Kei Kitahara

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India, Okayama University

Degree: Ph.D.(The University of Tokyo)

Researcher number: 30567855
J-GLOBAL ID: 201001063679855540
researchmap Member ID: 6000024955

Major Research Areas

Research History

Oct, 2020 - Present

Associate Professor, Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India, Okayama University
Oct, 2014 - Sep, 2020

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
Apr, 2013 - Sep, 2014

Researcher, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Jun, 2011 - Sep, 2014

Research fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Apr, 2010 - May, 2011

Research fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2010

Research fellow, The University of Tokyo

Education

Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2007

Department of chemistry and biotechnology, Graduate school of engineering, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2004

Department of integrated biosciences, Graduate school of frontier sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 1998 - Mar, 2002

Department of bioproduction sciences and technology, Faculty of agriculture, Kyoto University

Awards

Papers

Prevalence and changing antimicrobial resistance profiles of Shigella spp. isolated from diarrheal patients in Kolkata during 2011–2019

Puja Bose, Goutam Chowdhury, Gourab Halder, Debjani Ghosh, Alok K. Deb, Kei Kitahara, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Masatomo Morita, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Shanta Dutta …

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(2) e0011964-e0011964, Feb 20, 2024
Vibriosis in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Ayumu Ohno, Januka Khatiwada, Shanta Dutta, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Feb 2, 2024
Comprehensive full genome analysis of norovirus strains from eastern India, 2017–2021

Mahadeb Lo, Yen Hai Doan, Suvrotoa Mitra, Ritubrita Saha, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Kei Kitahara, Shanta Dutta, Tomoichiro Oka, Mamta Chawla-Sarkar

Gut Pathogens, 16(1), Jan 18, 2024
Foodborne Outbreak by Salmonella enterica Serovar Weltevreden in West Bengal, India

Goutam Chowdhury, Falguni Debnath, Mainak Bardhan, Alok Kumar Deb, Rama Bhuina, Sudipta Bhattacharjee, Koushik Mondal, Kei Kitahara, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Shanta Dutta …

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, Jan 8, 2024
The basic reproduction number (R0) of ebola virus disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Debmalya Mitra, Ngangu Patrick Ntontolo, Nlandu Roger Ngatu, Ayumu Ohno, Januka Khatiwada, Shanta Dutta, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Travel medicine and infectious disease, 57 102685-102685, 2024
Complete genomic sequence of Vibrio fluvialis strain IDH5335 isolated from a patient with diarrhea in Kolkata, India

Goutam Chowdhury, Kei Kitahara, Makoto Taniguchi, Kazuma Uesaka, Basilua Andre Muzembo, Debmalya Mitra, Ayumu Ohno, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Shanta Dutta, Shin-ichi Miyoshi …

Microbiology Resource Announcements, Nov 9, 2023
Flavobacterium okayamense sp. nov. isolated from surface seawater.

Kei Kitahara, Basilua Andre Muzembo, Sho Morohoshi, Tadao Kunihiro, Nozomi Tazato, Ayumu Ohno, Kazuma Uesaka, Makoto Taniguchi, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Archives of microbiology, 205(10) 346-346, Sep 29, 2023
Pentavalent outer membrane vesicles immunized mice sera confers passive protection against five prevalent pathotypes of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in neonatal mice

Soumalya Banerjee, Prolay Halder, Sanjib Das, Suhrid Maiti, Ushasi Bhaumik, Moumita Dutta, Goutam Chowdhury, Kei Kitahara, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi, Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay …

Immunology Letters, Sep, 2023
Shigellosis in Southeast Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Debmalya Mitra, Ayumu Ohno, Januka Khatiwada, Shanta Dutta, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Travel medicine and infectious disease, 52 102554-102554, Feb 13, 2023
Environmental water in Kolkata is suitable for the survival of Vibrio cholerae O1

Eizo Takahashi, Kei Kitahara, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Goutam Chowdhury, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Shanta Dutta, Sadayuki Ochi, Keinosuke Okamoto

Environmental Research, 222 115374-115374, Jan, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Burden of Shigella in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Debmalya Mitra, Ayumu Ohno, Januka Khatiwada, Shanta Dutta, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Journal of travel medicine, 30(1), Nov 4, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and traveler's diarrhea attack rates among travelers to India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Ayumu Ohno, Keinosuke Okamoto, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines, 8(1) 22-22, Oct 1, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Rapid diagnostic tests versus RT-PCR for Ebola virus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Ayumu Ohno, Ngangu Patrick Ntontolo, Nlandu Roger Ngatu, Keinosuke Okamoto, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100(7) 447-458, Jul 1, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Long-Term Kinetics of Serological Antibodies against Vibrio cholerae Following a Clinical Cholera Case: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Debmalya Mitra, Ayumu Ohno, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(12), Jun 10, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Cholera Outbreaks in India, 2011-2020: A Systematic Review.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Anusuya Debnath, Ayumu Ohno, Keinosuke Okamoto, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(9), May 8, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Misconceptions and Rumors about Ebola Virus Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Ngangu Patrick Ntontolo, Nlandu Roger Ngatu, Januka Khatiwada, Tomoko Suzuki, Koji Wada, Kei Kitahara, Shunya Ikeda, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(8), Apr 13, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Accuracy of cholera rapid diagnostic tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Anusuya Debnath, Keinosuke Okamoto, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 28(2) 155-162, Feb, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Quercetin, a flavonoid, combats rotavirus infection by deactivating rotavirus-induced pro-survival NF-κB pathway.

Shreya Banerjee, Rakesh Sarkar, Arpita Mukherjee, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi, Kei Kitahara, Prolay Halder, Hemanta Koley, Mamta Chawla-Sarkar

Frontiers in microbiology, 13 951716-951716, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Cholera Rapid Diagnostic Tests for the Detection of Vibrio cholerae O1: An Updated Meta-Analysis.

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Kei Kitahara, Ayumu Ohno, Anusuya Debnath, Keinosuke Okamoto, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 11(11), Nov 13, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Complete Genome Sequence of Vibrio rotiferianus Strain AM7

Kentaro Miyazaki, Apirak Wiseschart, Kusol Pootanakit, Kei Kitahara

Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(21), May 21, 2020 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

A technical paper written in Japanese

Kei Kitahara

Soc. Genome Microbiol. JPN, 12 4-9, Dec, 2015 Invited
Investigating bactericidal mechanism of antimicrobial peptides

Kitahara, K, Sunami, T, Yomo, T

Polymer Preprints Japan, 63(1), Jul, 2014
Can bacteria adapt to starvation-free environment?

Kitahara, K

Nature Precedings, hdl:10101/npre.2012.7017.1, Mar, 2012
Circular permutants of the ribosomes in the cell

Tsutomu Suzuki, Kei Kitahara

FASEB JOURNAL, 23, Apr, 2009
Systematic deletion of rRNAs for investigating ribosome architecture and function

Kitahara, K, Sato, N. S, Namba, N, Yokota, T, Tsujimura, T, Suzuki, T

Nucleic Acids Symposium Series, 50(50) 287-288, Nov, 2006

Books and Other Publications

Constructing mutant ribosomes containing mutant ribosomal RNAs. Applied RNA Bioscience

Kitahara, K, Miyazaki, K (Role: Joint author)

Springer, Apr, 2018
A book chapter written in Japanese

Kitahara, K, Suzuki, T (Role: Joint author)

CMC Publishing, 2010

Presentations

ASCODD 2022: The 16th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition

Kei Kitahara

Nov, 2022 Invited
Biometal Science 2019, Sapporo, Japan

Kei Kitahara

Jun, 2019 Invited
PU-HU Joint Symposium, Beijing, China

Kei Kitahara

Sep 10, 2018 Invited
BIOTEC-HU-AIST Joint Symposium 2018, Thailand Science Park, Thailand

Kei Kitahara

Mar, 2018 Invited
The 13th Nanging University-Hokkaido University-NIMS-Jiaxing University Joint symposium, Bojin-Wan, Jiaxing, China

Kei Kitahara

Oct, 2017 Invited
JKU-HU Joint Symposium on Chemical Sciences and Engineering 2017, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Kei Kitahara

Feb, 2017 Invited

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

How fast can E. coli grow? - Investigating the efficiency limit of a proliferation system

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2017 - Mar, 2023
Investigating horizontal transferability of 16S ribosomal RNA gene

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2015

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Grant-in-Aid for Research and Investigation

Foundation for the Fusion of Science and Technology, Japan, Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2011

Kei Kitahara
Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant

The Japan Science Society, Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2011

Kei Kitahara

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