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  A regulatory polymorphism in interferon-γ receptor 1 promoter is associated with the susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection

  Zhou, J., Chen, D. Q., Poon, V. K. M., Zeng, Y., Ng, F., Lu, L., Huang, J. D., Yuen, K. Y. & Zheng, B. J., Jun 2009, In: Immunogenetics. 61, 6, p. 423-430 8 p.

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

• A socio-historical hypothesis for the diabetes epidemic in Chinese - Preliminary observations from Hong Kong as a natural experiment

  Schooling, C. M., Lam, T. H., Janus, E. D., Cowling, B. J. & Leung, G. M., 2009, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 21, 3, p. 346-353 8 p.

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

• BK Virus Nephropathy Due to KOM-3 Strain

  Chan, G. S. W., Tsoi, H. W., Wong, S. S. Y., Li, C. L., Tse, H., Un I, K., Yuen, K. Y. & Chan, K. W., Jul 2009, In: American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 54, 1, p. 122-126 5 p.

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

• Blood lipid levels in relation to glucose status in seven populations of Asian origin without a prior history of diabetes: The DECODA study

  Zhang, L., Qiao, Q., Tuomilehto, J., Hammar, N., Janus, E. D., Söderberg, S., Mohan, V., Ramachandran, A., Dong, Y. H., Lam, T. H. & Pang, Z. C., Sept 2009, In: Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 25, 6, p. 549-557 9 p.

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

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  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Blood pressure is a major risk factor for renal death: An analysis of 560 352 participants from the asia-pacific region

  O'Seaghdha, C. M., Perkovic, V., Lam, T. H., McGinn, S., Barzi, F., Gu, D. F., Cass, A., Suh, I., Muntner, P., Giles, G. G., Ueshima, H., Woodward, M. & Huxley, R., Sept 1 2009, In: Hypertension. 54, 3, p. 509-515 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  54 Citations (Scopus)

• Childhood growth and adulthood cognition in a rapidly developing population

  Heys, M., Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C., Adab, P., Cheng, K. K., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jan 2009, In: Epidemiology. 20, 1, p. 91-99 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical and molecular epidemiology of human parainfluenza virus 4 infections in Hong Kong: Subtype 4B as common as subtype 4A

  Lau, S. K. P., Li, K. S. M., Chau, K. Y., So, L. Y., Lee, R. A., Lau, Y. L., Chan, K. H., Lim, W. W. L., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., May 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47, 5, p. 1549-1552 4 p.

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

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  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical and molecular epidemiology of human rhinovirus c in children and adults in hong kong reveals a possible distinct human rhinovirus c subgroup

  Susanna, K. P. L., Cyril, C. Y. Y., Ada, W. C. L., Rodney, A. L., Lok-Yee, S., Yu-Lung, L., Kwok-Hung, C., Patrick C Y, W. & Kwok-Yung, Y., Oct 1 2009, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 200, 7, p. 1096-1103 8 p.

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

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  123 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical features and molecular epidemiology of coronavirus-HKU1-associated community-acquired pneumonia

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP9, p. 46-47 2 p.

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

• Clinical measurement of craniovertebral angle by electronic head posture instrument: A test of reliability and validity

  Cheung Lau, H. M., Wing Chiu, T. T. & Lam, T. H., Aug 2009, In: Manual Therapy. 14, 4, p. 363-368 6 p.

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

• Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 arrives in Hong Kong

  Cheng, V. C. C., Yam, W. C., Chan, J. F. W., To, K. K. W., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2009, In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 34, 5, p. 492-493 2 p.

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

• Combined Effects of Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Metabolic Syndrome on Cardiovascular Risk in Older Residents of China

  He, Y., Lam, T. H., Jiang, B., Wang, J., Sai, X., Fan, L., Li, X., Qin, Y. & Hu, F. B., Jan 27 2009, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 53, 4, p. 363-371 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Community psycho-behavioural surveillance and related impact on outbreak control in Hong Kong and Singapore during the SARS epidemic

  Leung, G. M., Quah, S., Ho, L. M., Ho, S. Y., Hedley, A. J., Lee, H. P. & Lam, T. H., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP9, p. 30-34 5 p.

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

• Comparative analysis of complete genome sequences of three avian coronaviruses reveals a novel group 3c coronavirus

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Lam, C. S. F., Lai, K. K. Y., Huang, Y., Lee, P., Luk, G. S. M., Dyrting, K. C., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2009, In: Journal of Virology. 83, 2, p. 908-917 10 p.

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

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  200 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparative host gene transcription by microarray analysis early after infection of the Huh7 cell line by SARS coronavirus and human coronavirus 229E

  Tang, B. S. F., Chan, K. H., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yuen, K. Y., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP9, p. 23-26 4 p.

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

• Confirmation of the first Hong Kong case of human infection by novel swine origin influenza A (H1N1) virus diagnosed using ultrarapid, real-time reverse transcriptase PCR

  Lau, S. K. P., Chan, K. H., Yip, C. C. Y., Ng, T. K., Tsang, O. T. Y., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jul 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47, 7, p. 2344-2346 3 p.

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

  Open Access
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Coronavirus diversity, phylogeny and interspecies jumping

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Huang, Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Oct 2009, In: Experimental Biology and Medicine. 234, 10, p. 1117-1127 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  Open Access
  548 Citations (Scopus)

• Corrigendum to "96 weeks combination of adefovir dipivoxil plus emtricitabine vs. adefovir dipivoxil monotherapy in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B". J Hepatol 48 (2008) 714-720 (DOI:10.1016/j.jhep.2007.10.013)

  Hui, C. K., Zhang, H. Y., Bowden, S., Locarnini, S., Luk, J. M., Leung, K. W., Yueng, Y. H., Wong, A., Rousseau, F., Yuen, K. Y., Naoumov, N. N. & Lau, G. K. K., Jun 2009, In: Journal of Hepatology. 50, 6, p. 1283-1284 2 p.

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

• Detection of asymptomatic antigenemia in pigs infected by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) by a novel capture immunoassay with monoclonal antibodies against the nucleocapsid protein of PRRSV

  Cai, J. P., Wang, Y. D., Tse, H., Xiang, H., Yuen, K. Y. & Che, X. Y., Dec 2009, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 16, 12, p. 1822-1828 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Development of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with freshwater fish-borne gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea

  Woo, P. C. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Tsang, A. K. L., Tse, H., Tsang, V. Y. M., Chan, K. M., Lee, E. K. Y., Chan, J. K. H., Ma, S. S. L., Tam, D. M. W., Chung, L. M. W., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., 2009, In: BMC Microbiology. 9, 21.

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

  Open Access
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Development of interfering RNA agents to inhibit SARS-associated coronavirus infection and replication

  He, M. L., Chen, Y., Sung, J. J. Y., Kung, H. F., Zheng, B. J., Wong, K. L., Yuen, K. Y., Huang, J. D. & Lin, M. C., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, 3 SUPP4, p. 28-31 4 p.

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

• Diagnosis and spectrum of melamine-related renal disease: Plausible mechanism of stone formation in humans

  Lam, C. W., Lan, L., Che, X., Tam, S., Wong, S. S. Y., Chen, Y., Jin, J., Tao, S. H., Tang, X. M., Yuen, K. Y. & Tam, P. K. H., Apr 2009, In: Clinica Chimica Acta. 402, 1-2, p. 150-155 6 p.

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

• Differential susceptibility of different cell lines to swine-origin influenza A H1N1, seasonal human influenza A H1N1, and avian influenza A H5N1 viruses

  Li, I. W. S., Chan, K. H., To, K. W. K., Wong, S. S. Y., Ho, P. L., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Tsoi, H. W., Chan, J. F. W., Cheng, V. C. C., Zheng, B. J., Chen, H. & Yuen, K. Y., Dec 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Virology. 46, 4, p. 325-330 6 p.

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

• Does cigarette smoking exacerbate the effect of total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on the risk of cardiovascular diseases?

  Nakamura, K., Barzi, F., Huxley, R., Lam, T. H., Suh, I., Woo, J., Kim, H. C., Feigin, V. L., Gu, D. & Woodward, M., Jun 2009, In: Heart. 95, 11, p. 909-916 8 p.

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

• Effect of physical activity strength on the diabetes mellitus prevalence in the elderly under the influence of International Physical Activity Questionnaire

  Jiang, C. Q., Xu, L., Lam, T. H., Zhang, W. S., Liu, B., Lin, J. M., Yue, X. J., Jin, Y. L. & Thomas, G. N., May 2009, In: Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi. 30, 5, p. 462-465 4 p.

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

• Effects of fear-avoidance beliefs on Chinese patients with neck pain

  Chiu, T. W., Lee, K. C., Lam, T. H. & Lau, M. C., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP6, p. 9-12 4 p.

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

• Elevated plasma level of soluble F11 receptor/junctional adhesion molecule-A(F11R/JAM-A) in hypertension

  Ong, K. L., Leung, R. Y. H., Babinska, A., Salifu, M. O., Ehrlich, Y. H., Kornecki, E., Wong, L. Y. F., Tso, A. W. K., Cherny, S. S., Sham, P. C., Lam, T. H., Lam, K. S. L. & Cheung, B. M. Y., May 2009, In: American Journal of Hypertension. 22, 5, p. 500-505 6 p.

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

• Environmental surveillance for Laribacter hongkongensis, a diarrhoeal pathogen discovered in Hong Kong

  Lau, S. K. P., Yuen, K. Y., Woo, P. C. Y. & Young, L., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPPL.2, p. 30-32 3 p.

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

• Epidemiology of SARS in the 2003 Hong Kong epidemic

  Leung, G. M., Ho, L. M., Lam, T. H. & Hedley, A. J., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP9, p. 12-16 5 p.

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

• Examination of seroprevalence of coronavirus HKU1 infection with S protein-based ELISA and neutralization assay against viral spike pseudotyped virus

  Chan, C. M., Tse, H., Wong, S. S. Y., Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Chen, L., Zheng, B. J., Huang, J. D. & Yuen, K. Y., May 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Virology. 45, 1, p. 54-60 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  72 Citations (Scopus)

• Expression, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of human coronavirus HKU1 nonstructural protein 9

  Wang, W., Wei, L., Yang, A., He, T., Yuen, K. Y., Chen, C. & Rao, Z., 2009, In: Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 65, 5, p. 526-528 3 p.

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

  Open Access
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Fatal co-infection with swine origin influenza virus A/H1N1 and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  Cheng, V. C. C., Lau, Y. K., Lee, K. L., Yiu, K. H., Chan, K. H., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2009, In: Journal of Infection. 59, 5, p. 366-370 5 p.

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

• Fine antigenic variation within H5N1 influenza virus hemagglutinin's antigenic sites defined by yeast cell surface display

  Li, J., Wang, Y., Liang, Y., Ni, B., Wan, Y., Liao, Z., Chan, K. H., Yuen, K. Y., Fu, X., Shang, X., Wang, S., Yi, D., Guo, B., Di, B., Wang, M., Che, X. & Wu, Y., Dec 2009, In: European Journal of Immunology. 39, 12, p. 3498-3510 13 p.

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

  Open Access
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• First report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis complicating acupuncture: simple procedure resulting in most devastating outcome

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2009, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 63, 1, p. 92-95 4 p.

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

• First report of Tsukamurella keratitis: Association between T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis and ophthalmologic infections

  Woo, P. C. Y., Fong, A. H. C., Ngan, A. H. Y., Tam, D. M. W., Teng, J. L. L., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47, 6, p. 1953-1956 4 p.

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

  Open Access
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Functional dissection of an IFN-α/β receptor 1 promoter variant that confers higher risk to chronic hepatitis B virus infection

  Zhou, J., Huang, J. D., Poon, V. K. M., Chen, D. Q., Chan, C. C. S., Ng, F., Guan, X. Y., Watt, R. M., Lu, L., Yuen, K. Y. & Zheng, B. J., Aug 2009, In: Journal of Hepatology. 51, 2, p. 322-332 11 p.

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

• Guidelines for interpretation of 16S rRNA gene sequence-based results for identification of medically important aerobic Gram-positive bacteria

  Woo, P. C. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Wu, J. K. L., Leung, F. P. S., Tse, H., Fung, A. M. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Aug 2009, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 58, 8, p. 1030-1036 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  53 Citations (Scopus)

• High density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels increase with age in American women but not in Hong Kong Chinese women

  Cheung, B. M. Y., Li, M., Ong, K. L., Wat, N. M. S., Tam, S., Pang, R. W. C., Thomas, G. N., Woo, J., Janus, E. D., Lau, C. P., Lam, T. H. & Lam, K. S. L., Apr 2009, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 70, 4, p. 561-568 8 p.

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

• High frequency of polyoma BK virus shedding in the gastrointestinal tract after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A prospective and quantitative analysis

  Wong, A. S. Y., Cheng, V. C. C., Yuen, K. Y., Kwong, Y. L. & Leung, A. Y. H., 2009, In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 43, 1, p. 43-47 5 p.

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

  Open Access
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of major histocompatibility complex class I C molecule as an attachment factor that facilitates coronavirus HKU1 spike-mediated infection

  Chan, C. M., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Tse, H., Zheng, B. J., Chen, L., Huang, J. D. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2009, In: Journal of Virology. 83, 2, p. 1026-1035 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Impact on calcification of aortic arch by lifestyle-related, physiologic and biochemical factors

  Zhou, H. L., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Cheng, K. K., Liu, B., Zhang, W. S., Xu, L., Jin, Y. L., Zhu, T. & Gn, T., Aug 2009, In: Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi. 30, 8, p. 776-779 4 p.

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

• Inhibition of HBV replication and gene expression in vitro and in vivo with a single AAV vector delivering two shRNA molecules

  Li, Z., He, M. L., Yao, H., Dong, Q. M., Chen, Y. C., Chan, C. Y., Zheng, B. J., Yuen, K. Y., Peng, Y., Sun, Q., Yang, X., Lin, M. C., Sung, J. J. Y. & Kung, H. F., Jan 2009, In: BMB Reports. 42, 1, p. 59-64 6 p.

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

  Open Access
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, from Chinese tiger frog

  Lau, S. K. P., Lee, L. C. K., Fan, R. Y. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Tse, C. W. S., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 31 2009, In: International Journal of Food Microbiology. 129, 1, p. 78-82 5 p.

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

• Knowledge of risk and self-protection practices and the degree of influenza hazard from live poultry sales

  Fielding, R., Leung, G. M., Lam, T. H. & Lam, W. W. T., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP9, p. 42-45 4 p.

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

• Moderate Alcohol Use, Health Status, and Mortality in a Prospective Chinese Elderly Cohort

  Sun, W., Schooling, C. M., Chan, W. M., Ho, K. S., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jun 2009, In: Annals of Epidemiology. 19, 6, p. 396-403 8 p.

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

• Modification by influenza on health effects of air pollution in Hong Kong

  Wong, C. M., Yang, L., Thach, T. Q., Chau, P. Y. K., Chan, K. P., Thomas, G. N., Lam, T. H., Wong, T. W., Hedley, A. J. & Peiris, J. S. M., 2009, In: Environmental Health Perspectives. 117, 2, p. 248-253 6 p.

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

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  85 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular detection of a novel human influenza (H1N1) of pandemic potential by conventional and real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays

  Poon, L. L. M., Chan, K. H., Smith, G. J., Leung, C. S. W., Guan, Y., Yuen, K. Y. & Peiris, J. S. M., Aug 1 2009, In: Clinical Chemistry. 55, 8, p. 1555-1558 4 p.

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

  Open Access
  113 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular epidemiological study of HIV-1 CRF01-ae transmission in Hong Kong

  Chen, J. H. K., Wong, K. H., Li, P., Chan, K. C., Lee, M. P., Lam, H. Y., Cheng, V. C. C., Yuen, K. Y. & Yam, W. C., Aug 2009, In: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 51, 5, p. 530-535 6 p.

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

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular epidemiology of communityassociated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  Ho, P. L., Yuen, K. Y., Tse, W. S., Ng, T. K., Que, T. L., Lai, E. & Yung, R. W., 2009, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 15, SUPP9, p. 6-8 3 p.

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

• More and more coronaviruses: Human coronavirus HKU1

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Yip, C. C. Y., Huang, Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 11 2009, In: Viruses. 1, 1, p. 57-71 15 p.

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

  Open Access
  59 Citations (Scopus)