Specialty

Water treatment engineering, public health engineering, environmental virology

Works

Original papers

1 Miura, T., Kadoya, S., Miura, Y., Takino, H., Akiba, M., Sano, D., Masuda, T. Pepper mild mottle virus intended for use as a process indicator for drinking water treatment: present forms and quantitative relations to norovirus and rotavirus in surface water. Water Research, 257, 121713, 2024.

2 Miura, T., Kadoya, S., Takino, H., Sano, D., Akiba, M. Temporal variations of human and animal Rotavirus A genotypes in surface water used for drinking water production. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 912147, 2022.

3 Miura, T., Takino, H., Gima, A., Haramoto, E., Akiba, M. Recovery of nucleic acids of enteric viruses and host-specific Bacteroidales from groundwater by using an adsorption-direct extraction method. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(18), e00710-21, 2021.

4 Imamura, S., Shibata, S., Kishine, M., Kushida, A., Uema, M., Noda, M., Zou, B., Kawasaki, C., Miura, T., Fukunaga, Y. Interlaboratory evaluation of a method for quantification of norovirus RNA as an alternative use for ISO 15216-1:2017 to conduct Japan baseline survey of oysters. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 18(5), 331-336, 2021.

5 Ito, E., Pu, J., Miura, T., Kazama, S., Nishiyama, M., Ito, H., Konta, Y., Omura, T., Watanabe, T. Detection of rotavirus vaccine strains in oysters and sewage and their relationship with the gastroenteritis epidemic. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(10), e02547-20, 2021.

6 Ueki, Y., Amarasiri, M., Kamio, S., Sakagami, A., Ito, H., Uprety, S., Umam, A.N., Miura, T., Nguyen, T.H., Sano, D. Human norovirus disease burden of consuming Crassostrea gigas oysters: A case-study from Japan. Food Control, 121, 107556, 2021.

7 Elsamadony, M., Fujii, M., Miura, T., Watanabe, T. Possible transmission of viruses from contaminated human feces and sewage: Implications for SARS-CoV-2. Science of the Total Environment, 755(Pt 1), 142575, 2021.

Reviews

1 Asami, M., Miyoshi, T., Miura, T. Recent water quality incidents and a methemoglobinemia outbreak in infants due to inadequate plumbing of a university hospital’s private water supply. Journal of National Institute of Public Health, 72(1), 31-42, 2023.

2 Miyoshi, T., Miura, T., Asami, M. Recent contributions of the National Institute of Public Health to drinking water quality management in Japan. Journal of National Institute of Public Health, 71(1), 55-65, 2022.

Conference presentations

1 Miura, T., Kadoya, S., Miura, Y., Sano, D., Shirasaki, N., Katayama, H., Masuda, T., Matsui, S. Pepper mild mottle virus as a process indicator for drinking water treatment: occurrence in surface waters and treatment target. 8th ISFEV Conference; 2024.6.9-14; Tokyo. Abstract Book, p.28.

Social contributions

Committee Member, Committee on Baseline Survey of Norovirus in Oysters, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan

Committee Member, Expert Committee on Methods for the Examination of Water Quality, Japan Water Works Association (JWWA)

Committee Member, Study Committee on International Cooperation in the Water Supply Sector, Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS)

Chair, Study Group for International Comparison of Water Supply Services, Japan Water Research Center (JWRC)

Committee Member, Editorial Group of Feature Articles for Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment, Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE)

Others (awards, etc.)

Best paper award for young scientists 2022, Japan Society on Water Environment, June 2023.

Best paper award 2017, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, June 2018.

Best paper award in the 53th Symposium of Committee on Environmental Engineering Research, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, December 2016.

Best paper award in the 45th Symposium of Committee on Environmental Engineering Research, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, November 2008.

Best paper award in the 43th Symposium of Committee on Environmental Engineering Research, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, November 2006.