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• 2013

  Timing of solid food introduction and obesity: Hong Kong's "children of 1997" birth cohort

  Lin, S. L., Leung, G. M., Lam, T. H. & Schooling, C. M., May 2013, In: Pediatrics. 131, 5, p. e1459-e1467

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

• Transmission of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the long term care facilities in Hong Kong

  Cheng, V. C. C., Tai, J. W. M., Wong, Z. S. Y., Chen, J. H. K., Pan, K. B. Q., Hai, Y., Ng, W. C., Chow, D. M. K., Yau, M. C. Y., Chan, J. F. W., Wong, S. C. Y., Tse, H., Chan, S. S. C., Tsui, K. L., Chan, F. H. W., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., May 6 2013, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 13, 1, 205.

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

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  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Tuberculosis is associated with increased lung cancer mortality

  Leung, C. C., Hui, L., Lee, R. S. Y., Lam, T. H., Yew, W. W., Hui, D. S. C., Chan, R. C. Y., Mok, T. Y. W., Law, W. S., Chang, K. C., Leung, E. C. C. & Tam, C. M., May 1 2013, In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 17, 5, p. 687-692 6 p.

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

• Underage alcohol drinking and medical services use in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study

  Wang, M. P., Ho, S. Y. & Lam, T. H., 2013, In: BMJ Open. 3, 5, e002740.

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

  Open Access
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Unraveling the molecular basis of temperature-dependent genetic regulation in penicillium marneffei

  Yang, E., Wang, G., Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Chow, W. N., Chong, K. T. K., Tse, H., Kao, R. Y. T., Chan, C. M., Che, X., Yuen, K. Y. & Cai, J. J., Sept 2013, In: Eukaryotic Cell. 12, 9, p. 1214-1224 11 p.

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

  Open Access
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Jin, Y. L., Zhu, T., Xu, L., Zhang, W. S., Liu, B., Jiang, C. Q., Yu, H., Huang, L. M., Cheng, K. K., Thomas, G. N. & Lam, T. H., Oct 3 2013, In: International Journal of Cardiology. 168, 3, p. 2238-2241 4 p.

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

• Use of nasopharyngeal aspirate for diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia

  To, K. K. W., Wong, S. C. Y., Xu, T., Poon, R. W. S., Mok, K. Y., Chan, J. F. W., Cheng, V. C. C., Chan, K. H., Hung, I. F. N. & Yuen, K. Y., May 2013, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51, 5, p. 1570-1574 5 p.

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

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of the human colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cell line for isolating respiratory viruses from nasopharyngeal aspirates

  Chan, K. H., Yan, M. K., To, K. K. W., Lau, S. K., Woo, P. C., Cheng, V. C. C., Li, W. S., Chan, J. F. W., Tse, H. & Yuen, K. Y., May 2013, In: Journal of Medical Virology. 85, 5, p. 874-879 6 p.

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

  Open Access
  8 Citations (SciVal)

• Will mothers of sick children help their husbands to stop smoking after receiving a brief intervention from nurses? Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

  Chan, S. S. C., Wong, D. C. N. & Lam, T. H., Apr 8 2013, In: BMC Pediatrics. 13, 1, 50.

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

  Open Access
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Absolute risk of tobacco deaths: One in two smokers will be killed by smoking

  Lam, T. H., Jun 11 2012, In: Archives of Internal Medicine. 172, 11, p. 845-846 2 p.

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

• Adverse systemic arterial function in patients with selenium deficiency

  Chan, Y. H., Siu, C. W., Yiu, K. H., Chan, H. T., Li, S. W., Tam, S., Cheung, B. M., Lau, C. P., Lam, T. H. & Tse, H. F., Jan 2012, In: Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 16, 1, p. 85-88 4 p.

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

  Open Access
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• A functional variation in CD55 increases the severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza a virus infection

  Zhou, J., To, K. K. W., Dong, H., Cheng, Z. S., Lau, C. C. Y., Poon, V. K. M., Fan, Y. H., Song, Y. Q., Tse, H., Chan, K. H., Zheng, B. J., Zhao, G. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Aug 15 2012, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 206, 4, p. 495-503 9 p.

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

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  76 Citations (Scopus)

• A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for hypertension and blood pressure traits

  Guo, Y., Tomlinson, B., Chu, T., Fang, Y. J., Gui, H., Tang, C. S., Yip, B. H., Cherny, S. S., Hur, Y. M., Sham, P. C., Lam, T. H. & Thomas, N. G., Feb 24 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 2, e31489.

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

  Open Access
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Air quality in Hong Kong and the impact of pollution on health 1988-1997

  Hedley, A. J., Wong, C. M., Lam, T. H., McGhee, S. M. & Ma, S., May 23 2012, Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries. Taylor and Francis, p. 176-188 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  2 Citations (SciVal)

• A novel dirofilaria species causing human and canine infections in Hong Kong

  To, K. K. W., Wong, S. S. Y., Poon, R. W. S., Trendell-Smith, N. J., Ngan, A. H. Y., Lam, J. W. K., Tang, T. H. C., AhChong, A. K., Kan, J. C. H., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2012, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50, 11, p. 3534-3541 8 p.

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

  Open Access
  69 Citations (Scopus)

• Antibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health intervention

  Chan, Y. H., Fan, M. M., Fok, C. M., Lok, Z. L., Ni, M., Sin, C. F., Wong, K. K., Wong, S. M., Yeung, R., Yeung, T. T., Chow, W. C., Lam, T. H. & Schooling, C. M., Mar 2012, In: American Journal of Infection Control. 40, 2, p. 113-117 5 p.

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

  Open Access
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Anti-ganglioside antibodies were not detected in human subjects infected with or vaccinated against 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus

  Lei, T., Siu, K. L., Kok, K. H., Chan, K. H., Chan, E. Y. T., Hung, I. F. N., To, K. K. W., Li, P. C. K., Zhou, J., Zheng, B. J., Yuen, K. Y., Wang, M. & Jin, D. Y., Mar 30 2012, In: Vaccine. 30, 16, p. 2605-2610 6 p.

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

• An unprecedented outbreak investigation for nosocomial and community-acquired legionellosis in Hong Kong

  Cheng, V. C. C., Wong, S. S. Y., Chen, J. H. K., Chan, J. F. W., To, K. K. W., Poon, R. W. S., Wong, S. C. Y., Chan, K. H., Tai, J. W. M., Ho, P. L., Tsang, T. H. F. & Yuen, K. Y., 2012, In: Chinese Medical Journal. 125, 23, p. 4283-4290 8 p.

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

• A randomized controlled trial of stage-matched intervention for smoking cessation in cardiac out-patients

  Chan, S. S. C., Leung, D. Y. P., Wong, D. C. N., Lau, C. P., Wong, V. T. & Lam, T. H., Apr 2012, In: Addiction. 107, 4, p. 829-837 9 p.

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

• A significant number of reported Absidia corymbifera (Lichtheimia corymbifera) infections are caused by Lichtheimia ramosa (syn. Lichtheimia hongkongensis): An emerging cause of mucormycosis

  Woo, P. C. Y., Leung, S. Y., Ngan, A. H. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., 2012, In: Emerging Microbes and Infections. 1, e15.

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

  Open Access
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Association between HbA _1c and cardiovascular disease mortality in older Hong Kong Chinese with diabetes

  Xu, L., Chan, W. M., Hui, Y. F. & Lam, T. H., Mar 2012, In: Diabetic Medicine. 29, 3, p. 393-398 6 p.

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

• Association between television viewing and self-esteem in children

  Tin, S. P. P., Ho, D. S. Y., Mak, K. H., Wan, K. L. & Lam, T. H., Jul 2012, In: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 33, 6, p. 479-485 7 p.

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

• Automated pangenomic analysis in target selection for PCR detection and identification of bacteria by use of ssGenefinder Webserver and its application to Salmonella enterica serovar typhi

  Ho, C. C., Wu, A. K. L., Tse, C. W. S., Yuen, K. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Woo, P. C. Y., Jun 2012, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50, 6, p. 1905-1911 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Avian influenza A H5N1 virus: A continuous threat to humans

  To, K. K. W., Ng, K. H. L., Que, T. L., Chan, J. M. C., Tsang, K. Y., Tsang, A. K. L., Chen, H. & Yuen, K. Y., 2012, In: Emerging Microbes and Infections. 1, e25.

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

  Open Access
  74 Citations (Scopus)

• Breastfeeding, childhood milk consumption, and onset of puberty

  Kwok, M. K., Leung, G. M., Lam, T. H. & Schooling, C. M., Sept 2012, In: Pediatrics. 130, 3, p. e631-e639

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

• Bringing scientific rigor to community-developed programs in Hong Kong

  Fabrizio, C. S., Hirschmann, M. R., Lam, T. H., Cheung, T., Pang, I., Chan, S. & Stewart, S. M., 2012, In: BMC Public Health. 12, 1, 1129.

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

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Brittle tail syndrome is an emerging infection in horses caused by a keratinolytic fungus Equicapillimyces hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov

  Wong, S. S. Y., Ngan, A. H. Y., Riggs, C. M., Teng, J. L. L., Choi, G. K. Y., Poon, R. W. S., Hui, J. J. Y., Low, F. J., Luk, A. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 23 2012, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 155, 2-4, p. 399-408 10 p.

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

• Clonality Despite Sex: The Evolution of Host-Associated Sexual Neighborhoods in the Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium marneffei

  Henk, D. A., Shahar-Golan, R., Devi, K. R., Boyce, K. J., Zhan, N., Fedorova, N. D., Nierman, W. C., Hsueh, P. R., Yuen, K. Y., Sieu, T. P. M., Van Kinh, N., Wertheim, H., Baker, S. G., Day, J. N., Vanittanakom, N., Bignell, E. M., Andrianopoulos, A. & Fisher, M. C., Oct 2012, In: PLoS Pathogens. 8, 10, e1002851.

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

  Open Access
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Cohort profile: 'Children of 1997': A Hong Kong chinese birth cohort

  Schooling, C. M., Hui, L. L., Ho, L. M., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jun 2012, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 41, 3, p. 611-620 10 p., dyq243.

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

  Open Access
  116 Citations (Scopus)

• Combined use of serum adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor 2 levels was comparable to 2-hour post-load glucose in diabetes prediction

  Woo, Y. C., Tso, A. W. K., Xu, A., Law, L. S. C., Fong, C. H. Y., Lam, T. H., Lo, S. V., Wat, N. M. S., Cheung, B. M. Y. & Lam, K. S. L., May 16 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 5, e36868.

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

  Open Access
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparative immunological evaluation of recombinant Salmonella Typhimurium strains expressing model antigens as live oral vaccines

  Zheng, S. Y., Yu, B., Zhang, K., Chen, M., Hua, Y. H., Yuan, S., Watt, R. M., Zheng, B. J., Yuen, K. Y. & Huang, J. D., Sept 26 2012, In: BMC Immunology. 13, 54.

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

  Open Access
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequence of a novel picobirnavirus, otarine picobirnavirus, discovered in California sea lions

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Bai, R., Teng, J. L. L., Lee, P., Martelli, P., Hui, S. W. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 2012, In: Journal of Virology. 86, 11, p. 6377-6378 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequence of a novel picornavirus, canine picornavirus, discovered in dogs

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Choi, G. K. Y., Yip, C. C. Y., Huang, Y., Tsoi, H. W. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2012, In: Journal of Virology. 86, 6, p. 3402-3403 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequences of novel canine noroviruses in Hong Kong

  Tse, H., Lau, S. K. P., Chan, W. M., Choi, G. K. Y., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 2012, In: Journal of Virology. 86, 17, p. 9531-9532 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequences of novel rat noroviruses in Hong Kong

  Tse, H., Chan, W. M., Lam, C. S. F., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2012, In: Journal of Virology. 86, 22, p. 12435-12436 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Construction of a traditional Chinese medicine syndrome-specific outcome measure: the Kidney Deficiency Syndrome questionnaire (KDSQ)

  Chen, R. Q., Wong, C. M. & Lam, T. H., Jun 6 2012, In: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 12, 73.

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

  Open Access
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• COPD and depressive symptoms: Findings from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Loerbroks, A., Jiang, C. Q., Thomas, G. N., Adab, P., Zhang, W. S., Lam, K. B. H., Bosch, J. A., Cheng, K. K. & Lam, T. H., Dec 2012, In: Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 44, 3, p. 408-415 8 p.

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

  Open Access
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• C-reactive protein as a predictor of hypertension in the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study (CRISPS) cohort

  Cheung, B. M. Y., Ong, K. L., Tso, A. W. K., Leung, R. Y. H., Xu, A., Cherny, S. S., Sham, P. C., Lam, T. H. & Lam, K. S. L., Feb 2012, In: Journal of Human Hypertension. 26, 2, p. 108-116 9 p.

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

• Depressive symptoms and suicide in 56,000 older Chinese: A Hong Kong cohort study

  Sun, W. J., Xu, L., Chan, W. M., Lam, T. H. & Schooling, C. M., Apr 2012, In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47, 4, p. 505-514 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Depressive symptoms in people with chronic physical conditions: Prevalence and risk factors in a Hong Kong community sample

  Nan, H., Lee, P. H., McDowell, I., Ni, M. Y., Stewart, S. M. & Lam, T. H., Nov 14 2012, In: BMC Psychiatry. 12, 198.

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

  Open Access
  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Detection of Babesia hongkongensis sp. nov. in a free-roaming felis catus cat in Hong Kong

  Wong, S. S. Y., Poon, R. W. S., Hui, J. J. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Aug 2012, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50, 8, p. 2799-2803 5 p.

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

  Open Access
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Detection of human rhinovirus C in fecal samples of children with gastroenteritis

  Lau, S. K. P., Yip, C. C. Y., Lung, D. C., Lee, P., Que, T. L., Lau, Y. L., Chan, K. H., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Clinical Virology. 53, 4, p. 290-296 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: A description of the first phase of the family project

  Stewart, S. M., Fabrizio, C. S., Hirschmann, M. R. & Lam, T., 2012, In: BMC Public Health. 12, 1, 106.

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

  Open Access
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Development of monoclonal antibody-based galactomannoprotein antigen-capture ELISAs to detect Aspergillus fumigatus infection in the invasive aspergillosis rabbit models

  Wang, Z. Y., Cai, J. P., Qiu, L. W., Hao, W., Pan, Y. X., Tung, E. T. K., Lau, C. C. Y., Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Yuen, K. Y. & Che, X. Y., Nov 2012, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 31, 11, p. 2943-2950 8 p.

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

• Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

  Murakami, Y., Huxley, R. R., Lam, T. H., Tsukinoki, R., Fang, X., Kim, H. C. & Woodward, M., Jan 1 2012, In: Preventive Medicine. 54, 1, p. 38-41 4 p.

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

• Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong

  Ou, C. Q., Wong, C. M., Ho, S. Y., Schooling, M., Yang, L., Hedley, A. J. & Lam, T. H., Mar 2012, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 66, 3, p. 254-258 5 p.

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

• Discovery and genomic characterization of a novel bat sapovirus with unusual genomic features and phylogenetic position

  Tse, H., Chan, W. M., Li, K. S. M., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 13 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 4, e34987.

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

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  42 Citations (Scopus)

• Discovery of seven novel mammalian and avian coronaviruses in the genus Deltacoronavirus supports bat coronaviruses as the gene source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and avian coronaviruses as the gene source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Lam, C. S. F., Lau, C. C. Y., Tsang, A. K. L., Lau, J. H. N., Bai, R., Teng, J. L. L., Tsang, C. C. C., Wang, M., Zheng, B. J., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Virology. 86, 7, p. 3995-4008 14 p.

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

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  1248 Citations (Scopus)

• Disseminated cryptococcosis mimicking a lymphoma

  Gill, H., Ip, A. H. W., So, J. C. C., Cheng, V. C. C., Wong, C. S., Yuen, K. Y. & Kwong, Y. L., Mar 2012, In: European Journal of Haematology. 88, 3, p. 275-276 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Does body mass index impact on the relationship between systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular disease? Meta-analysis of 419 488 individuals from the Asia pacific cohort studies collaboration

  Tsukinoki, R., Murakami, Y., Huxley, R., Ohkubo, T., Fang, X., Suh, I., Ueshima, H., Lam, T. H. & Woodward, M., Jun 2012, In: Stroke. 43, 6, p. 1478-1483 6 p.

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

  Open Access
  22 Citations (Scopus)