Prof Takeda gave a special lecture at the Japan Association of Prefectural and Municipal Public Health Institutes, Kinki Branch, Virus Division Meeting in 2024.

Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2024 10:20-16:15

Place: Hall, 3F, Oda Minami Lifelong Learning Plaza, Amagasaki City

（Address: 1-6-10 Nagasu-Nakadori, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan)

Special Lecture] 14:30 - 16:10 (100 minutes including Q&A)

　　　　　　　 　Chairperson: Kazufumi Gato (Director, Shiga Prefectural Centre for Health Sciences)

The forefront and cutting edge of respiratory virus research and laboratory testing: results of collaboration with regional public health laboratories

(1) Discovery of hMPV mutant strains

(2) Molecular epidemiological proof of measles virus elimination

(3) Initial response to SARS-CoV-2

　　　　Makoto Takeda, Professor of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo