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• 2012

  Small for gestational age and age at puberty: Evidence from Hong Kong's children of 1997 birth cohort

  Hui, L. L., Leung, G. M., Wong, M. Y., Lam, T. H. & Schooling, C. M., Nov 2012, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 176, 9, p. 785-793 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking family, secondhand smoke exposure at home, and nicotine addiction among adolescent smokers

  Wang, M. P., Ho, S. Y., Lo, W. S. & Lam, T. H., Jun 2012, In: Addictive Behaviors. 37, 6, p. 743-746 4 p.

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

• Smoking is associated with poor self-rated health among adolescents in Hong Kong

  Wang, M. P., Ho, S. Y., Lo, W. S., Lai, M. K. & Lam, T. H., Jun 1 2012, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 14, 6, p. 682-687 6 p.

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

• Smoking reduction intervention for smokers not willing to quit smoking: A randomised controlled trial

  Lam, T. H., Chan, S. S. C., Abdullah, A. S. M., Taam Wong, V., Chan, A. Y. W. & Hedley, A. J., Aug 2012, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 18, 4, p. S4-S8

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

• Streptococcus pyogenes and re-emergence of scarlet fever as a public health problem

  Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., 2012, In: Emerging Microbes and Infections. 1, e2.

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

  Open Access
  77 Citations (Scopus)

• Surveillance and Genome Analysis of Human Bocavirus in Patients with Respiratory Infection in Guangzhou, China

  Xu, L., He, X., Zhang, D. M., Feng, F. S., Wang, Z., Guan, L. L., Wu, J. H., Zhou, R., Zheng, B. J., Yuen, K. Y., Li, M. F. & Cao, K. Y., Sept 11 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 9, e44876.

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

  Open Access
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• The 2008-2009 H1N1 influenza virus exhibits reduced susceptibility to antibody inhibition: Implications for the prevalence of oseltamivir resistant variant viruses

  Wu, W. L., Lau, S. Y., Chen, Y., Wang, G., Mok, B. W. Y., Wen, X., Wang, P., Song, W., Lin, T., Chan, K. H., Yuen, K. Y. & Chen, H., Jan 2012, In: Antiviral Research. 93, 1, p. 144-153 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• The alcohol industry lobby and Hong Kongs zero wine and beer tax policy

  Yoon, S. & Lam, T. H., 2012, In: BMC Public Health. 12, 1, 717.

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

  Open Access
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• The asia pacific cohort studies collaboration: A decade of achievements

  Woodward, M., Huxley, R., Ueshima, H., Fang, X., Kim, H. C. & Lam, T. H., Dec 2012, In: Global Heart. 7, 4, p. 343-351 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• The battle against nasopharyngeal cancer

  Lee, A. W. M., Ng, W. T., Chan, Y. H., Sze, H., Chan, C. & Lam, T. H., Sept 2012, In: Radiotherapy and Oncology. 104, 3, p. 272-278 7 p.

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

• The Hong Kong perspective

  Yuen, K. Y., Jan 19 2012, In: Nature. 481, 7381, p. 258 1 p.

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

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The management of the 2009 pandemic Influenza A H1N1 virus infection

  To, K. K. W. & Yuen, K. Y., 2012, In: Journal of Thoracic Disease. 4, 1, p. 4-6 3 p.

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

• The NS1 protein of influenza A virus interacts with cellular processing bodies and stress granules through RNA-associated protein 55 (RAP55) during virus infection

  Mok, B. W. Y., Song, W., Wang, P., Tai, H., Chen, Y., Zheng, M., Wen, X., Lau, S. Y., Wu, W. L., Matsumoto, K., Yuen, K. Y. & Chen, H., Dec 2012, In: Journal of Virology. 86, 23, p. 12695-12707 13 p.

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

  Open Access
  58 Citations (Scopus)

• The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong

  Yu, X., Tam, W. W. S., Wong, P. T. K., Lam, T. H. & Stewart, S. M., Jan 2012, In: Comprehensive Psychiatry. 53, 1, p. 95-102 8 p.

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

• The Role of Dairy Products and Milk in Adolescent Obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" Birth Cohort

  Lin, S. L., Tarrant, M., Hui, L. L., Kwok, M. K., Lam, T. H., Leung, G. M. & Schooling, C. M., Dec 20 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 12, e52575.

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

  Open Access
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• The Use of Stunkard's Figure Rating Scale to Identify Underweight and Overweight in Chinese Adolescents

  Lo, W. S., Ho, S. Y., Mak, K. K. & Lam, T. H., Nov 26 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 11, e50017.

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

  Open Access
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Two years after pandemic influenza A/2009/H1N1: What have we learned?

  Cheng, V. C. C., To, K. K. W., Tse, H., Hung, I. F. N. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2012, In: Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 25, 2, p. 223-263 41 p.

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

  Open Access
  182 Citations (Scopus)

• Validating the concord index as a measure of family relationships in China

  Lee, P. H., Stewart, S. M., Lun, V. M. C., Bond, M. H., Yu, X. & Lam, T. H., Dec 2012, In: Journal of Family Psychology. 26, 6, p. 906-915 10 p.

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

• Validation and modification of the Chinese version of the smoking self-efficacy questionnaire (CSEQ-12) in a sample of community-dwelling Chinese smokers in Hong Kong

  Leung, D. Y. P., Chan, S. S. C. & Lam, T. H., Feb 2012, Self-Efficacy in School and Community Settings. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 195-205 11 p.

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

• White blood cell subsets are associated with carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocity in an older Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Phillips, A. C., Jiang, C. Q., Thomas, G. N., Lin, J. M., Yue, X. J., Cheng, K. K., Jin, Y. L., Zhang, W. S. & Lam, T. H., Aug 2012, In: Journal of Human Hypertension. 26, 8, p. 485-492 8 p.

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

  Open Access
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Wild animal surveillance for coronavirus HKU1 and potential variants of other coronaviruses

  Yuen, K. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Woo, P. C. Y., 2012, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 18, SUPP2, p. 25-26 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  [Study design and the preliminary results on the modes of smoking cessation in general hospitals].

  He, Y., Lam, T. H., Jiang, B., Liu, Q. H., Zuo, F., Sai, X. Y., Zhou, C. X., Zou, L., Wu, L., Cheng, K. K. & Chan, S. C. S., Feb 2011, In: Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi. 32, 2, p. 192-195 4 p.

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

• Abnormal vascular function in PR-interval prolongation

  Chan, Y. H., Siu, C. W., Yiu, K. H., Li, S. W., Lau, K. K., Lam, T. H., Lau, C. P. & Tse, H. F., Oct 2011, In: Clinical Cardiology. 34, 10, p. 628-632 5 p.

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

  Open Access
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• A critical role of IL-17 in modulating the B-cell response during H5N1 influenza virus infection

  Wang, X., Chan, C. C. S., Yang, M., Deng, J., Poon, V. K. M., Leung, V. H. C., Ko, K. H., Zhou, J., Yung Yuen, K., Zheng, B. J. & Lu, L., Nov 2011, In: Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 8, 6, p. 462-468 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  79 Citations (Scopus)

• Adolescent Build and Diabetes: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C., Zhang, W., Lam, T. H., Cheng, K. K. & Leung, G. M., Jan 2011, In: Annals of Epidemiology. 21, 1, p. 61-66 6 p.

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

  Open Access
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• A genetic variant in the gene encoding adrenomedullin predicts the development of dysglycemia over 6.4 years in Chinese

  Ong, K. L., Tso, A. W. K., Leung, R. Y. H., Cherny, S. S., Sham, P. C., Lam, T. H., Cheung, B. M. Y. & Lam, K. S. L., Jan 30 2011, In: Clinica Chimica Acta. 412, 3-4, p. 353-357 5 p.

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

• A method to generate recombinant Salmonella typhi Ty21a strains expressing multiple heterologous genes using an improved recombineering strategy

  Yu, B., Yang, M., Wong, H. Y. B., Watt, R. M., Song, E., Zheng, B. J., Yuen, K. Y. & Huang, J. D., Jul 2011, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 91, 1, p. 177-188 12 p.

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

  Open Access
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Analysis of multilocus sequence typing schemes for 35 different bacteria revealed that gene loci of 10 bacteria could be replaced to improve cost-effectiveness

  Woo, P. C. Y., Tsang, A. K. L., Wong, A. Y. P., Chen, H., Chu, J., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Jul 2011, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 70, 3, p. 316-323 8 p.

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

• Antifungal Susceptibility and Virulence Attributes of Bloodstream Isolates of Candida from Hong Kong and Finland

  Seneviratne, C. J., Wong, S. S. W., Yuen, K. Y., Meurman, J. H., Pärnänen, P., Vaara, M. & Samaranayake, L. P., Nov 2011, In: Mycopathologia. 172, 5, p. 389-395 7 p.

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

• Antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens causing cystitis in women

  Ho, P. L., Yuen, K. Y., Lam, R. M. K. & Kam, K. M., Feb 2011, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 17, 1, p. S21-S23

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

• Aortic arch calcification and vascular disease: The guangzhou biobank cohort study

  Xu, L., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Thomas, G. N., Zhang, W. S. & Cheng, K. K., Mar 2011, In: Cardiology. 117, 4, p. 260-264 5 p.

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

• A polymorphism in transforming growth factor-β1 is associated with carotid plaques and increased carotid intima-media thickness in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort

  Deng, H. B., Jiang, C. Q., Tomlinson, B., Liu, B., Lin, J. M., Wong, K. S., Cheung, B. M. Y., Lam, T. H. & Thomas, G. N., Feb 2011, In: Atherosclerosis. 214, 2, p. 391-396 6 p.

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

• A randomized controlled trial of a smoking reduction plus nicotine replacement therapy intervention for smokers not willing to quit smoking

  Chan, S. S. C., Leung, D. Y. P., Abdullah, A. S. M., Wong, V. T., Hedley, A. J. & Lam, T. H., Jun 2011, In: Addiction. 106, 6, p. 1155-1163 9 p.

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

• Arterial stiffness and left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD

  Xu, L., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Yue, X. J., Lin, J. M., Cheng, K. K., Liu, B., Li Jin, Y., Zhang, W. S. & Thomas, G. N., Mar 2011, In: Journal of Human Hypertension. 25, 3, p. 152-158 7 p.

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

• Association of a genetic variant in the apolipoprotein A5 gene with the metabolic syndrome in Chinese

  Ong, K. L., Jiang, C. Q., Liu, B., Jin, Y. L., Tso, A. W. K., Tam, S., Wong, K. S., Tomlinson, B., Cheung, B. M. Y., Lin, J. M., Yue, X. J., Lam, K. S. L., Lam, T. H. & Thomas, G. N., Feb 2011, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 74, 2, p. 206-213 8 p.

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

• Associations of diabetes mellitus with site-specific cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific region

  Lam, E. K. K., Batty, G. D., Huxley, R. R., Martiniuk, A. L. C., Barzi, F., Lam, T. H., Lawes, C. M. M., Giles, G. G., Welborn, T., Ueshima, H., Tamakoshi, A., Woo, J., Kim, H. C., Fang, X., Czernichow, S. & Woodward, M., Mar 2011, In: Annals of Oncology. 22, 3, p. 730-738 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  75 Citations (Scopus)

• Atrial fibrillation and obesity among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Long, M. J., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Xu, L., Zhang, W. S., Lin, J. M., Ou, J. P. & Cheng, K. K., Apr 1 2011, In: International Journal of Cardiology. 148, 1, p. 48-52 5 p.

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

• Automated identification of medically important bacteria by 16S rRNA gene sequencing using a novel comprehensive database, 16SpathDB

  Woo, P. C. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Yeung, J. M. Y., Tse, H., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., May 2011, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49, 5, p. 1799-1809 11 p.

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

  Open Access
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Breakfast skipping and change in body mass index in young children

  Tin, S. P. P., Ho, S. Y., Mak, K. H., Wan, K. L. & Lam, T. H., Jul 2011, In: International Journal of Obesity. 35, 7, p. 899-906 8 p.

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

• Changing Epidemiology of Human Mycoses-China and Beyond

  Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 2011, In: Mycopathologia. 171, 6, p. 383-386 4 p.

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

  Open Access

• Childhood meat eating and inflammatory markers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Zhang, W. S., Cheng, K. K. & Leung, G. M., 2011, In: BMC Public Health. 11, 345.

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

  Open Access
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical and virological factors associated with viremia in pandemic influenza A/H1N1/2009 virus infection

  Tse, H., To, K. K. W., Wen, X., Chen, H., Chan, K. H., Tsoi, H. W., Li, I. W. S. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 27 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 9, e22534.

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

  Open Access
  73 Citations (Scopus)

• Clostridium difficile isolates with increased sporulation: Emergence of PCR ribotype 002 in Hong Kong

  Cheng, V. C. C., Yam, W. C., Lam, O. T. C., Tsang, J. L. Y., Tse, E. Y. F., Siu, G. K. H., Chan, J. F. W., Tse, H., To, K. K. W., Tai, J. W. M., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2011, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 30, 11, p. 1371-1381 11 p.

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

  Open Access
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Co-existence of multiple strains of two novel porcine bocaviruses in the same pig, a previously undescribed phenomenon in members of the family Parvoviridae, and evidence for inter-and intra-host genetic diversity and recombination

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Yip, C. C. Y., Li, K. S. M., Fu, C. T. Y., Huang, Y., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 2011, In: Journal of General Virology. 92, 9, p. 2047-2059 13 p.

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

  Open Access
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparative evaluation of a point-of-care immunochromatographic test SNAP 4Dx with molecular detection tests for vector-borne canine pathogens in Hong Kong

  Wong, S. S. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Poon, R. W. S., Choi, G. K. Y., Chan, K. H., Yeung, M. L., Hui, J. J. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 1 2011, In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11, 9, p. 1269-1277 9 p.

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

• Complete genome analysis of three novel picornaviruses from diverse bat species

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Lai, K. K. Y., Huang, Y., Yip, C. C. Y., Shek, C. T., Lee, P., Lam, C. S. F., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 2011, In: Journal of Virology. 85, 17, p. 8819-8828 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  77 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequence of a coxsackievirus A22 strain in Hong Kong reveals a natural intratypic recombination event

  Yip, C. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2011, In: Journal of Virology. 85, 22, p. 12098-12099 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequence of a novel paramyxovirus, tailam virus, discovered in sikkim rats

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Wong, B. H. L., Wong, A. Y. P., Poon, R. W. S. & Yuen, K. Y., Dec 2011, In: Journal of Virology. 85, 24, p. 13473-13474 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• Complete genome sequence of the veterinary pathogen Staphylococcus pseudintermedius strain HKU10-03, isolated in a case of canine pyoderma

  Tse, H., Tsoi, H. W., Leung, S. P., Urquhart, I. J., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 2011, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 193, 7, p. 1783-1784 2 p.

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

  Open Access
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Convalescent plasma treatment reduced mortality in patients with severe pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infection

  Hung, I. F. N., To, K. K. W., Lee, C. K., Lee, K. L., Chan, K., Yan, W. W., Liu, R., Watt, C. L., Chan, W. M., Lai, K. Y., Koo, C. K., Buckley, T., Chow, F. L., Wong, K. K., Chan, H. S., Ching, C. K., Tang, B. S. F., Lau, C. C. Y., Li, I. W. S. & Liu, S. H. & 3 others, Chan, K. H., Lin, C. K. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 15 2011, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52, 4, p. 447-456 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  579 Citations (Scopus)