Sanitary Entomology

Our lab was established in 2018 as a part of the “Insect Science and Creative Entomology Center (ISCEC)”. We have a lot of collaboration with the laboratories in the ISCEC.

Our Aims
– Understanding insect-borne pathogens (especially viruses)
– Developing methods controlling insect-borne infectious diseases

Insects and Viruses
Sanitary Entomology deals insect that causes human and animal health problems. In those, we are focusing on blood-sucking insects and viruses transmitted by them.

Study
We are trying to discover new viruses from insects that have not been identified previously. These include arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) and insect-specific viruses. We aim to understand the function of new viruses and try to develop new methods for controlling insect-borne diseases.

Website

• http://www.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/lab/lse/wordpress/en/

Staff

• Associate Professor
  Ryusuke Fujita

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• Assistant Professor
  Masato Hino

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Belonging to

• Graduate School 　＞　
  Bioresource Sciences 　＞　
  Agrobiological Sciences