Department of Transboundary Animal Diseases consists of three research groups: Exotic Disease Prevention and Diagnostics Group and Exotic Disease Pathogenesis and Control Group located at the Kodaira Research Station, and Arthropod-borne Disease Group at the Kagoshima Research Station.
Each group conducts research based on its specific expertise to address transboundary animal diseases that spread across national borders.
Specifically, at Kodaira Research Station, in collaboration with overseas research institutes, studies are conducted using the high-containment (BSL3e) facility to analyze the characteristics of pathogens causing transboundary diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease virus and African swine fever virus, with the aim of developing novel diagnostic methods and control measures.
At Kagoshima Research Station, research focuses on arboviral diseases transmitted by hematophagous arthropods such as biting midges. Efforts include improving diagnostic and preventive technologies, elucidating disease mechanisms, and investigating vector ecology, distribution, and competence to better understand disease dynamics.
