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Tamiki Arakaki
Researcher at University of the Ryukyus
Publications - 16
Citations - 366
Tamiki Arakaki is an academic researcher from University of the Ryukyus. The author has contributed to research in topics: Strongyloides stercoralis & Strongyloidiasis. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 16 publications receiving 341 citations.
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Efficacy of agar-plate culture in detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection.
TL;DR: Agar-plate culture of feces using a modified petri dish proved to be highly efficient in the detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection.
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A new method to detect strongyloides stercoralis from human stool
Tamiki Arakaki,Hideo Hasegawa,Ryuji Asato,Tsuyoshi Ikeshiro,Fukunori Kinjo,Atsushi Saito,Masaaki Iwanaga +6 more
TL;DR: A new method for the detection of Strongyloides larvae was established using a small amount of stool placed in the center of an agar plate and was incubated at 37°C for 24 hr, and characteristically aligned bacterial colonies or furrows left by crawling StrongylOides larvae appeared on the agar surface are the positive findings.
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Efficacy of ivermectin against Strongyloides stercoralis in humans.
Shikiya K,Nagisa Kinjo,Uehara T,Hiroyuki Uechi,Junichi Ohshiro,Tamiki Arakaki,Fukunori Kinjo,Atsushi Saito,Mamoru Iju,Kazumine Kobari +9 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that ivermectin might be useful and relatively safe for the therapy of Strongyloides stercoralis infection as an alternative to thiabendazole or mebendazoles.
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Pulseless hematochezia: Takayasu's arteritis associated with ulcerative colitis.
Akira Hokama,Fukunori Kinjo,Tamiki Arakaki,Ryoji Matayoshi,Yoshimasa Yonamine,Ryosaku Tomiyama,Takashi Sunagawa,Tomoko Makishi,M Kawane,Kageharu Koja,Atsushi Saito +10 more
TL;DR: A 36-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis presented with fever, chest and back pain, and fatigue sensation of the arm, and showed HLA-B35 but no B52, which is the typical haplotype among the coexistence cases of both diseases.
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Is the prevalence of HTLV-1 infection higher in Strongyloides carriers than in non-carriers?
TL;DR: No significant difference in the positive rate of anti-HTLV-1 antibody was found between Strongyloides carriers and non-carriers, which suggests that these two infections occur independently.