Investing in Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response. Disease Control Priorities, fourth edition, volume 2.
Edited by Siddanth Sharma, Stefano M. Bertozzi, Victoria Y. Fan, Dean T. Jamison, Ole F. Norheim, Hitoshi Oshitani, and Muhammad Ali Pate.
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Continuing to be cautious: Japanese contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with public health recommendations.
Nakamura T, Kinoshita R, Endo A, Atkins KE, Oshitani H, Ibuka Y, Suzuki M, Ariyoshi K, O'Reilly KM.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Sep 24;5(9):e0004600. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004600.PubMed.

Lessons for future outbreaks from successful contact tracing systems in Asia.
Tan JXR, Oshitani H, Khanh LP, Jitpeera C, Ferretti L, Cook AR.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2025 May 7;58:101563. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101563. eCollection 2025 May.PubMed.

Prolonged RSV circulation in 2022 to 2023 associated with the emergence of a novel RSV-B clade in Biliran, Philippines.
de Jesus-Cornejo J, Hechanova-Cruz RAB, Sornillo JBT, Okamoto M, Oshitani H; Viral Etiology Working Group.
J Infect. 2025 Mar 10;90(4):106467. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106467. Online ahead of print. PubMed.

Molecular analysis of influenza A(H3N2) in a remote tropical island during 2014-2019 to identify the frequency of introduction and local circulation.
Azam S, Imamura T, Okamoto M, Sayama Y, Saito M, Saito-Obata M, Dapat C, Tamaki R, Joboco CD, Manalo JI, Bado SL, Cornejo JJ, Lupisan S, Inobaya M, Tallo V, Quiambao BP, Oshitani H.
Int J Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 27;154:107864. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107864. Online ahead of print. PubMed.

Changes in the spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 in Japan from 2020 through 2023.
Tokumoto A, Jindai K, Nakaya T, Saito M, Sabel CE, Oshitani H.
J Infect Public Health. 2025 Feb 14;18(5):102704. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102704. Online ahead of print.PubMed.