaoka Y. Plasminogen-binding activity of neuraminidase determines the pathogenicity of influenza A virus, J Virol 75:9297-9301, 2001.
Watanabe T, Watanabe S, Ito H, Kida H, Kawaoka Y. Influenza A virus can undergo multiple cycles of replication without m2 ion channel activity. J Virol 75:5656-5662, 2001.
Jasenosky LD, Neumann G, Lukashevich I, Kawaoka Y. Ebola virus vp40-induced particle formation and association with the lipid bilayer. J Virol 75:5205-5214, 2001.