Staff

IGARASHI Makoto

Professor

Theme

Elucidation of parasitic mechanism of protozoa

My Dream

Elucidation of parasitic mechanism of protozoa

Belongs

National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Infection and Pathology

National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Department of Global Cooperation, International Cooperation Unit

Research Center for Global Agromedicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Faculty (Unit)

Veterinary Medicine Program

Grad school (Course)

Doctoral Program of Veterinary Science

Field of research Protozoology
Keyword Protozoa, Toxoplasma, Gene, Parasitism, Pathogen

Introduction

Toxoplasma is a zoonotic disease by which 20% to 30% people of the world's population are latently-infected.
Toxoplasma makes serious problem on immune-suppressive people such as HIV patients, aging, etc. and on congenitally infected infants. This laboratory is working on the unraveling the mechanism of Toxoplasma's parasitism on hosts.
Focusing on pets that are familiar to humans, we are investigating the infection status of parasites that are a problem in public health.

List of current research topics

  • Biochemical analysis of Toxoplasma oocyst wall protein.
  • Vaccine development against Toxoplasmosis.
  • Understanding the transition process from acute to chronic infection of Toxoplasma.
  • Epidemiological investigation of intestinal parasites.
Academic degree PhD
License Veterinarian
Room address National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases
Mail address makoto atmark obihiro.ac.jp

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