2025

Academic Papers

1. Global participatory wastewater surveillance to understand Mpox clade diversity in war and conflict-affected countries
   Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, Getachew Alemkere Kolech, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Stefan Fernandez , Angkana T. Huang, Nada M. Melhem, Andrew C Singer, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Juliana Calabria de Araujo, Kazunari Sei, Asuka Nanbo, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Yoshitaka Shimotai, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Paul G. Higgins, Tetsuji Aoyagi, Anthony Kicic, Asuka Nanbo, Hirotake Mori, Richard Siow, Ozgur Kurt, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Aisha Khatib, Daisuke Sano, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe, Hiroshi Hamamoto
   Journal of Travel Medicine, accepted.
2. Streptococcus pyogenes surveillance through surface swab samples to track the emergence of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in rural Japan
   Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, Yu Suzuki, Kazunori Moriya, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Angkana T. Huang, Yoshikazu Okuma, Yoshitaka Shimotai, Andrew C Singer, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Yangzhong Wang, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Paul G. Higgins, Nobuhito Nemoto, Aisha Khatib, Anthony Kicic, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Daisuke Sano, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe, Hiroshi Hamamoto
   Journal of Infectious Diseases, accepted.
3. Aptamer-based biosensors for wastewater surveillance of influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, and norovirus: A comprehensive review
   Yilei Wang, Mohan Amarasiri, Wakana Oishi, Masayasu Kuwahara, Yuka Kataoka, Hiroki Kurita, Fumio Narita, Rong Chen, Qian Li, Daisuke Sano
   Water Research, July 2025, 279, 123484.
4. Surveillance of avian influenza through bird guano in remote regions of the global south to uncover transmission dynamics
   Dhammika Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, John Jefferson V. Besa, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Stefan Fernandez, Angkana T. Huang, Puey Ounjai, W.K.C.P. Werawatte, Ali Hosseini Rad S. M., Porames Vatanaprasan, Dylan John Jay, Thammakorn Saethang, Sirirat Luk-in, Phitsanuruk Kanthawee, Wanwara Thuptiang, Ratana Tacharoenmuang, Bernadina Cynthia, S.P.H Spencer Vitharana, Natharin Ngamwongsatit, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Takashi Furukawa, Yangzhong Wang, Andrew Singer, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Tanittha Chatsuwan, Kazunari Sei, Asuka Nanbo, Asada Leelahavanichkul, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Paul G. Higgins, Daisuke Sano, Anthony Kicic, José O. Valdebenito, Jonas Bonnedahl, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Aisha Khatib, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe
   Nature Communications, May 2025, 16, 4900.
5. Quantifying health risks from wastewater reclamation and agricultural reuse using life cycle assessment and quantitative microbial risk assessment 
   Jarin Tasnim Heia, Mohammed Engha Isah, Shuhei Masuda, Kazuyo Matsubae, Rong Chen, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano
   Science of the Total Environment, May 2025, 977,  179363.
6. Water Reuse – Retrospect for Sustainable Future Prospect
   Morteza Abbaszadegan, Absar Alum, Masaaki Kitajima, Takahiro Fujioka, Yasuhiro Matsui, Daisuke Sano, Hiroyuki Katayama
   Water, March 2025, 17(6), 789.
7. Network-based virus dynamics simulation: Evaluating the fomite disinfection effectiveness on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in indoor environment
   Syun-suke Kadoya, Sewwandi Bandara, Masayuki Ogata, Takayuki Miura, Michiko Bando, Daisuke Sano
   Infectious Disease Modelling, March 2025, 10(1), 229-239.
8. Genetic diversity of murine norovirus associated with ethanol sensitivity
   Aken Puti Wanguyun, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano
   Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2025, 109, 28.
9. State-space modeling using wastewater virus and epidemiological data to estimate reported COVID-19 cases and the potential infection numbers
   Syun-suke Kadoya, Yubing Li, Yilei Wang, Hiroyuki Katayama, Daisuke Sano
   Journal of the Royal Society Interface, January 2025, 22, 20240456.

Invited Speeches

TBD

Internatinal Conference Presentations

1. Development of a multi-objective optimization model for designing sewer and non-sewer hybrid sanitation systems
   Wakana Oishi, Yuto Nakazato, Daijiro Mizutani, Daisuke Sano
   The 7th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (ecoSTP)
   Stockholm, Sweden
   June 23-26, 2025
2. A Data-Driven Framework for Predicting Case Number of Infectious Disease Using Hybrid Feature Selection and Wastewater Surveillance Data
   Luyao Wang, Syun-suke Kadoya, Yifan Zhu, Albert Bosch, Rosa Pinto, Susana Guix, Gloria Sanchez, Walter Randozzo, Charlotte Sakarovitch, Olivier Schlosser, Sophie Courtois, Jean Francois Loret, Daisuke Sano
   WaterMicro2025
   Amersfoort, The Netherlands
   Jun. 15-20, 2025
3. Global survey on genetic microbiological testing in the water sector: why is adoption so slow? (poster presentation)
   Katalin Demeter, Mats Leifels, Claudia Kolm, Regina Sommer, Rosina Girones, Daisuke Sano, Ricardo Santos, Anicet R. Blanch, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Gertjan Medema, James Ebdon, Orin C. Shanks, Alexandria Boehm, John Scott Meschke, Amy Pruden, Thomas Edge, Veronica Rajal, Maria Ines Sato, Douglas Mushi, Maronel Steyn, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Megan Devane, Warish Ahmed, Stefan Wuertz, Monika Finsterwald, Joan Rose, Andreas Farnleitner
   WaterMicro2025
   Amersfoort, The Netherlands
   Jun. 15-20, 2025
4. Norovirus GII in Wastewater and Its Association with Gastroenteritis Cases: Insights from 8 Years Wastewater Surveillance
   Aken Puti Wanguyun, Putri Shafa Kamila, Jarin Tasnim, Chikako Maruo, Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano
   WaterMicro2025
   Amersfoort, The Netherlands
   Jun. 15-20, 2025
5. Aggregation and Virus Susceptibility to Disinfectant: Insights from simulation study
   Ren Suzuki, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano
   WaterMicro2025
   Amersfoort, The Netherlands
   Jun. 15-20, 2025
6. Applicability of land surface water mapping using water indices derived from optical satellite data for flood inundation detection (poster presentation)
   Yohei Miura, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anawat Suppasri, Daisuke Sano
   World Bosai Forum2025
   Sendai International Cneter
   Mar. 7-9, 2025
7. Murine norovirus inactivation and adaptation to ammonia
   Putri Shafa Kamila
   The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
   Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
8. The impact of climate change on the cyanotoxin production in drinking water sources
   Shoya Tanaka
   The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
   Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
9. Framework development for sustainability assessment of decentralized sanitation systems
   Riki Moriyasu
   The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
   Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
10. Development of a model to evaluate and monitor the ecological health of the aquatic environment
    Tatsunoshin Wakino
    The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
    Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
11. Identification of environmental, socioeconomic, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) factors associated with COVID-19 incidence in the Philippines: A nationwide modelling study
    Sewwandi Bandara
    Annual Research Forum, RITM-TOHOKU Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
    RITM Training Center (Feb. 7, 2025)