Publications

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Updated: 20 October 2024

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† represents the equal contribution.

Preprints

Roles of community and sexual contacts as drivers of clade I mpox outbreaks

Murayama H†, Asakura TR†, Dickens BL, Foo JH, Jin S, Mukadi P, Ejima K, Jung S, Nishi A, Prem K, Endo A. (2024) "Roles of community and sexual contacts as drivers of clade I mpox outbreaks." medRXiv. 2024 Jan 1;2024.10.15.24315554.

Different time scales used for sexual partner surveys pose a challenge in modelling dynamics of sexually transmitted infections

Murayama H, Nishi A, Endo A. (2023) "Different time scales used for sexual partner surveys pose a challenge in modelling dynamics of sexually transmitted infections." medRXiv. 2023 Jan 1;2023.12.25.23300526.

Projecting international mpox spread in Asia: ongoing global health risk

Asakura TR, Jung S, Murayama H, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Teshima A, Miura F, Endo A. (2024) "Projecting international mpox spread in Asia: ongoing global health risk." medRXiv. 2024 Jan 1;2024.04.17.24305832.

Peer-reviewed papers

Dynamic landscape of mpox importation risks driven by heavy-tailed sexual contact networks among men who have sex with men in 2022: a mathematical modeling study

Jung S†, Miura F†, Murayama H, Funk S, Wallinga J, Lessler J, Endo A. (2024) "Dynamic landscape of mpox importation risks driven by heavy-tailed sexual contact networks among men who have sex with men in 2022: a mathematical modeling study." The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024;jiae433.

Accumulation of immunity in heavy-tailed sexual contact networks shapes mpox outbreak sizes

Murayama H, Pearson CAB, Abbott S, Miura F, Jung S, Fearon E, Funk S, Endo A. (2024) "Accumulation of immunity in heavy-tailed sexual contact networks shapes mpox outbreak sizes." The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Jul 4;jiad254.

Estimation of waning vaccine effectiveness from population-level surveillance data in multi-variant epidemics

Murayama H, Endo A, Yoneoka S. (2023) "Estimation of waning vaccine effectiveness from population-level surveillance data in multi-variant epidemics."Epidemics. 2023;100726.

Heavy-tailed sexual contact networks and monkeypox epidemiology in the global outbreak, 2022

Endo A, Murayama H, Abbott S, Ratnayake R, Pearson CAB, Edmunds WJ, Fearon E†, Funk S†. (2022) "Heavy-tailed sexual contact networks and monkeypox epidemiology in the global outbreak, 2022." Science. 2022 Sep 25;0(0):eadd4507.

Age-Dependent Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine and of Healthcare Burden on COVID-19 Deaths, Tokyo, Japan

Ko KY, Murayama H, Yamasaki L, Kinoshita R, Suzuki M, Nishiura H. (2022) "Age-Dependent Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine and of Healthcare Burden on COVID-19 Deaths, Tokyo, Japan." Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17(7): e1009090.

The impact of temperature on the transmissibility and virulence of COVID-19 in Tokyo, Japan

Murayama H†, Yamasaki L†, Hashizume M. (2021) "The impact of temperature on the transmissibility and virulence of COVID-19 in Tokyo, Japan." Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1):24477.

Estimating COVID-19 cases infected with the variant alpha (VOC 202012/01): an analysis of screening data in Tokyo, January-March 2021

Murayama H, Kayano T, Nishiura H. (2021) "Estimating COVID-19 cases infected with the variant alpha (VOC 202012/01): an analysis of screening data in Tokyo, January-March 2021." Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2021;18(1):13.

Conference

Murayama H, Endo A. "Transmission dynamics and risk assessment of mpox clade IIb and Ib within men who have sex with men." Early Career Researcher Sandbox session, Infectious Disease Modelling conference.Nov 2024. Bangkok, Thailand.
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Report

Ko KY, Murayama H, Yamasaki L, Kinoshita R, Nishiura H, Suzuki M. (2021) "Evaluating the Age-Specific Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines Against Death from surveillance data in Tokyo." National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center. 28th Dec 2021.

Media

Endo A, Murayama H. "Japanese Scientists in Science 2022." AAAS

Nishiura H, Murayama H. 特集「この先生に会いたい!! かくて生まれり, 「8割おじさん」」 週刊医学界新聞 Vol. 3381, 医学書院. 10th Aug 2020.

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