Tetsuro Aita, Graduate student

Graduate student

Tetsuro Aita

Tetsuro Aita, MD

Dr. Tetsuro Aita is a graduate student who joined the Department of Clinical Epidemiology in April 2021. He was born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1987 and graduated from Fukushima Medical University with a MD degree in 2012. Currently, Dr. Aita works in the Department of General Internal Medicine at Fukushima Medical University Hospital.

“Over the past 9 years, I have trained as a general internal medicine physician in various medical settings, including remote areas, isolated islands, community hospitals, and a university hospital. While working with patients, I became interested in clinical research, specifically clinical epidemiological research that can help answer questions in clinical practice. This interest led me to join the Department of Clinical Epidemiology to focus on his studies. I believe that gaining core skills in clinical research will be advantageous for my future. I hope to share my clinical research findings from Fukushima with the world to help solve questions that arise in clinical practice.”

[Academic affiliations and certifications]
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (Fellow)
Member of American College of Physician
Japan Primary Care Association
Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine (Board member)
The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

[Residency and clinical experience]
2012- Junior resident, Okinawa Chubu Hospital
2014- Department of General Internal Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital
2016- Department of General Internal Medicine, Okinawa Hokubu Hospital
2017- Department of General Internal Medicine, Fukushima Medical University Hospital

［ Selected clinical research ］

Aita T, Sando E, Katoh S, Hamaguchi S, Fujita H, Kurita N

Non-negligible seroprevalence of murine typhus and its predictors in Japan: a large-scale seroepidemiological study

日本における発疹熱(murine typhus)の血清有病率とその予測因子：大規模な血清疫学研究

Emerging Infectious Diseases 2023; (in press)
2023年住民の健康/population health 感染症学/infectious disease
Aita T, Sando E, Katoh S, Hamaguchi S, Fujita H, Kurita N

Serological Cross-Reactivity Between Spotted Fever and Typhus Groups of Rickettsia Infection in Japan

日本におけるリケッチア感染症の紅斑熱グループと発疹熱グループの血清学的交差反応性

International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2023; 130: 178-181.
2023年感染症学/infectious disease 診断テスト/diagnostic testing

この研究は、日本紅斑熱（感染症法で四類感染症に指定されています。原因菌はRickettsia japonicaです。）という病気を確定診断された人々の血清が、発疹熱という別の病気の原因菌であるRickettsia typhiの抗体検査に対して交差反応をする頻度を調べたものです。その結果、約20％の症例で交差反応が確認されました。しかし、ペア血清中の両方のIgM/IgG力価を比較することで正確に診断できる症例があり、鑑別困難な症例は全体の5.6%にとどまりました。この研究は、総合内科・臨床感染症学講座の山藤教授がリードしたプロジェクトで、大学院生の會田先生が筆頭著者として参画しました。主指導教員は、主要評価項目の解析や結果の見せ方、論文の書き方で力を注ぎました。[※本研究の成果が、福島民報日刊に掲載されました。福医大の研究チーム「日本紅斑熱」患者の抗体の2割「発疹熱」の抗体と誤認される可能性. 福島民報. 2023年5月17日日刊3ページ.また、福島民友日刊に掲載されました。感染症の抗体誤認恐れ福島医大発表日本紅斑熱と発疹熱. 福島民友. 2023年5月18日日刊19ページ.]

［ Selected conference presentation ］
Aita T, Kurita N, Katoh S, Hamaguchi S, Sando E.
Non-negligible seroprevalence of murine typhus and its predictors in Japan: a large-scale seroepidemiological study
ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2022, Apr 28, 2022; Web/Chicago