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• 2005

  Duration of RT-PCR positivity in severe acute respiratory syndrome

  Chu, C. M., Leung, W. S., Cheng, V. C. C., Chan, K. H., Lin, A. W. N., Chan, V. L., Lam, J. Y. M., Chan, K. S. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2005, In: European Respiratory Journal. 25, 1, p. 12-14 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Dysbaric osteonecrosis by X-ray and CT scan in Chinese divers

  Jiang, C., Wang, B., Yu, C., Xiao, L., Liu, W., Jiao, S., Liu, Y., Lao, X. & Lam, T., May 2005, In: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. 32, 3, p. 169-174 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis

  Teng, J. L. L., Woo, P. C. Y., Ma, S. S. L., Sit, T. H. C., Ng, L. T., Hui, W. T., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43, 2, p. 919-922 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Erratum: Design of wide-spectrum inhibitors targeting coronavirus main proteases (PLoS Biology 3:10 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030324)

  Yang, H., Xie, W., Xue, X., Yang, K., Ma, J., Liang, W., Zhao, Q., Zhou, Z., Pei, D., Ziebuhr, J., Hilgenfeld, R., Kwok, Y. Y., Wong, L., Gao, G., Chen, S., Chen, Z., Ma, D., Bartlam, M. & Rao, Z., Nov 2005, In: PLoS Biology. 3, 11, p. 2044 1 p., e428.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Ethnic comparisons of obesity in the Asia-Pacific region: Protocol for a collaborative overview of cross-sectional studies

  Huxley, R., Barzi, F., Stolk, R., Caterson, I., Gill, T., Lam, T. H., Omari, A., Woodward, M., James, P., Matsuzawa, Y. & Zimmett, P., Aug 2005, In: Obesity Reviews. 6, 3, p. 193-198 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluation of real-time reverse transcriptase PCR and real-time loop-mediated amplification assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus detection

  Poon, L. L. M., Wong, B. W. Y., Chan, K. H., Ng, S. S. F., Yuen, K. Y., Guan, Y. & Peiris, J. S. M., Jul 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43, 7, p. 3457-3459 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Exposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents

  Wong, J. P. S., Stewart, S. M., Ho, S. Y., Rao, U. & Lam, T. H., Aug 2005, In: Social Science and Medicine. 61, 3, p. 591-599 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• Fatal interaction between clarithromycin and colchicine in patients with renal insufficiency: A retrospective study

  Hung, I. F. N., Wu, A. K. L., Cheng, V. C. C., Tang, B. S. F., To, K. W., Yeung, C. K., Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Cheung, B. M. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Aug 1 2005, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 41, 3, p. 291-300 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  116 Citations (Scopus)

• Functional analysis of naturally occurring mutations in the open reading frame of CCR5 in HIV-infected Chinese patients and healthy controls

  Zhao, X. Y., Lee, S. S., Wong, K. H., Chan, K. C. W., Ng, F., Chan, C. C. S., Han, D., Yam, W. C., Yuen, K. Y., Ng, M. H. & Zheng, B. J., Apr 15 2005, In: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 38, 5, p. 509-517 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Health consequences of breast-feeding: Doctors' visits and hospitalizations during the first 18 months of life in Hong Kong Chinese infants

  Leung, G. M., Lam, T. H., Ho, L. M. & Lau, Y. L., May 2005, In: Epidemiology. 16, 3, p. 328-335 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Hemophagocytosis in the peripheral blood due to tuberculosis mycobacteremia [3]

  Au, W. Y., Kwong, Y. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2005, In: American Journal of Medicine. 118, 11, p. 1298-1299 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Human infection by avian influenza A H5N1

  Yuen, K. Y. & Wong, S. S. Y., Jun 2005, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 11, 3, p. 189-199 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  156 Citations (Scopus)

• Human infection with an avian H9N2 influenza A virus in Hong Kong in 2003

  Butt, K. M., Smith, G. J. D., Chen, H., Zhang, L. J., Leung, Y. H. C., Xu, K. M., Lim, W., Webster, R. G., Yuen, K. Y., Peiris, J. S. M. & Guan, Y., Nov 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43, 11, p. 5760-5767 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  546 Citations (Scopus)

• Human parainfluenza virus 4 outbreak and the role of diagnostic tests

  Lau, S. K. P., To, W. K., Tse, P. W. T., Chan, A. K. H., Woo, P. C. Y., Tsoi, H. W., Leung, A. F. Y., Li, K. S. M., Chan, P. K. S., Lim, W. W. L., Yung, R. W. H., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43, 9, p. 4515-4521 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  72 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of a novel coronavirus in bats

  Poon, L. L. M., Chu, D. K. W., Chan, K. H., Wong, O. K., Ellis, T. M., Leung, Y. H. C., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Suen, K. Y., Yuen, K. Y., Guan, Y. & Peiris, J. S. M., Feb 2005, In: Journal of Virology. 79, 4, p. 2001-2009 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  312 Citations (Scopus)

• Influenza

  Peiris, J. S. M. & Yuen, K. Y., 2005, Respiratory medicine: An asian perspective. Hong Kong University Press, HKU, p. 209-221 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Influenza vaccination: Options and issues

  Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Oct 2005, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 11, 5, p. 381-390 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• In silico analysis of ORF1ab in coronavirus HKU1 genome reveals a unique putative cleavage site of coronavirus HKU1 3C-like protease

  Woo, P. C. Y., Huang, Y., Lau, S. K. P., Tsoi, H. W. & Yuen, K. Y., 2005, In: Microbiology and Immunology. 49, 10, p. 899-908 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• In vitro activity of oritavancin (LY333328), vancomycin, clindamycin, and metronidazole against Clostridium perfringens, Propionibacterium acnes, and anaerobic Gram-positive cocci

  Citron, D. M., Kwok, Y. Y. & Appleman, M. D., 2005, In: Anaerobe. 11, 1-2, p. 93-95 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Life-threatening invasive Helcococcus kunzii infections in intravenous-drug users and ermA-mediated erythromycin resistance

  Woo, P. C. Y., Tse, H., Wong, S. S. Y., Tse, C. W. S., Fung, A. M. Y., Tam, D. M. W., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Dec 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43, 12, p. 6205-6208 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Longitudinal assessment of community psychobehavioral responses during and after the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong

  Leung, G. M., Ho, L. M., Chan, S. K. K., Ho, S. Y., Bacon-Shone, J., Choy, R. Y. L., Hedley, A. J., Lam, T. H. & Fielding, R., Jun 15 2005, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40, 12, p. 1713-1720 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access
  287 Citations (Scopus)

• MBEToolbox: A Matlab toolbox for sequence data analysis in molecular biology and evolution

  Cai, J. J., Smith, D. K., Xia, X. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 22 2005, In: BMC Bioinformatics. 6, 64.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Methods for estimating the case fatality ratio for a novel, emerging infectious disease

  Ghani, A. C., Donnelly, C. A., Cox, D. R., Griffin, J. T., Fraser, C., Lam, T. H., Ho, L. M., Chan, W. S., Anderson, R. M., Hedley, A. J. & Leung, G. M., Sept 2005, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 162, 5, p. 479-486 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  189 Citations (Scopus)

• Metronidazole and ciprofloxacin for pouchitis treatment

  Yuen, K. Y., Mar 15 2005, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40, 6, p. vi

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Molecular diagnostics in tuberculosis

  Cheng, V. C. C., Yew, W. W. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2005, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 24, 11, p. 711-720 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access
  116 Citations (Scopus)

• Mortality associated with passive smoking in Hong Kong

  McGhee, S. M., Ho, S. Y., Schooling, M., Ho, L. M., Thomas, G. N., Hedley, A. J., Mak, K. H., Peto, R. & Lam, T. H., Feb 5 2005, In: BMJ. 330, 7486, p. 287-288 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  61 Citations (Scopus)

• Occurrence and molecular analysis of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Proteus mirabilis in Hong Kong, 1999-2002

  Ho, P. L., Ho, A. Y. M., Chow, K. H., Wong, R. C. W., Duan, R. S., Ho, W. L., Mak, G. C., Tsang, K. W., Yam, W. C. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 2005, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 55, 6, p. 840-845 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Overweight, obesity, weight-related concerns and behaviours in Hong Kong Chinese children and adolescents

  Wong, J. P. S., Ho, S. Y., Lai, M. K., Leung, G. M., Stewart, S. M. & Lam, T. H., May 2005, In: Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 94, 5, p. 595-601 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Penicillium marneffei fungaemia in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient [6]

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Lau, C. C. Y., Chong, K. T. K., Hui, W. T., Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2005, In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 35, 8, p. 831-833 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogenetic and recombination analysis of coronavirus HKU1, a novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Huang, Y., Tsoi, H. W., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2005, In: Archives of Virology. 150, 11, p. 2299-2311 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  49 Citations (Scopus)

• Polyoma BK viruria in patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation [5]

  Leung, A. Y. H., Chan, M., Cheng, V. C. C., Lie, A. K. W., Yuen, K. Y. & Kwong, Y. L., May 2005, In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 35, 10, p. 1029-1030 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Polyoma BK virus and haemorrhagic cystitis in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A changing paradigm

  Leung, A. Y. H., Yuen, K. Y. & Kwong, Y. L., Dec 2005, In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 36, 11, p. 929-937 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  138 Citations (Scopus)

• Psychometric properties of a generic health measure in patients with neck pain

  Chiu, T. T. W., Lam, T. H. & Hedley, A. J., Aug 2005, In: Clinical Rehabilitation. 19, 5, p. 505-513 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Pulmonary artery thrombosis in a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

  Ng, K. H., Wu, A. K., Cheng, V. C., Tang, B. S., Chan, C. Y., Yung, C. Y., Luk, S. H., Lee, T. W., Chow, L. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 2005, In: Postgraduate Medical Journal. 81, 956, p. e3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  61 Citations (Scopus)

• Quantification of adenovirus in the lower respiratory tract of patients without clinical adenovirus-related respiratory disease

  Leung, A. Y. H., Chan, M., Cheng, V. C. C., Yuen, K. Y. & Kwong, Y. L., May 15 2005, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40, 10, p. 1541-1544 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara expressing the spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus induces protective neutralizing antibodies primarily targeting the receptor binding region

  Chen, Z., Zhang, L., Qin, C., Ba, L., Yi, C. E., Zhang, F., Wei, Q., He, T., Yu, W., Yu, J., Gao, H., Tu, X., Gettie, A., Farzan, M., Yuen, K. Y. & Ho, D. D., Mar 2005, In: Journal of Virology. 79, 5, p. 2678-2688 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  167 Citations (Scopus)

• Recurrent mutations associated with isolation and passage of SARS coronavirus in cells from non-human primates

  Poon, L. L. M., Leung, C. S. W., Chan, K. H., Yuen, K. Y., Guan, Y. & Peiris, J. S. M., Aug 2005, In: Journal of Medical Virology. 76, 4, p. 435-440 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Red imported fire ants in Hong Kong

  Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2005, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 11, 2, p. 131-132 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• SARS coronavirus detection methods

  Lau, S. K. P., Che, X. Y., Woo, P. C. Y., Wong, B. H. L., Cheng, V. C. C., Woo, G. K. S., Hung, I. F. N., Poon, R. W. S., Chan, K. H., Peiris, J. S. M. & Yuen, K. Y., Jul 2005, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11, 7, p. 1108-1111 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• SARS coronavirus spike polypeptide DNA vaccine priming with recombinant spike polypeptide from Escherichia coli as booster induces high titer of neutralizing antibody against SARS coronavirus

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Tsoi, H. W., Chen, Z. W., Wong, B. H. L., Zhang, L., Chan, J. K. H., Wong, L. P., He, W., Ma, C., Chan, K. H., Ho, D. D. & Yuen, K. Y., Oct 10 2005, In: Vaccine. 23, 42, p. 4959-4968 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  52 Citations (Scopus)

• Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers

  Lam, T. H., Ho, L. M., Hedley, A. J., Adab, P., Fielding, R., McGhee, S. M., Leung, G. M. & Aharonson-Daniel, L., Oct 2005, In: Tobacco Control. 14, 5, p. 307-314 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• Serological responses in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection and cross-reactivity with human coronaviruses 229E, OC43, and NL63

  Chan, K. H., Cheng, V. C. C., Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Poon, L. L. M., Guan, Y., Seto, W. H., Yuen, K. Y. & Peiris, J. S. M., Nov 2005, In: Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 12, 11, p. 1317-1321 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  93 Citations (Scopus)

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Li, K. S. M., Huang, Y., Tsoi, H. W., Wong, B. H. L., Wong, S. S. Y., Leung, S. Y., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 27 2005, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102, 39, p. 14040-14045 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1265 Citations (Scopus)

• Short-term, medium-term, long-term, and lifetime risk of developing and dying of breast carcinoma in a westernized Chinese population: Evidence from Hong Kong between 1976 and 2000

  Leung, G. M., Thach, T. O., Chan, E., Foo, W., Meng, O., Fielding, R., Lam, W. W. T., Hedley, A. J., Wong, C. W. & Lam, T. H., Feb 1 2005, In: Cancer. 103, 3, p. 501-508 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking, quitting, and the risk of cardiovascular disease among women and men in the Asia-Pacific region

  Woodward, M., Lam, T. H., Barzi, F., Patel, A., Gu, D. F., Rodgers, A., Suh, I., Lawes, C. M. M., MacMahon, S. W., Pan, W. H., Eushima, H., Parag, V., Okayama, A., Maegawa, H., Aoki, N., Nakamura, M., Kubo, N., Yamada, T., Wu, Z. S. & Yao, C. H. & 66 others, Andrews, G., Welborn, T. A., Tang, Z., Liu, L. S., Xie, J. X., Norton, R., Ameratunga, S., Whitlock, G., Knuiman, M. W., Cristensen, S., Wu, X. G., Zhou, J., Yu, X. H., Tamakoshi, A., Wu, Z. L., Chen, L. Q., Shan, G. L., Sritara, P., Duan, X. F., Jackson, R., Li, Y. H., Jiang, C. Q., Fujishima, M., Kiyohara, Y., Iwamoto, H., Woo, J., Ho, S. C., Hong, Z., Huang, M. S., Zhou, B. F., Fub, J. L., Kita, Y., Choudhury, S. R., Jee, S. H., Kim, I. S., Giles, G., Hashimoto, T., Sakata, K., Dobson, A., Imai, Y., Ohkubo, T., Hozawa, A., Jamrozik, K., Hobbs, M., Broadhurst, R., Nakachi, K., Fang, X. H., Li, S. C., Yang, Q. D., Chen, Z. M., Tanaka, H., Nozaki, A., Horibe, H., Matsutani, Y., Kagaya, M., Hughes, K., Lee, J., Heng, D., Chew, S. K., Zhang, H. Y., Shimamoto, K., Saitoh, S., Li, Z. Z., Norman, P., He, Y. & Yao, S. X., Oct 1 2005, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 34, 5, p. 1036-1045 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  157 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking, respiratory disease and health service utilisation: The paradox

  Adab, P., McGhee, S. M., Hedley, A. J. & Lam, T. H., Feb 2005, In: Social Science and Medicine. 60, 3, p. 483-490 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking cessation intervention in parents of young children: A randomised controlled trial

  Abdullah, A. S. M., Mak, Y. W., Loke, A. Y. & Lam, T. H., Nov 2005, In: Addiction. 100, 11, p. 1731-1740 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  71 Citations (Scopus)

• Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in Hong Kong: 1997 to 2002

  Lam, R. M. K., Tsang, T. H. F., Chan, K. Y., Lau, Y. L., Lim, W. L., Lam, T. H. & Leung, N. K., Jun 2005, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 11, 3, p. 164-173 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Synthetic peptides outside the spike protein heptad repeat regions as potent inhibitors of SARS-associated coronavirus

  Zheng, B. J., Guan, Y., He, M. L., Sun, H., Du, L., Zheng, Y., Wong, K. L., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Lu, L., Tanner, J. A., Watt, R. M., Niccolai, N., Bernini, A., Spiga, O., Woo, P. C. Y., Kung, H. F., Yuen, K. Y. & Huang, J. D., 2005, In: Antiviral Therapy. 10, 3, p. 393-403 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• The impact of work-related risk on nurses during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong

  Chan, S. S. C., Leung, G. M., Tiwari, A. F. Y., Salili, F., Leung, S. S. K., Wong, D. C. N., Wong, A. S. F., Lai, A. S. F. & Tai, H. L., 2005, In: Family and Community Health. 28, 3, p. 274-287 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  62 Citations (Scopus)