Soichiro Hirai, Made Sandhyana Angga, Satoru Hosoda, and Eiji Haramoto. 2026. Development of a novel method to detect indoor SARS-CoV-2 from the dust collection filters of air purifiers. Next Research. 3:101111. DOI: 10.1016/j.nexres.2025.101111
Yadpiroon Siri, Niva Sthapit, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Decay dynamics of pBI143 compared to bacterial and viral fecal contamination indicators in wastewater and river water. Total Environment Microbiology. 1(4):10049. DOI: 10.1016/j.temicr.2025.100049
Sunayana Raya, Made Sandhyana Angga, Sarmila Tandukar, Hari Prasad Kattel, Sangita Sharma, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Wastewater surveillance of enteroviruses potentially associated with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Nepal. Food and Environmental Virology. 17:55. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-025-09669-9
Annisa Andarini Ruti, Made Sandhyana Angga, Aulia Fajar Rahmani, Sunayana Raya, Niva Sthapit, Yadpiroon Siri, Soichiro Hirai, Bikash Malla, Ahmad Soleh Setiyawan, Tjandra Setiadi, and Eiji Haramoto.2025. Performance evaluation and application of human- and animal-specific microbial source tracking markers in river water in West Java, Indonesia. Environmental Pollution.384:126979. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126979
Niva Sthapit, Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Digital PCR-based assessment of pathogens in wastewater and antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Environmental Management. 389:126120. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126120
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. 6-plex Crystal Digital PCR® for comprehensive surveillance of respiratory and foodborne bacterial pathogens in wastewater. Environmental Pollution. 375:126298. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126298
Bikash Malla, Sadhana Shrestha, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Optimization of a 6-plex Crystal Digital PCR® assay and its application to simultaneous surveillance of enteric and respiratory viruses in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 970:178939. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178939
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Evaluation of the Enterovirus serotype monitoring approach for wastewater surveillance of hand, foot and mouth disease using secondary epidemiological surveillance data. Science of the Total Environment. 969:178896. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178896
Bikash Malla, Sadhana Shrestha, Niva Sthapit, Soichiro Hirai, Sunayana Raya, Aulia Fajar Rahmani, Made Sandhyana Angga, Yadpiroon Siri, Annisa Andarini Ruti, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Evaluation of plasmid pBI143 for its optimal concentration methods, seasonal impact, and potential as a normalization parameter in wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment. 965:178661. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178661
Made Sandhyana Angga, Sunayana Raya, Soichiro Hirai, and Eiji Haramoto. 2025. Magnetic carbon bead-based concentration method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater. Food and Environmental Virology. 17:8. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-024-09623-1
Yadpiroon Siri, Bikash Malla, Le Thanh Thao, Soichiro Hirai, Annisa Andarini Ruti, Aulia Fajar Rahmani, Sunayana Raya, Made Sandhyana Angga, Niva Sthapit, Sadhana Shrestha, Tomoko Takeda, Masaaki Kitajima, Nguyen Quoc Dinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Huong Thi Thuy Ngo, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Assessment of environmental factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam's surface water across two years of clinical data. Science of the Total Environment. 957:177449. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177449
Bikash Malla, Sadhana Shrestha, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. pBI143 as a potential human-specific microbial source tracking marker: Performance evaluation, treatment reduction, and application to river water samples in Japan. Science of the Total Environment. 957:177468. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177468
Yadpiroon Siri, Niva Sthapit, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Comparative performance of electronegative membrane filtration and automated concentrating pipette for detection of antibiotic resistance genes and microbial markers in river water samples. Science of the Total Environment. 953:176109. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176109
Sunayana Raya, Sarmila Tandukar, Hari Prasad Kattel, Sangita Sharma, Jatuwat Sangsanont, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Huong Thi Thuy Ngo, Jessamine Gail M. Inson, Ma. Luisa D. Enriquez, Zeba F. Alam, Ahmad Soleh Setiyawan, Tjandra Setiadi, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Prevalence of hepatitis A and E viruses in wastewater in Asian countries. Science of the Total Environment. 951:175473. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175473
Bikash Malla, Sadhana Shrestha, Niva Sthapit, Soichiro Hirai, Sunayana Raya, Aulia Fajar Rahmani, Made Sandhyana Angga, Yadpiroon Siri, Annisa Andarini Ruti, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Beyond COVID-19: Wastewater-based epidemiology for multipathogen surveillance and normalization strategies. Science of the Total Environment. 946:174419. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174419
Sunayana Raya, Bikash Malla, Ocean Thakali, Made Sandhyana Angga, Takahiro Segawa, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Validation and application of high-throughput quantitative PCR for the simultaneous detection of microbial source tracking markers in environmental water. Science of the Total Environment. 940:173604. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173604
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. High-throughput microfluidic quantitative PCR system for the simultaneous detection of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial and viral pathogens in wastewater. Environmental Research. 255:119156. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119156
Made Sandhyana Angga, Mongkol Tipplook, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, Katsuya Teshima, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Application of brewery waste-derived nitrocellulose membranes to the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 35:103646. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2024.103646
Sarmila Tandukar, Ocean Thakali, Rakshya Baral, Ananda Tiwari, Eiji Haramoto, Reshma Tuladhar, Dev Raj Joshi, and Samendra P. Sherchan. 2024. Application of wastewater-based epidemiology for monitoring COVID-19 in hospital and housing wastewaters. Science of the Total Environment. 931:171877. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171877
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Group A Streptococcus pyogenes in wastewater: Applicability of wastewater-based epidemiology for monitoring the prevalence of GAS pharyngitis during the late COVID-19 pandemic phase. Science of the Total Environment. 928:172447. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172447
Dai Kanamori, Jun Sakai, Takahiro Iijima, Yuka Oono, Bikash Malla, Eiji Haramoto, Satoshi Hayakawa, Shihoko Komine-Aizawa, Shigefumi Maesaki, Thomas Vorup-Jensen, Paul Evan Kilgore, Hikaru Kohase, Tomonori Hoshino, and Mitsuko Seki. 2024. SARS-CoV-2 detection in pediatric dental clinic wastewater reflects the number of local COVID-19 cases in children under 10 years old. Scientific Reports. 14:12187. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63020-z
Sarmila Tandukar, Ocean Thakali, Ananda Tiwari, Rakshya Baral, Bikash Malla, Eiji Haramoto, Jivan Shakya, Reshma Tuladhar, Dev Raj Joshi, Bhawana Sharma, Bhushan Raj Shrestha, and Samendra P. Sherchan. 2024. Application of skimmed-milk flocculation method for wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Pathogens. 13(5):366. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13050366
Tomoko Takeda, Kazushiro Yoshimori, Eiji Haramoto, Shingo Toride, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2024. Risk mapping of COVID-19 to create a common operating picture using data from wastewater monitoring. Journal of Disaster Research. 19(2):420-428. DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2024.p0420
Sunayana Raya, Bikash Malla, Sadhana Shrestha, Niva Sthapit, Hari Kattel, Sangita Tara Sharma, Reshma Tuladhar, Rabin Maharjan, Tomoko Takeda, Masaaki Kitajima, Sarmila Tandukar, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Quantification of multiple respiratory viruses in wastewater in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Potential implications of wastewater-based epidemiology for community disease surveillance in developing countries. Science of the Total Environment. 920:170845. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170845
Jessamine Gail M. Inson, Bikash Malla, Divina M. Amalin, Thaddeus M. Carvajal, Ma. Luisa D. Enriquez, Soichiro Hirai, Sunayana Raya, Aulia Fajar Rahmani, Made Sandhyana Angga, Niva Sthapit, Sadhana Shrestha, Annisa Andarini Ruti, Tomoko Takeda, Masaaki Kitajima, Zeba F. Alam, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant RNA in wastewater samples from Manila, Philippines. Science of the Total Environment. 919:170921. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170921
Niva Sthapit, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Ocean Thakali, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Evaluating acute gastroenteritis-causing pathogen reduction in wastewater and the applicability of river water for wastewater-based epidemiology in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Science of the Total Environment. 919:170764. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170764
Bikash Malla, Kazuki Yamamoto, Kotomi Furukawa, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Performance evaluation and application of host-specific Bacteroidales and mitochondrial DNA markers to identify sources of fecal contamination in river water in Japan. PLOS Water. 3(3):e0000210. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000210
Bikash Malla, Sadhana Shrestha, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Optimization of the 5-plex digital PCR workflow for simultaneous monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic viruses in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 913:169746. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169746
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, Jatuwat Sangsanont, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Huong Thi Thuy Ngo, Jessamine Gail M. Inson, Ma. Luisa D. Enriquez, Zeba F. Alam, Ahmad Soleh Setiyawan, Tjandra Setiadi, Tomoko Takeda, Masaaki Kitajima, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Detection of enteroviruses related to hand foot and mouth disease in wastewater of Asian communities. Science of the Total Environment. 912:169375. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169375
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Estimation of Norovirus infections in Japan: An application of wastewater-based epidemiology for enteric disease assessment. Science of the Total Environment. 912:169334. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169334
Yadpiroon Siri, Apirak Bumyut, Nopadol Precha, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Eiji Haramoto, and Prasert Makkaew. 2024. Multidrug antibiotic resistance in hospital wastewater as a reflection of antibiotic prescription and infection cases. Science of the Total Environment. 908:168453. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168453
Sunayana Raya, Bikash Malla, Ocean Thakali, Made Sandhyana Angga, and Eiji Haramoto. 2024. Development of highly sensitive one-step reverse transcription-quantitative PCR for SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 907:167844. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167844
Samendra P. Sherchan, Ocean Thakali, Luisa A. Ikner, Charles Gerba, and Eiji Haramoto. 2023. Survivability of Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. Water Research, 246:120644. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120644
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2023. Monitoring hand foot and mouth disease using long-term wastewater surveillance in Japan: Quantitative PCR assay development and application. Science of the Total Environment. 901:165926. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165926
Sadhana Shrestha, Bikash Malla, Made Sandhyana Angga, Niva Sthapit, Sunayana Raya, Soichiro Hirai, Aulia Fajar Rahmani, Ocean Thakali, and Eiji Haramoto. 2023. Long-term SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in wastewater and estimation of COVID-19 cases: An application of wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment. 896:165270. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165270
Yadpiroon Siri, Nopadol Precha, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Eiji Haramoto, and Prasert Makkaew. 2023. Antimicrobial resistance in southeast Asian water environments: A systematic review of current evidence and future research directions. Science of the Total Environment. 896:165229. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165229
Samendra P. Sherchan, Bikash Malla, and Eiji Haramoto. 2023. First quantitative detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in wastewater in Louisiana. Science of the Total Environment. 888:164001. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164001
Made Sandhyana Angga, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, Masaaki Kitajima, and Eiji Haramoto. 2023. Optimization and performance evaluation of an automated filtration method for the recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 882:163487. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163487
Guangming Jiang, Yanchen Liu, Song Tang, Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Sudipti Arora, Phil Choi, Greg Jackson, Patrick M. D’Aoust, Robert Delatolla, Shuxin Zhang, Ying Guo, Jiangping Wu, Yan Chen, Elipsha Sharma, Tanjila Alam Prosun, Jiawei Zhao, Manish Kumar, Ryo Honda, Warish Ahmed, and Jon Meiman. 2023. Moving forward with COVID-19: Future research prospects of wastewater-based epidemiology methodologies and applications. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 33:100458. DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100458
Ananda Tiwari, Sangeet Adhikari, Shuxin Zhang, Tamunobelema B. Solomon, Anssi Lipponen, Md. Aminul Islam, Ocean Thakali, Sarawut Sangkham, Mohamed N. F. Shaheen, Guangming Jiang, Eiji Haramoto, Payal Mazumder, Bikash Malla, Manish Kumar, Tarja Pitkänen, and Samendra P. Sherchan. 2023. Tracing COVID-19 trails in wastewater: a systematic review of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance with viral variants. Water. 15(6):1018. DOI: 10.3390/w15061018
Ryota Gomi, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Wada, Yoshinori Sugie, Chih-Yu Ma, Sunayana Raya, Bikash Malla, Fumitake Nishimura, Hiroaki Tanaka, and Masaru Ihara. 2023. Development of two microbial source tracking markers for detection of wastewater-associated Escherichia coli isolates. Science of the Total Environment. 864:160952. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160952
Jatuwat Sangsanont, Surapong Rattanakul, Prasert Makkaew, Nopadol Precha, Pratchaya Rukthanapitak, Montakarn Sresung, Yadpiroon Siri, Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoko Takeda, Eiji Haramoto, Jiratchaya Puenpa, Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Yong Poovorawan, Skorn Mongkolsuk, and Kwanrawee Sirikanchana. 2023. Wastewater monitoring in tourist cities as potential sentinel sites for near real-time dynamics of imported SARS-CoV-2 variants. Science of the Total Environment. 860:160317. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160317
Ananda Tiwari, Sangeet Adhikari, Devrim Kaya, Md. Aminul Islam, Bikash Malla, Samendra P. Sherchan, Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha, Manish Kumar, Srijan Aggarwal, Prosun Bhattacharya, Kyle Bibby, Rolf Halden, Aaron Bivins, Eiji Haramoto, Sami Oikarinen, Annamari Heikinheimo, and Tarja Pitkänen. 2023. Monkeypox outbreak: Wastewater and environmental surveillance perspective. Science of the Total Environment. 856(2):159166. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159166
Xuan Li, Shuxin Zhang, Samendrdra Sherchan, Gorka Orive, Unax Lertxundi, Eiji Haramoto, Ryo Honda, Manish Kumar, Sudipti Arora, Masaaki Kitajima, and Guangming Jiang. 2023. Correlation between SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater and COVID-19 cases in community: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 441:129848. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129848
Bikash Malla, Ocean Thakali, Sadhana Shrestha, Takahiro Segawa, Masaaki Kitajima, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. Application of a high-throughput quantitative PCR system for simultaneous monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other pathogenic viruses in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 853:158659. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158659
Ocean Thakali, Sunayana Raya, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Ananda Tiwari, Samendra P. Sherchan, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. Pilot study on wastewater surveillance of dengue virus RNA: Lessons, challenges, and implications for future research. Environmental Challenges. 9:100614. DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2022.100614
Mohan Amarasiri, Tsubasa Takezawa, Bikash Malla, Takashi Furukawa, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Eiji Haramoto, and Kazunari Sei. 2022. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in drinking and environmental water sources of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:894014. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.894014
Ryo Iwamoto, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi, Chisato Arakawa, Hiroki Ando, Eiji Haramoto, Ken-ichi Setsukinai, Kotoe Katayama, Takuya Yamagishi, Sumire Sorano, Michio Murakami, Shigeru Kyuwa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Satoshi Okabe, Seiya Imoto, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2022. The detectability and removal efficiency of SARS-CoV-2 in a large-scale septic tank of a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Japan. Science of the Total Environment. 849:157869. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157869
Made Sandhyana Angga, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, Ayame Kitano, Xiaomao Xie, Hiroshi Saitoh, Noriyuki Ohnishi, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. Development of a magnetic nanoparticle-based method for concentrating SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 848:157613. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157613
Niva Sthapit, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Ocean Thakali, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Eiji Haramoto, and Futaba Kazama. 2022. Occurrence and reduction of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in wastewaters in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Water. 14(14):2224. DOI: 10.3390/w14142224
Muhammad Adnan Sabar, Ryo Honda, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. CrAssphage as an indicator of human-fecal contamination in water environment and virus reduction in wastewater treatment. Water Research. 221:118827. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118827
Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, Niva Sthapit, Samendra P. Sherchan, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Environmental Challenges. 7:100527. DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2022.100527
Guangming Jiang, Jiangping Wu, Jennifer Weidhaas, Xuan Li, Yan Chen, Jochen Mueller, Jiaying Li, Manish Kumar, Xu Zhou, Sudipti Arora, Eiji Haramoto, Samendrdra Sherchan, Gorka Orive, Unax Lertxundi, Ryo Honda, Masaaki Kitajima, and Greg Jackson. 2022. Artificial neural network-based estimation of COVID-19 case numbers and effective reproduction rate using wastewater-based epidemiology. Water Research. 218:118451. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118451
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Yasuhiro Tanaka, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. A review on the prevalence of Arcobacter in aquatic environments. Water. 14(8):1266. DOI: 10.3390/w14081266
Sarmila Tandukar, Niva Sthapit, Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Samendra P. Sherchan, Bijay Man Shakya, Laxman P. Shrestha, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Dev Raj Joshi, Bhupendra Lama, and Eiji Haramoto. 2022. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater, river water, and hospital wastewater of Nepal. Science of the Total Environment. 824:153816. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153816
Shotaro Torii, Wakana Oishi, Yifan Zhu, Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Zaizhi Yu, Bo Zhao, Chisato Arakawa, Masaaki Kitajima, Akihiko Hata, Masaru Ihara, Shigeru Kyuwa, Daisuke Sano, Eiji Haramoto, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2022. Comparison of five polyethylene glycol precipitation procedures for the RT-qPCR based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, bacteriophage phi6, and pepper mild mottle virus as a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 807(2):150722. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150722
Sarmila Tandukar, Rajendra Khanal, Rija Manandhar, Ashok Pandey, Niva Sthapit, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Eiji Haramoto. 2021. Possibility of detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through wastewater in developing countries. Water. 13(23):3412. DOI: 10.3390/w13233412
Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Niva Sthapit, Sunayana Raya, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2021. Release of antibiotic-resistance genes from hospitals and a wastewater treatment plant in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Water. 13(19):2733. DOI: 10.3390/w13192733
Sarmila Tandukar, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Bikash Malla, Niva Sthapit, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Eiji Haramoto. 2021. Virus reduction at wastewater treatment plants in Nepal. Environmental Challenges. 5:100281. DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2021.100281
Takayuki Miura, Hiroyuki Takino, Arisa Gima, Eiji Haramoto, and Michihiro Akiba. 2021. Recovery of nucleic acids of enteric viruses and host-specific Bacteroidales from groundwater by using an adsorption-direct extraction method. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(18):e00710-21. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00710-21
Keita Yanagimoto and Eiji Haramoto. 2021. Isolation of alpha-toxin-deficient Clostridium perfringens type F from sewage influents and effluents. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(1):e00214-21. DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00214-21
Mai Nakano, Tatsuru Kamei, Bijay Man Shakya, Takashi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Eiji Haramoto, Tadashi Toyama, and Futaba Kazama. 2021. Distribution and community composition of anammox bacteria in shallow groundwater of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Microbes and Environments. 36(1):ME20143. DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME20143
Tomoko Takeda, Masaaki Kitajima, Ngo Thi Thuy Huong, Ahmad Setiyawan, Tjandra Setiadi, Dang The Hung, and Eiji Haramoto. 2021. Institutionalising wastewater surveillance systems to minimise the impact of COVID-19: Cases of Indonesia, Japan and Viet Nam. Water Science and Technology. 83(2):251-256. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.558
Warish Ahmed, Paul M. Bertsch, Kyle Bibby, Eiji Haramoto, Joanne Hewitt, Flavia Huygens, Pradip Gyawali, Asja Korajkic, Shane Riddell, Samendra P. Sherchan, Stuart L. Simpson, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Erin M. Symonds, Rory Verhagen, Seshadri S. Vasan, Masaaki Kitajima, and Aaron Bivins. 2020. Decay of SARS-CoV-2 and surrogate murine hepatitis virus RNA in untreated wastewater to inform application in wastewater-based epidemiology. Environmental Research. 191:110092. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110092
Niva Sthapit, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Eiji Haramoto, and Futaba Kazama. 2020. Investigation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in groundwater, river water, and fecal sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 231:557. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-020-04920-4
Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, Paul M. Bertsch, Kyle Bibby, Phil M. Choi, Kata Farkas, Pradip Gyawali, Kerry A. Hamilton, Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Stuart L. Simpson, Sarmila Tandukar, Kevin Thomas, and Jochen F. Mueller. 2020. Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater: Methods optimization and quality control are crucial for generating reliable public health information. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 17:82-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2020.09.003
Warish Ahmed, Paul Bertsch, Aaron Bivins, Kyle Bibby, Kata Farkas, Amy Gathercole, Eiji Haramoto, Pradip Gyawali, Korajkic Asja, Brian McMinn, Jochen Mueller, Stuart Simpson, Wendy Smith, Erin Symonds, Kevin Thomas, Rory Verhagen, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2020. Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. 739:139960. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139960
Masaaki Kitajima, Warish Ahmed, Kyle Bibby, Annalaura Carducci, Charles P. Gerba, Kerry A. Hamilton, Eiji Haramoto, and Joan B. Rose. 2020. SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: state of the knowledge and research needs. Science of the Total Environment. 739:139076. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139076
Eiji Haramoto, Bikash Malla, Ocean Thakali, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2020. First environmental surveillance for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and river water in Japan. Science of the Total Environment. 737:140405. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140405
Sarmila Tandukar, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Reduction of pathogenic and indicator viruses at a drinking water treatment plant in Southern Louisiana, USA. Food and Environmental Virology. 12(3):269-273. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-020-09436-y
Sarmila Tandukar, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Reduction of human enteric and indicator viruses at a wastewater treatment plant in Southern Louisiana, USA. Food and Environmental Virology. 12(3):260-263. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-020-09433-1
Yuri Ito, Sadhana Shrestha, Arun Prasad Bhattarai, Eiji Haramoto, Junko Shindo, and Kei Nishida. 2020. Waterborne diarrhoeal infection risk from multiple water sources and the impact of an earthquake. Journal of Water and Health. 18(4):464-476. DOI: 10.2166/wh.2020.223
Keita Yanagimoto, Kosei Uematsu, Takaya Yamagami, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. The circulation of type F Clostridium perfringens among humans, sewage, and Ruditapes philippinarum (asari clams). Pathogens. 9(8):669. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9080669
Warish Ahmed, Masaaki Kitajima, Sarmila Tandukar, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Recycled water safety: current status of traditional and emerging viral indicators. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 16:62-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2020.02.009
Bikash Malla and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Host-specific mitochondrial DNA markers for tracking the sources of fecal pollution. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 16:34-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2020.02.006
Aaron Bivins, Devin North, Arslan Ahmad, Warish Ahmed, Eric Alm, Frederic Been, Prosun Bhattacharya, Lubertus Bijlsma, Alexandria B. Boehm, Joe Brown, Gianluigi Buttiglieri, Vincenza Calabro, Annalaura Carducci, Sara Castiglioni, Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol, Sudip Chakraborty, Federico Costa, Stefano Curcio, Francis L. de los Reyes III, Jeseth Delgado Vela, Kata Farkas, Xavier Fernandez-Casi, Charles Gerba, Daniel Gerrity, Rosina Girones, Raul Gonzalez, Eiji Haramoto, Angela Harris, Patricia A. Holden, Md. Tahmidul Islam, Davey L. Jones, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Masaaki Kitajima, Nadine Kotlarz, Manish Kumar, Keisuke Kuroda, Giuseppina La Rosa, Francesca Malpei, Mariana Mautus, Sandra L. McLellan, Gertjan Medema, John Scott Meschke, Jochen Mueller, Ryan J. Newton, David Nilsson, Rachel T. Noble, Alexander van Nuijs, Jordan Peccia, T. Alex Perkins, Amy J. Pickering, Joan Rose, Gloria Sanchez, Adam Smith, Lauren Stadler, Christine Stauber, Kevin Thomas, Tom van der Voorn, Krista Wigginton, Kevin Zhu, and Kyle Bibby. 2020. Wastewater-based epidemiology: global collaborative to maximize contributions in the fight against COVID-19. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(13):7754-7757. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02388
Ocean Thakali, John P. Brooks, Shalina Shahin, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Removal of antibiotic resistance genes at two conventional wastewater treatment plants of Louisiana, USA. Water. 12(6):1729. DOI: 10.3390/w12061729
Lauren M. Ward, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Eiji Haramoto, and Samendra P. Sherchan. 2020. Evaluation of crAssphage marker for tracking fecal contamination in river water in Nepal. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 231(6):282. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-020-04648-1
Sarmila Tandukar, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Applicability of crAssphage, pepper mild mottle virus, and tobacco mosaic virus as indicators of reduction of enteric viruses during wastewater treatment. Scientific Reports. 10:3616. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60547-9
Ocean Thakali, Sarmila Tandukar, John P. Brooks, Samendra P. Sherchan, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. The occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in an urban river in Nepal. Water. 12(2):450. DOI: 10.3390/w12020450
Keita Yanagimoto, Takaya Yamagami, Kosei Uematsu, and Eiji Haramoto. 2020. Characterization of Salmonella isolates from wastewater treatment plant influents to estimate unreported cases and infection sources of salmonellosis. Pathogens. 9(1):52. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9010052
Bikash Malla, Koki Makise, Koki Nakaya, Taizo Mochizuki, Takahiro Yamada, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Evaluation of human- and animal-specific viral markers and application of crAssphage, pepper mild mottle virus, and tobacco mosaic virus as potential fecal pollution markers to river water in Japan. Food and Environmental Virology. 11(4):446-452. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-019-09398-w
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Samendra P. Sherchan, Masaaki Kitajima, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Charles P. Gerba, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Reduction of Arcobacter at two conventional wastewater treatment plants in southern Arizona, USA. Pathogens. 8(4):175. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8040175
Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Performance evaluation of human-specific viral markers and application of pepper mild mottle virus and crAssphage to environmental water samples as fecal pollution markers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Food and Environmental Virology. 11(3):274-287. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-019-09389-x
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Identification of 16S rRNA and virulence-associated genes of Arcobacter in water samples in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Pathogens. 8(3):110. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8030110
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Samendra P. Sherchan, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Prevalence of Arcobacter and other pathogenic bacteria in river water in Nepal. Water. 11(7):1416. DOI: 10.3390/w11071416
Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Ocean Thakali, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Detection of pathogenic viruses, pathogen indicators, and fecal-source markers within tanker water and their sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Pathogens. 8(2):81. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8020081
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Kazuko Sawada, Daisuke Inoue, Hayato Yoshinaga, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Kazunari Sei, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Comparison of pathogenic bacteria in water and fecal-source samples in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, using high-throughput DNA microarray. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. 17(5):13074-13081. DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.17.003060
Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Surendra Karki, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Dinesh Bhandari, Ocean Thakali, and Eiji Haramoto. 2019. Co-infection by waterborne enteric viruses in children with gastroenteritis in Nepal. Healthcare. 7(1):9. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare7010009
Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Daisuke Inoue, Kazunari Sei, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Identification of human and animal fecal contamination in drinking water sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, using host-associated Bacteroidales quantitative PCR assays. Water. 10(12):1796. DOI: 10.3390/w10121796
Luis Alfaro, Eiji Haramoto, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2018. Examination of infiltration rate change in saturated soil inoculated with Escherichia coli at high temperature using three measuring methods. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering). 74(5):I_349-I_354. DOI: 10.2208/jscejhe.74.5_I_349
Eiji Haramoto and Rui Osada. 2018 Assessment and application of host-specific Bacteroidales genetic markers for microbial source tracking of river water in Japan. PLOS ONE. 13(11):e0207727. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207727
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Daisuke Inoue, Kazunari Sei, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Development of a quantitative PCR assay for Arcobacter spp. and its application to environmental water samples. Microbes and Environments. 33(3):309-316. DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME18052
Sadhana Shrestha, Takashi Nakamura, Jun Magome, Yoko Aihara, Naoki Kondo, Eiji Haramoto, Bikash Malla, Junko Shindo, and Kei Nishida. 2018. Groundwater use and diarrhoea in urban Nepal: novel application of a geostatistical interpolation technique linking environmental and epidemiologic survey data. International Health. 10(5):324-332. DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy037
Akihiko Hata, Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Suntae Lee, Masaru Ihara, Charles P. Gerba, and Hiroaki Tanaka. 2018. Next-generation amplicon sequencing identifies genetically diverse human astroviruses, including recombinant strains, in environmental waters. Scientific Reports. 8:11837. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30217-y
Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Daisuke Inoue, Kazunari Sei, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Validation of host-specific Bacteroidales quantitative PCR assays and their application to microbial source tracking of drinking water sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 125(2):609-619. DOI: 10.1111/jam.13884
Bradley W. Schmitz, Hitoha Moriyama, Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Samendra Sherchan, Charles P. Gerba, and Ian L. Pepper. 2018. Reduction of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and fecal indicators by Bardenpho wastewater treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(12):7015-7023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05876
Daisuke Inoue, Hayato Yoshinaga, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Sarmila Tandukar, Dinesh Bhandari, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Eiji Haramoto, and Kazunari Sei. 2018. Comprehensive detection of pathogenic bacteria in jar water, community well groundwater, and environmental water in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Japanese Journal of Water Treatment Biology. 54(2):65-72. DOI: 10.2521/jswtb.54.65
Masaaki Kitajima, Andri T. Rachmadi, Brandon C. Iker, Eiji Haramoto, and Charles P. Gerba. 2018. Temporal variations in genotype distribution of human sapoviruses and Aichi virus 1 in wastewater in southern Arizona, United States. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 124(5):1324-1332. DOI: 10.1111/jam.13712
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Akihiko Hata, Jason R. Torrey, Yoshifumi Masago, Daisuke Sano, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2018. A review on recent progress in the detection methods and prevalence of human enteric viruses in water. Water Research. 135:168-186. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.02.004
Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Dinesh Bhandari, Samendra P. Sherchan, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, and Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Presence of human enteric viruses, protozoa, and indicators of pathogens in the Bagmati River, Nepal. Pathogens. 7(2):38. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens7020038
Luis Alfaro, Eiji Haramoto, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2018. Laboratory-scale experiment measuring Escherichia coli infiltration in saturated soil columns. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering). 74(4):I_31-I_36. DOI: doi.org/10.2208/jscejhe.74.I_31
Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Detection of waterborne protozoa, viruses, and bacteria in groundwater and other water samples in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 120(1):012004. DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/120/1/012004
Sadhana Shrestha, Shankar Shrestha, Junko Shindo, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Virological quality of irrigation water sources and pepper mild mottle virus and tobacco mosaic virus as index of pathogenic virus contamination level. Food and Environmental Virology. 10(1):107-120. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-017-9324-2
Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Jia Xue, Sital Uprety, Samendra P. Sherchan, Dinesh Bhandari, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Laxmi Parajuli, Shristi Poudel, Ashmita Dhital, and Eiji Haramoto. 2018. Prevalence and associated risk factors of Giardia duodenalis infection among school-going children in Nepal. Parasitology Research. 117(1):287-293. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5706-5
Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Bikash Malla, Dinesh Bhandari, Sarmila Tandukar, Daisuke Inoue, Kazunari Sei, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2017. Next-generation sequencing identification of pathogenic bacterial genes and their relationship with fecal indicator bacteria in different water sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Science of the Total Environment. 601-602:278-284. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.105
Shankar Shrestha, Eiji Haramoto, and Junko Shindo. 2017. Assessing the infection risk of enteropathogens from consumption of raw vegetables washed with contaminated water in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 123(5):1321-1334. DOI: 10.1111/jam.13573
Eiji Haramoto and Masaaki Kitajima. 2017. Quantification and genotyping of Aichi virus 1 in water samples in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Food and Environmental Virology. 9(3):350-353. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-017-9283-7
Ryota Kataoka, Katsuhiko Nagasaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hideki Yamamura, Shoya Shinohara, Eiji Haramoto, Masayuki Hayakawa, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2017. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), as a green manure, increases fungal biomass, fungal community composition, and phosphatase activity in soil. Applied Soil Ecology. 117-118:16-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.04.015
Masaaki Kitajima, Andri T. Rachmadi, Brandon C. Iker, Eiji Haramoto, and Charles P. Gerba. 2016. Genetically distinct genogroup IV norovirus strains identified in wastewater. Archives of Virology. 161(12):3521-3525. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-3036-z
Shankar Shrestha, Eiji Haramoto, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Sudeep Hada, Sudarshan Rajbhandari, and Junko Shindo. 2016. Prevalence of protozoa and indicator bacteria in wastewater irrigation sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: cases from Kirtipur, Bhaktapur and Madhyapur Thimi municipalities. Journal of Water and Environment Technology. 14(3):149-157. [Abstract] [PDF]
Shankar Shrestha, Eiji Haramoto, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Meera Prajapati, and Junko Shindo. 2016. Seasonal variation of microbial quality of irrigation water in different sources in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Naresuan University Engineering Journal. 11(1):57-62. [Abstract] [PDF]
Dinesh Bhandari, Sarmila Tandukar, Eiji Haramoto, and Jeevan B. Sherchand. 2016. Determination of fecal indicator bacteria in shallow and deep groundwater sources in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Naresuan University Engineering Journal. 11(1):43-46. [Abstract] [PDF]
Shankar Shrestha, Eiji Haramoto, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Junko Shindo. 2016. Detection of coliform bacteria in irrigation water and on vegetable surfaces in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Journal of Institute of Medicine. 38(1):43-47. [PDF]
Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Dinesh Bhandari, Sarmila Tandukar, Sadhana Shrestha, Hayato Yoshinaga, Daisuke Inoue, Kazunari Sei, Kei Nishida, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Jeevan B. Sherchand, and Eiji Haramoto. 2015. Detection of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, fecal indicator bacteria, and total bacteria in commercial jar water in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Institute of Medicine. 37(2):10-15. [PDF]
Masaaki Kitajima, Andri T. Rachmadi, Brandon C. Iker, Eiji Haramoto, Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba. 2015. Occurrence and genetic diversity of human cosavirus in influent and effluent of wastewater treatment plants in Arizona, United States. Archives of Virology. 160(7):1775-1779. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Saki Fujino, and Mikie Otagiri. 2015. Distinct behaviors of infectious F-specific RNA coliphage genogroups at a wastewater treatment plant. Science of the Total Environment. 520:32-38. [Abstract]
Sadhana Shrestha, Eiji Haramoto, Rabin Malla, and Kei Nishida. 2015. Risk of diarrhoea from shallow groundwater contaminated with enteropathogens in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Water and Health. 13(1):259-269. [Abstract] [IWA Water Wiki]
Masaaki Kitajima, Brandon C. Iker, Andri T. Rachmadi, Eiji Haramoto, and Charles P. Gerba. 2014. Quantification and genetic analysis of salivirus/klassevirus in wastewater in Arizona, USA. Food and Environmental Virology. 6(3):213-216. [Abstract]
Naohiro Kishida, Naohiro Noda, Eiji Haramoto, Mamoru Kawaharasaki, Michihiro Akiba, and Yuji Sekiguchi. 2014. Quantitative detection of human enteric adenoviruses in river water by microfluidic digital polymerase chain reaction. Water Science and Technology. 70(3):555-560. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Brandon C. Iker, and Charles P. Gerba. 2014. Occurrence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Cyclospora in influent and effluent water at wastewater treatment plants in Arizona. Science of the Total Environment. 484:129-136. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto and Mikie Otagiri. 2014. Occurrence of human cosavirus in wastewater and river water in Japan. Food and Environmental Virology. 6(1):62-66. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Naohiro Kishida, Yoshiaki Konno, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, and Michihiro Akiba. 2013. Occurrence of pepper mild mottle virus in drinking water sources in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(23):7413-7418. [Abstract] [PDF]
Masaaki Kitajima, Akihiko Hata, Teruo Yamashita, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroko Minagawa, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2013. Development of a reverse transcription-quantitative PCR system for detection and genotyping of Aichi viruses in clinical and environmental samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(13):3952-3958. [Abstract] [PDF]
Yureana Wijayanti, Takashi Nakamura, Kei Nishida, Eiji Haramoto, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2013. Seasonal differences and source estimation of groundwater nitrate contamination. Journal of Water and Environment Technology. 11(3):163-174. [Abstract] [PDF]
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, and Mikie Otagiri. 2013. Development of a reverse transcription-quantitative PCR assay for detection of salivirus/klassevirus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(11):3529-3532. [Abstract] [PDF]
Eiji Haramoto and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2013. Application of acidic elution to virus concentration using electropositive filters. Food and Environmental Virology. 5(1):77-80. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto and Mikie Otagiri. 2013. Prevalence and genetic diversity of klassevirus in wastewater in Japan. Food and Environmental Virology. 5(1):46-51. [Abstract]
Yureana Wijayanti, Takashi Nakamura, Kei Nishida, Eiji Haramoto, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2013. Groundwater nitrate contamination in small agriculture area: assessing the source and process using isotopes and ions. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering). 69(4):I_223-I_228.
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Naohiro Kishida, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, and Michihiro Akiba. 2012. Occurrence of viruses and protozoa in drinking water sources of Japan and their relationship to indicator microorganisms. Food and Environmental Virology. 4(3):93-101. [Abstract]
Naohiro Kishida, Hisao Morita, Eiji Haramoto, Mari Asami, and Michihiro Akiba. 2012. One-year weekly survey of noroviruses and enteric adenoviruses in the Tone River water in Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan. Water Research. 46(9):2905-2910. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, and Michihiro Akiba. 2012. Development of a novel method for simultaneous concentration of viruses and protozoa from a single water sample. Journal of Virological Methods. 182(1-2):62-69. [Abstract]
Yureana Wijayanti, Takashi Nakamura, Kei Nishida, Eiji Haramoto, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2012. Identification of groundwater recharge and nitrate pollution in the Kanegawa alluvial fan of the Kofu basin, Japan, using stable isotopes and ions. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering). 68(4):I_199-I_204. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Mikie Otagiri, Hiroshi Morita, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2012. Genogroup distribution of F-specific coliphages in wastewater and river water in the Kofu basin in Japan. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 54(4):367-373. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Hiroaki Furumai. 2012. Molecular detection and genotyping of human noroviruses in influent and effluent water at a wastewater treatment plant in Japan. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112(3):605-613. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Kaoru Yamada, and Kei Nishida. 2011. Prevalence of protozoa, viruses, coliphages and indicator bacteria in groundwater and river water in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 105(12):711-716. [Abstract]
Naohiro Kishida, Masayuki Nakano, Kyungju Kim, Eiji Haramoto, Shigemitsu Morita, Mari Asami, and Michihiro Akiba. 2011. Annual and diurnal profiles of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in river water in Japan. Journal of Water and Environment Technology. 9(2):225-233. [Abstract] [PDF]
Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Genotype distribution of human sapoviruses in wastewater in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(12):4226-4229. [Abstract] [PDF]
Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Aichi viruses in wastewater and river water in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(6):2184-2187. [Abstract] [PDF]
Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Genetic diversity of genogroup IV noroviruses in wastewater in Japan. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 52(2):181-184. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2010. Seasonal distribution and genetic diversity of genogroups I, II, and IV noroviruses in the Tamagawa River, Japan. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(18):7116-7122. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Yukinobu Tohya, Koichi Matsubara, Eiji Haramoto, Etsuko Utagawa, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2010. Chlorine inactivation of human norovirus, murine norovirus and poliovirus in drinking water. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 51(1):119-121. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2010. Detection and genetic analysis of human sapoviruses in river water in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(8):2461-2467. [Abstract] [PDF]
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2010. Real-time PCR detection of adenoviruses, polyomaviruses, and torque teno viruses in river water in Japan. Water Research. 44(6):1747-1752. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Detection of genogroup IV norovirus in wastewater and river water in Japan. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 49(5):655-658. [Abstract]
Masaaki Kitajima, Koichi Matsubara, Sethy Sour, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. First detection of genotype 3 hepatitis E virus RNA in river water in Cambodia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(9):955-957. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Etsuko Utagawa, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Recovery of human norovirus from water by virus concentration methods. Journal of Virological Methods. 160(1-2):206-209. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, Michihiro Akiba, and Shoichi Kunikane. 2009. Application of real-time PCR assays to genotyping of F-specific phages in river water and sediments in Japan. Water Research. 43(15):3759-3764. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, Takafumi Ito, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Development of virus concentration methods for detection of koi herpesvirus in water. Journal of Fish Diseases. 32(3):297-300. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. Quantification and genotyping of torque teno virus at a wastewater treatment plant in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(23):7434-7436. [Abstract] [PDF]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Etsuko Utagawa, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. Development of sample storage methods for detecting enteric viruses in environmental water. Journal of Virological Methods. 151(1):1-6. [Abstract]
Hiroyuki Katayama, Eiji Haramoto, Kumiko Oguma, Hiromasa Yamashita, Atsushi Tajima, Hideichiro Nakajima, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. One-year monthly quantitative survey of noroviruses, enteroviruses and adenoviruses in wastewater collected from six plants in Japan. Water Research. 42(6-7):1441-1448. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Chanetta Phanuwan, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. Quantitative detection of sapoviruses in wastewater and river water in Japan. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 46(3):408-413. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Quantitative analysis of human enteric adenoviruses in aquatic environments. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 103(6):2153-2159. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Recovery of naked viral genomes in water by virus concentration methods. Journal of Virological Methods. 142(1-2):169-173. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Detection of koi herpesvirus DNA in river water in Japan. Journal of Fish Diseases. 30(1):59-61. [Abstract]
Yoshifumi Masago, Hiroyuki Katayama, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Haramoto, Atsushi Hashimoto, Tatsuo Omura, Tsuyoshi Hirata, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2006. Quantitative risk assessment of noroviruses in drinking water based on qualitative data in Japan. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(23):7428-7433. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, Hiromasa Yamashita, Atsushi Tajima, Hideichiro Nakajima, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2006. Seasonal profiles of human noroviruses and indicator bacteria in wastewater treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan. Water Science and Technology. 54(11-12):301-308. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, Yukio Koibuchi, Hiroaki Furumai, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2006. Effects of rainfall on the occurrence of human adenoviruses, total coliforms, and Escherichia coli in seawater. Water Science and Technology. 54(3):225-230. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, Hiromasa Yamashita, Hideichiro Nakajima, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2005. One-year monthly monitoring of torque teno virus (TTV) in wastewater treatment plants in Japan. Water Research. 39(10):2008-2013. [Abstract]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2005. Application of cation-coated filter method to detection of noroviruses, enteroviruses, adenoviruses, and torque teno viruses in the Tamagawa River in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(5):2403-2411. [Abstract] [PDF]
Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2004. Detection of noroviruses in tap water in Japan by means of a new method for concentrating enteric viruses in large volumes of freshwater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(4):2154-2160. [Abstract] [PDF]
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