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A Territorywide Prevalence Study on Blood-Borne and Enteric Viral Hepatitis in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

A global assessment of the impact of school closure in reducing COVID-19 spread

A global assessment of the impact of school closure in reducing COVID-19 spread

A serial cross-sectional serologic survey of 2009 Pandemic (H1N1) in Hong Kong: implications for future pandemic influenza surveillance.

scientific article

Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: a survey of mothers and adolescents

scientific article

Addendum: Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

An enhanced machine learning tool for cis-eQTL mapping with regularization and confounder adjustments

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Analysis of a three-way race between tumor growth, a replication-competent virus and an immune response

scientific article published in July 2004

Analysis of heterogeneous dengue transmission in Guangdong in 2014 with multivariate time series model

scientific article published on 26 September 2016

Assessing the impact of respiratory infections and weather conditions on donor attendance and blood inventory in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period.

scientific article published on March 2016

Battle of Polio eradication in the Western Pacific Region in the transition to COVID-19 endemicity

Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection

scientific article published on September 2015

Case fatality risk of influenza A (H1N1pdm09): a systematic review

scientific article

Change in moderate alcohol consumption and quality of life: evidence from 2 population-based cohorts

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Characterizing the dynamics underlying global spread of epidemics.

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: a qualitative analysis

scientific article

Chinese parental decision making on HPV vaccination for adolescent girls: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Community psychological and behavioral responses through the first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong.

scientific article

Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China: a population-based study of laboratory-confirmed cases.

scientific article published on 24 June 2013

Comparison of incubation period distribution of human infections with MERS-CoV in South Korea and Saudi Arabia

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A subtypes H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1.

scientific article

Conversational AI and Vaccine Communication: a Systematic Review of the Evidence (Preprint)

Coordinating the real-time use of global influenza activity data for better public health planning

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Correction: Routine Pediatric Enterovirus 71 Vaccination in China: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Cost-benefit analysis of vaccination: a comparative analysis of eight approaches for valuing changes to mortality and morbidity risks

article by Minah Park et al published 5 September 2018 in BMC Medicine

Cost-effectiveness of bivalent versus monovalent vaccines against hand, foot and mouth disease

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Cost-effectiveness of introducing national seasonal influenza vaccination for adults aged 60 years and above in mainland China: a modelling analysis

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Cost-effectiveness of strategies for preventing paediatric lower respiratory infections associated with respiratory syncytial virus in eight Chinese cities

scientific article published in 2021

Data science approaches to confronting the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review

Decision-making process of families about human papillomavirus vaccination of adolescent daughters: a qualitative study of Hong Kong Chinese families

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Detection of mild to moderate influenza A/H7N9 infection by China's national sentinel surveillance system for influenza-like illness: case series.

scientific article published on 24 June 2013

Determinants of physical, mental and social well-being: a longitudinal environment-wide association study

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Development of adaptable pandemic simulation models

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Divergent trends of hospitalizations for upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding based on population prescriptions of aspirin, proton pump inhibitors and Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy: Trends of upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Early empirical assessment of the N501Y mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom, October to November 2020

scientific article

Early transmissibility assessment of the N501Y mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom, October to November 2020

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Economic costs and health-related quality of life for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) patients in China

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Effect of internationally imported cases on internal spread of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Effects of nucleoside analogue prescription for hepatitis B on the incidence of liver cancer in Hong Kong: a territory-wide ecological study.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Empirical transmission advantage of the D614G mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2

Epidemiological characteristics of 2009 (H1N1) pandemic influenza based on paired sera from a longitudinal community cohort study.

scientific article

Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data

scientific article (publication date: October 2011)

Estimating the Epidemic Size of Superspreading Coronavirus Outbreaks in Real Time: Quantitative Study

scientific article published on 12 February 2024

Estimating the transmission advantage of the D614G mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2, December 2019 to June 2020

Estimating the transmission dynamics of Omicron in Beijing, November to December 2022

Estimating the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BF.7 in Beijing after adjustment of the zero-COVID policy in November–December 2022

Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test for detection of antibody in human, canine, cat and hamster sera

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Excess mortality associated with influenza A and B virus in Hong Kong, 1998-2009

scientific article

Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong.

scientific article

First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning: a modelling impact assessment

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Fractional Dosing of Yellow Fever Vaccine to Extend Supply: A Modeling Study

scholarly article published 14 May 2016

Fractional dosing of yellow fever vaccine to extend supply: a modelling study

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

From a Sprint to a Marathon in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 under an elimination strategy in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 08 February 2022

Geographically weighted temporally correlated logistic regression model

scientific article

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination.

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008-12: an epidemiological study

scientific article

Hand, foot, and mouth disease in mainland China–Authors' reply

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Harnessing the potential of blood donation archives for influenza surveillance and control

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Healthy adults possess cross-reactive neuraminidase inhibition antibodies to an A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza virus A/Black Faced Spoonbill/Hong Kong/AFCD-HKU-22-21429-01012/2022

Hedging against antiviral resistance during the next influenza pandemic using small stockpiles of an alternative chemotherapy

scientific article (publication date: 19 May 2009)

Herpes zoster related hospitalization after inactivated (CoronaVac) and mRNA (BNT162b2) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: A self-controlled case series and nested case-control study

Hong Kong Chinese women's lay beliefs about cervical cancer causation and prevention

scientific article published on January 2014

Human exposure to live poultry and psychological and behavioral responses to influenza A(H7N9), China

scientific article

Human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an assessment of clinical severity.

scientific article

Identifying Key Transmission Route of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) in Live Poultry Markets.

scientific article published in May 2017

Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 and influenza in Hong Kong: an observational study

scientific article (preprint)

Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong: an observational study

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Volume and Diagnosis of Gastric and Colorectal Cancers: A Population-based Study

scientific article published on 17 May 2020

Imprinted anti-hemagglutinin and anti-neuraminidase antibody responses after childhood infections of A(H1N1) and A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza viruses

Infection fatality risk of the pandemic A(H1N1)2009 virus in Hong Kong.

scientific article

Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data

scientific article

Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia.

scientific article

Live Poultry Exposure and Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) in Urban and Rural China during Two Epidemic Waves in 2013-2014

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Logistical feasibility and potential benefits of a population-wide passive-immunotherapy program during an influenza pandemic

scientific article

Mixing patterns and the spread of pandemics

Modelling the adjustment of COVID-19 response and exit from dynamic zero-COVID in China

Monitoring the fitness of antiviral-resistant influenza strains during an epidemic: a mathematical modelling study

scientific article

No Detectable Surge in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Attributable to the April 7, 2020 Wisconsin Election

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study

scientific article published in January 2020

Nowcasting epidemics of novel pathogens: lessons from COVID-19

scientific article published in March 2021

Optimal timing of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment after COVID-19 symptom onset or diagnosis: target trial emulation

scientific article published on 16 December 2023

Optimizing the dose of pre-pandemic influenza vaccines to reduce the infection attack rate

scientific article

Pathway-based meta-analysis for partially paired transcriptomics analysis

scientific article published on 10 November 2019

Population Serologic Immunity to human and avian H2N2 viruses in the United States and Hong Kong for Pandemic Risk Assessment.

scientific article

Poultry market closures and human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013-14.

scientific article

Pre-pandemic live-attenuated influenza vaccine

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Predicting future blood demand from thalassemia major patients in Hong Kong

scientific article

Preexisting Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity-Activating Antibody Responses Are Stable Longitudinally and Cross-reactive Responses Are Not Boosted by Recent Influenza Exposure.

scientific article

Psychosocial determinants of Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls: preventing cervical cancer

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January-February 2014

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Real-time forecasting of infectious disease epidemics

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Real-time tentative assessment of the epidemiological characteristics of novel coronavirus infections in Wuhan, China, as at 22 January 2020

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Real-time tracking and prediction of COVID-19 infection using digital proxies of population mobility and mixing

Real-time tracking and prediction of COVID-19 infection using digital proxies of population mobility and mixing

Reducing the impact of the next influenza pandemic using household-based public health interventions

scientific article (publication date: September 2006)

Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013.

scientific article

Rising epidemic of HIV-1 infections among general populations in Fujian, China

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Routine Pediatric Enterovirus 71 Vaccination in China: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

scientific article

Scarlet fever outbreak, Hong Kong, 2011.

scientific article published on October 2012

School closure and mitigation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong

scientific article

Serological assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), March 2020

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Serology for SARS-CoV-2: Apprehensions, opportunities, and the path forward

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

scientific article

Simultaneously characterizing the comparative economics of routine female adolescent nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and assortativity of sexual mixing in Hong Kong Chinese: a modeling analysis

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Social contact patterns relevant to the spread of respiratory infectious diseases in Hong Kong.

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Spatial considerations for the allocation of pre-pandemic influenza vaccination in the United States

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

The Impacts of Computer-Aided Detection of Colorectal Polyps on Subsequent Colonoscopy Surveillance Intervals: Simulation Study

The Impacts of Computer-Aided Detection of Colorectal Polyps on Subsequent Colonoscopy Surveillance Intervals: Simulation Study (Preprint)

The allocation of COVID-19 vaccines and antivirals against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in East Asia and Pacific region: A modelling study

The economic burden of influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China: a retrospective survey.

scientific article

The effect of international travel restrictions on internal spread of COVID-19

The epidemiological and public health research response to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1): experiences from Hong Kong

scientific article

The gradual release exit strategy after lockdown against COVID-19

The impact of influenza on the health related quality of life in China: an EQ-5D survey

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

The infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong

scientific article

The use of mathematical models to inform influenza pandemic preparedness and response.

scientific article published on 04 July 2011

Understanding Australia's influenza pandemic policy on the strategic use of the antiviral drug stockpile.

scientific article

Using Risk Stratification to Optimize Mammography Screening in Chinese Women

Validation and analysis of a mathematical model of a replication-competent oncolytic virus for cancer treatment: implications for virus design and delivery

scientific article published in March 2003

Waning antibody levels after vaccination with mRNA BNT162b2 and inactivated CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong blood donors