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• 2006

  Genomic and experimental evidence for a potential sexual cycle in the pathogenic thermal dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei

  Woo, P. C. Y., Chong, K. T. K., Tse, H., Cai, J. J., Lau, C. C. Y., Zhou, A. C., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 12 2006, In: FEBS Letters. 580, 14, p. 3409-3416 8 p.

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

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  62 Citations (Scopus)

• Genomic evidence for antibiotic resistance genes of actinomycetes as origins of antibiotic resistance genes in pathogenic bacteria simply because actinomycetes are more ancestral than pathogenic bacteria

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Huang, Y. & Yuen, K. Y., 2006, In: Medical Hypotheses. 67, 6, p. 1297-1304 8 p.

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

• Globicatella bacteraemia identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Li, N. K. H., Teng, J. L. L., Leung, K. W., Ng, K. H. L., Que, T. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2006, In: Journal of Clinical Pathology. 59, 3, p. 303-307 5 p.

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

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of factors differentially associated with isolated impaired fasting glucose and isolated post-load impaired glucose tolerance: The Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study

  Thomas, G. N., Schooling, C. M., McGhee, S. M., Ho, S. Y., Cheung, B. M. Y., Wat, N. M., Janus, E. D. & Lam, T. H., Oct 2006, In: European Journal of Endocrinology. 155, 4, p. 623-632 10 p.

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

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Impact of sex-specific body composition on cardiovascular risk factors: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study

  Thomas, G. N., McGhee, S. M., Schooling, M., Ho, S. Y., Lam, K. S. L., Janus, E. D. & Lam, T. H., May 2006, In: Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 55, 5, p. 563-569 7 p.

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

• Infectious diseases emerging from Chinese wet-markets: Zoonotic origins of severe respiratory viral infections

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Oct 2006, In: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 19, 5, p. 401-407 7 p.

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

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  155 Citations (Scopus)

• Influenza-associated hospitalization in a subtropical city

  Chit, M. W., Yang, L., King, P. C., Leung, G. M., Chan, K. H., Guan, Y., Tai, H. L., Hedley, A. J. & Peiris, J. S. M., Apr 2006, In: PLoS Medicine. 3, 4, p. 485-492 8 p.

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

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  126 Citations (Scopus)

• Kinetics and synergistic effects of siRNAs targeting structural and replicase genes of SARS-associated coronavirus

  He, M. L., Zheng, B. J., Chen, Y., Wong, K. L., Huang, J. D., Lin, M. C., Peng, Y., Yuen, K. Y., Sung, J. J. Y. & Kung, H. F., May 1 2006, In: FEBS Letters. 580, 10, p. 2414-2420 7 p.

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

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  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Lymphopenia at presentation is associated with increased risk of infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

  Ng, W. L., Chu, C. M., Wu, A. K. L., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2006, In: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. 99, 1, p. 37-47 11 p.

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

• Misidentification of a mucoid strain of Salmonella enterica serotype choleraesuis as Hafnia alvei by the Vitek GNI+ card system

  Wang, T. K. F., Yam, W. C., Yuen, K. Y. & Wong, S. S. Y., Dec 2006, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44, 12, p. 4605-4608 4 p.

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

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  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Modulation of the unfolded protein response by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike protein

  Chan, C. P., Siu, K. L., Chin, K. T., Yuen, K. Y., Zheng, B. & Jin, D. Y., Sept 2006, In: Journal of Virology. 80, 18, p. 9279-9287 9 p.

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

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  197 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular characterization of isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Identification of a novel mutation in inhA

  Leung, E. T. Y., Ho, P. L., Yuen, K. Y., Woo, W. L., Lam, T. H., Kao, R. Y., Seto, W. H. & Yam, W. C., Mar 2006, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 50, 3, p. 1075-1078 4 p.

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

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  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular diversity of coronaviruses in bats

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Li, K. S. M., Poon, R. W. S., Wong, B. H. L., Tsoi, H. W., Yip, B. C. K., Huang, Y., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Jul 20 2006, In: Virology. 351, 1, p. 180-187 8 p.

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

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  266 Citations (Scopus)

• Nasopharyngeal detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus RNA in health-care workers

  Wang, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2006, In: Chest. 129, 1, p. 12-13 2 p.

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

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Obesity, physical activity, and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort

  Schooling, C. M., Tai, H. L., Sai, Y. H., Wai, M. C., Kin, S. H., May, K. T., Cowling, B. J. & Leung, G. M., Jul 24 2006, In: Archives of Internal Medicine. 166, 14, p. 1498-1504 7 p.

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

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  134 Citations (Scopus)

• Parity and the metabolic syndrome in older Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Lao, X. Q., Thomas, G. N., Jiang, C. Q., Zhang, W. S., Yin, P., Schooling, M., Heys, M., Leung, G. M., Adab, P., Cheng, K. K. & Lam, T. H., Oct 2006, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 65, 4, p. 460-469 10 p.

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

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  71 Citations (Scopus)

• Plasma lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels in a random population sample of 2875 Hong Kong Chinese adults and their implications (NCEP ATP-III, 2001 guidelines) on cardiovascular risk assessment

  Pang, R. W. C., Tam, S., Janus, E. D., Siu, S. T. S., Ma, O. C. K., Lam, T. H. & Lam, K. S. L., Feb 2006, In: Atherosclerosis. 184, 2, p. 438-445 8 p.

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

• Predictors of smoking cessation among chinese parents of young children followed up for 6 months

  Abdullah, A. S. M., Lam, T. H., Loke, A. Y. & Mak, Y. W., Aug 2006, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 12, 4, p. 28-31 4 p.

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

• Predictors of the participation of smoking parents in a proactive telephone-based smoking cessation program

  Mak, Y. W., Loke, A. Y., Lam, T. H. & Abdullah, A. S., Oct 2006, In: Addictive Behaviors. 31, 10, p. 1731-1743 13 p.

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

• Protecting sick children from exposure to passive smoking through mothers' actions: A randomized controlled trial of a nursing intervention

  Chan, S. & Lam, T. H., May 2006, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 54, 4, p. 440-449 10 p.

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

• Psychometric properties of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire in patients with neck pain

  Lee, K. C., Chiu, T. T. W. & Lam, T. H., 2006, In: Clinical Rehabilitation. 20, 10, p. 909-920 12 p.

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

• Recombinant adeno-associated virus expressing the receptor-binding domain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus S protein elicits neutralizing antibodies: Implication for developing SARS vaccines

  Du, L., He, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, H., Ma, S., Wong, C. K. L., Wu, S. H. W., Ng, F., Huang, J. D., Yuen, K. Y., Jiang, S., Zhou, Y. & Zheng, B. J., Sept 15 2006, In: Virology. 353, 1, p. 6-16 11 p.

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

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  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Risk-behavior reporting by blood donors with an automated telephone system

  Fielding, R., Lam, T. H. & Hedley, A., Feb 2006, In: Transfusion. 46, 2, p. 289-297 9 p.

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

• Risks for heart disease and lung cancer from passive smoking by workers in the catering industry

  Hedley, A. J., McGhee, S. M., Repace, J. L., Wong, L. C., Yu, M. Y. S., Wong, T. W. & Lam, T. H., Apr 2006, In: Toxicological Sciences. 90, 2, p. 539-548 10 p.

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

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Risk-stratified seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus among children in Hong Kong

  Lee, P. P. W., Wong, W. H. S., Leung, G. M., Chiu, S. S., Chan, K. H., Peiris, J. S. M., Lam, T. H. & Lau, Y. L., Jun 2006, In: Pediatrics. 117, 6, p. e1156-e1162

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

• Sensitive and Inexpensive Molecular Test for Falciparum Malaria: Detecting Plasmodium falciparum DNA Directly from Heat-Treated Blood by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

  Poon, L. L. M., Wong, B. W. Y., Ma, E. H. T., Chan, K. H., Chow, L. M. C., Abeyewickreme, W., Tangpukdee, N., Yuen, K. Y., Guan, Y., Looareesuwan, S. & Peiris, J. S. M., Feb 2006, In: Clinical Chemistry. 52, 2, p. 303-306 4 p.

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

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  417 Citations (Scopus)

• Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to SARS-coronavirus in asymptomatic or subclinical population groups

  Leung, G. M., Lim, W. W., Ho, L. M., Lam, T. H., Ghani, A. C., Donnelly, C. A., Fraser, C., Riley, S., Ferguson, N. M., Anderson, R. M. & Hedley, A. J., Apr 2006, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 134, 2, p. 211-221 11 p.

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

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  73 Citations (Scopus)

• Serotype 1-specific monoclonal antibody-based antigen capture immunoassay for detection of circulating nonstructural protein NS1: Implications for early diagnosis and serotyping of dengue virus infections

  Xu, H., Di, B., Pan, Y. X., Qiu, L. W., Wang, Y. D., Hao, W., He, L. J., Yuen, K. Y. & Che, X. Y., Aug 2006, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44, 8, p. 2872-2878 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  121 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking and sexual dysfunction in Chinese males: Findings from men's health survey

  Lam, T. H., Abdullah, A. S. M., Ho, L. M., Yip, A. W. C. & Fan, S., Jul 17 2006, In: International Journal of Impotence Research. 18, 4, p. 364-369 6 p.

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

• Smoking cessation among Chinese young smokers: Does gender and age difference matters and what are the predictors?

  Abdullah, A. S. M., Lam, T. H., Chan, S. S. C. & Hedley, A. J., May 2006, In: Addictive Behaviors. 31, 5, p. 913-921 9 p.

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

• Snoring and vascular risk factors and disease in a low-risk Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Thomas, G. N., Jiang, C. Q., Lao, X. Q., McGhee, S. M., Zhang, W. S., Schooling, C. M., Adab, P., Lam, T. H. & Cheng, K. K., Jul 1 2006, In: Sleep. 29, 7, p. 896-900 5 p.

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

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  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Soy consumption and mortality in Hong Kong: Proxy-reported case-control study of all older adult deaths in 1998

  Ho, S. Y., Schooling, M., Hui, L. L., McGhee, S. M., Mak, K. H. & Lam, T. H., Jul 2006, In: Preventive Medicine. 43, 1, p. 20-26 7 p.

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

• The effect of modifiable risk factors on pancreatic cancer mortality in populations of the Asia-Pacific region

  Ansary-Moghaddam, A., Huxley, R., Barzi, F., Lawes, C., Ohkubo, T., Fang, X., Jee, S. H., Woodward, M., Okayama, A., Ueshima, H., Maegawa, H., Aoki, N., Nakamura, M., Kubo, N., Yamada, T., Wu, Z. S., Yao, C. H., Andrews, G., Welborn, T. A. & Tang, Z. & 67 others, Liu, L. S., Xie, J. X., Norton, R., Ameratunga, S., MacMahon, S., Whitlock, G., Knuiman, M. W., Christensen, H., Zhou, J., Yu, X. H., Wu, X. G., Tamakoshi, A., Pan, W. H., Sritara, P., Wu, Z. L., Chen, L. Q., Shan, G. L., Gu, D. F., Duan, X. F., Jackson, R., Li, Y. H., Lam, T. H., Jiang, C. Q., Fujishima, M., Kiyohara, Y., Iwamoto, H., Woo, J., Ho, S. C., Hong, Z., Huang, M. S., Zhou, B., Fuh, J. L., Kita, Y., Choudhury, S. R., Suh, I., Kim, I. S., Giles, G., Hashimoto, T., Sakata, K., Dobson, A., Imai, Y., 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., Zhou, B. F., Zhang, H. Y., Shimamoto, K., Saitoh, S., Li, Z. Z., Norman, P., He, Y. & Yao, S. X., Dec 2006, In: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 15, 12, p. 2435-2440 6 p.

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

• The fraction of ischaemic heart disease and stroke attributable to smoking in the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asian regions

  Martiniuk, A. L. C., Lee, C. M. Y., Lam, T. H., Huxley, R., Suh, I., Jamrozik, K., Gu, D. F. & Woodward, M., Jun 2006, In: Tobacco Control. 15, 3, p. 181-188 8 p.

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

  Open Access
  64 Citations (Scopus)

• Urinary reactivation of polyoma BK virus but not adenovirus in paediatric and adolescent patients after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation [3]

  Leung, A. Y. H., Wong, A. S. Y., Chan, G. C. F., Yuen, K. Y. & Kwong, Y. L., Mar 2006, In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 37, 6, p. 621-623 3 p.

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

• Usefulness of the MicroSeq 500 16S rDNA bacterial identification system for identification of anaerobic Gram positive bacilli isolated from blood cultures

  Lau, S. K. P., Ng, K. H. L., Woo, P. C. Y., Yip, K. T., Fung, A. M. Y., Woo, G. K. S., Chan, K. M., Que, T. I. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 2006, In: Journal of Clinical Pathology. 59, 2, p. 219-222 4 p.

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

  Open Access
  41 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Age of menarche and the metabolic syndrome in China

  Heys, M., Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C., Cowling, B. J., Lao, X., Zhang, W., Cheng, K. K., Adab, P., Thomas, G. N., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Nov 2007, In: Epidemiology. 18, 6, p. 740-746 7 p.

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

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  100 Citations (Scopus)

• A model to control the epidemic of H5N1 influenza at the source

  Guan, Y., Chen, H., Li, K. S., Riley, S., Leung, G. M., Webster, R., Peiris, J. S. M. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 13 2007, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 7, 132.

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

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  37 Citations (Scopus)

• A randomised controlled trial of a health education intervention provided by nurses to mothers of sick children

  Chan, S. & Lam, T. H., Aug 2007, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 13, 4, p. 25-27 3 p.

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

• Ascaris-induced eosinophilic pneumonitis in an HIV-infected patient

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Wong, S. S. Y., Ma, E. S. K. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 2007, In: Journal of Clinical Pathology. 60, 2, p. 202-203 2 p.

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

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Asymptomatic Penicillium marneffei fungemia in an HIV-infected patient

  Wang, T. K. F., Yuen, K. Y. & Wong, S. S. Y., May 2007, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 11, 3, p. 280-281 2 p.

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

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in a patient in China, 2006.

  Chen, X., Smith, G. J., Zhou, B., Qiu, C., Wu, W. L., Li, Y., Lu, P., Duan, L., Liu, S., Yuan, J., Yang, G., Wang, H., Cheng, J., Jiang, H., Peiris, J. S., Chen, H., Yuen, K. Y., Zhong, N. & Guan, Y., 2007, In: Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. 1, 5-6, p. 207-213 7 p.

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

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Bats as a continuing source of emerging infections in humans

  Wong, S., Lau, S., Woo, P. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2007, In: Reviews in Medical Virology. 17, 2, p. 67-91 25 p.

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

  Open Access
  272 Citations (Scopus)

• Cardiovascular risk prediction tools for populations in Asia

  Barzi, F., Patel, A., Gu, D., Sritara, P., Lam, T. H., Rodgers, A. & Woodward, M., Feb 2007, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 61, 2, p. 115-121 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  154 Citations (Scopus)

• Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada

  Lau, S. K. P., McNabb, A., Woo, G. K. S., Hoang, L., Fung, A. M. Y., Chung, L. M. W., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 2007, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45, 2, p. 395-401 7 p.

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

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  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Characterization of a novel cryptic plasmid, pHLHK26, in Laribacter hongkongensis

  Woo, P. C. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Ma, S. S. L., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2007, In: New Microbiologica. 30, 2, p. 139-147 9 p.

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

• Cleavage of spike protein of SARS coronavirus by protease factor Xa is associated with viral infectivity

  Du, L., Kao, R. Y., Zhou, Y., He, Y., Zhao, G., Wong, C., Jiang, S., Yuen, K. Y., Jin, D. Y. & Zheng, B. J., Jul 20 2007, In: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 359, 1, p. 174-179 6 p.

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

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  113 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical and molecular epidemiology of human bocavirus in respiratory and fecal samples from children in Hong Kong

  Lau, S. K. P., Yip, C. C. Y., Que, T. L., Lee, R. A., Au-Yeung, R. K. H., Zhou, B., So, L. Y., Lau, Y. L., Chan, K. H., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., 2007, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 196, 7, p. 986-993 8 p.

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  185 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical features and complete genome characterization of a distinct human rhinovirus (HRV) genetic cluster, probably representing a previously undetected HRV species, HRV-C, associated with acute respiratory illness in children

  Lau, S. K. P., Yip, C. C. Y., Tsoi, H. W., Lee, R. A., So, L. Y., Lau, Y. L., Chan, K. H., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2007, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45, 11, p. 3655-3664 10 p.

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  293 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparative analysis of twelve genomes of three novel group 2c and group 2d coronaviruses reveals unique group and subgroup features

  Woo, P. C. Y., Wang, M., Lau, S. K. P., Xu, H., Poon, R. W. S., Guo, R., Wong, B. H. L., Gao, K., Tsoi, H. W., Huang, Y., Li, K. S. M., Lam, C. S. F., Chan, K. H., Zheng, B. J. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 2007, In: Journal of Virology. 81, 4, p. 1574-1585 12 p.

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  223 Citations (Scopus)