HOMEAssistant Professor Toshihiko Sunahara

Faculty

Assistant Professor Toshihiko Sunahara

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Medical entomology, Ecology
Supervision
Master’s programmeDoctoral Programme

Qualifications

PhD

Background

Ecology

Teaching

TMGH Master course, Three-month Tropical Medicine course

Research

Population ecology of mosquitoes

The country/countries where you work currently

  • Japan

Five Key Recent Publications

  1. Sunahara T. Effects of filling catch basins with Mosquito Eliminating Mat on mosquito populations. Med Entomol Zool(in press) [Japanese]. 2019.
  2. Sunahara T. Extremely high biting densities ofAedes albopictus (Skuse)(Diptera: Culicidae) at a university campus in Nagasaki, Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2019; 72(6):368-373.
  3. Imanishi N, Higa Y, Teng HJ, Sunahara T, Minakawa N. Identification of Three Distinct Groups of in Japan by Morphological and Genetic Analyses. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2018; 71(6):427-435.
  4. Sunahara T. Simulation Study of the Effects of Host Availability on Bite Rate of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) and Risk of Dengue Outbreaks in Non-Endemic Areas. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2018; 71(1):28-32.
  5. Chadeka EA, Nagi S, Sunahara T, Cheruiyot NB, Bahati F, Ozeki Y, Inoue M, Osada-Oka M, Okabe M, Hirayama Y, Changoma M, Adachi K, Mwende F, Kikuchi M, Nakamura R, Kalenda YDJ, Kaneko S, Hirayama K, Shimada M, Ichinose Y, Njenga SM, Matsumoto S, Hamano S. Spatial distribution and risk factors of Schistosoma haematobium and hookworm infections among schoolchildren in Kwale, Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017; 11(9):e0005872.

Message

Read the literatures related with your interest. Understand the scientific background and specify what has not been done (although it is important). Establish your study question and think of the methods to solve it. Then, 70% of your research is completed. These steps before experiments / field study is very important for your research.

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