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Principal Investigators

for Molecular Epidemiology Division

Research Coordinator
Andi Utama, PhD

Received his PhD degree from Gifu University, Japan. He carried out his Postdoctoral Research at Central Research Laboratories, Maruishi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan, and National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, with a fellowship grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). His main research interest is molecular biology of virus, particularly the mechanism of virus replication, virus evolution and its role in cancer development.
Utama A, Tania NP, Dhenni R, Gani RA, Hasan I, Sanityoso A, Lelosutan SAR, Martamala R, Lesmana LA, Sulaiman A, Tai S. 2010. Genotype diversity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in HCV-associated liver disease patients in Indonesia. Liver Int (in press)
Utama A, Octavia TI, Dhenni R, Miskad UA, Yusuf I, Tai S. 2009. Hepatitis B virus genotypes/subgenotypes in voluntary blood donors in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Virol J 6, 128.
Utama A, Purwantomo S, Siburian MD, Dhenni R, Gani RA, Hasan I, Sanityoso A, Miskad UA, Akil F, Yusuf I, Achwan WA, Soemohardjo S, Lelosutan SAR, Martamala R, Lukito B, Budihusodo U, Lesmana LA, Sulaiman A, Tai S. 2009. Hepatitis B virus subgenotype and basal core promoter mutations in Indonesia. World J Gastroenterol 15, 4028-4036.
Utama A, Budiarto BR, Monasari D, Octavia TI, Chandra IS, Gani RA, Hasan I, Sanityoso A, Miskad UA, Yusuf I, Lesmana LA, Sulaiman A, Tai S. 2008. Hepatitis C Virus Genotype in Blood Donors and Associated Liver Disease in Indonesia. Intervirology 51, 410-416.
Yang C-F, Chen H-Y, Jorba J, Sun H-C, Yang S-J, Lee H-C, Huang Y-C, Lin T-Y, Chen P-J, Shimizu H, Nishimura Y, Utama A, Pallansch M, Miyamura T, Kew O, Yang J-Y. 2005. Intratypic Recombination among Lineages of Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Emerging during Chronic Infection of an Immunodeficient Patient. J Virol 79, 12623-12634.
Shimizu H, Thorley B, Paladin FJ, Brussen KA, Stambos V, Yuen L, Utama A, Tano Y, Arita M, Yoshida H, Yoneyama T, Benegas A, Roesel S, Pallansch M, Kew O, Miyamura T. 2004. Circulation of type 1 vaccine-derived polioviruses in the Philippines in 2001. J Virol 78, 13512-13521.
Shimizu H, Utama A, Onnimala N, Chen L, Zhang L-B, Ma Y-J, Ponsuwanna Y, Miyamura T. 2004. Molcular epidemiology of enterovirus 71infection in the Western Pacific Region. Pediat Int 46, 231-235.
Utama A, Shimizu H, Miyamura T. 2003. Construction and characterization of recombinant viruses between polio and coxsackie A viruses. J Clin Virol 28 (supp), S1-4.
Shimizu H, Yoshida H, Utama A, Nakayama T, Saito T, Watanabe K, Iizuka S, Noda S, Yoneyama T, Miyamura T. 2003. Surveillance of Poliovirus-Isolates in Japan, 2002. Jpn J Infect Dis 56, 218-219.
Hatsu M, Tanaka M, Utama A, Shimizu H, Takamizawa K. 2002. A Japanese Encephalitis Virus NS3 Inhibitor Produced by a Streptomyces sp. Actinomycetol 16, 6-8.
Utama A, Shimizu H, Hasebe F, Morita K, Igarashi A, Hatsu M, Takamizawa K, Matsuura Y, Hagiwara A, Miyamura T. 2000. Role of the DExH motif of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Proteins in the ATPase and RNA Helicase Activities. Virology 273, 316-324.
Utama A, Shimizu H, Morikawa S, Hasebe F, Morita K, Igarashi A, Hatsu M, Takamizawa K, Miyamura T. 2000. Indentification and characterization of RNA helicase of Japanese encephalitis virus NS3 protein. FEBS Letters 465, 74-78.
Shimizu H, Utama A, Yoshii K, Yoshida H, Yoneyama T, Sinniah M, Yusof MA, Okuno Y, Okabe N, Shih S-R, Chen H-Y, Wang G-R, Kao C-L, Chang KS-S, Miyamura T, Hagiwara A. 1999. Enterovirus 71 from Fatal and Nonfatal Cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemics in Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan in 1997-1998. Jpn J Infect Dis 52, 12-15.
 
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