Published in Br J Haematol on June 01, 2002
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Newly discovered coronavirus as the primary cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Lancet (2003) 6.52
Viral loads and duration of viral shedding in adult patients hospitalized with influenza. J Infect Dis (2009) 5.23
Hepatitis B virus reactivation in lymphoma patients with prior resolved hepatitis B undergoing anticancer therapy with or without rituximab. J Clin Oncol (2008) 3.44
Stockpiling prepandemic influenza vaccines: a new cornerstone of pandemic preparedness plans. Lancet Infect Dis (2008) 2.93
Effectiveness of antiviral treatment in human influenza A(H5N1) infections: analysis of a Global Patient Registry. J Infect Dis (2010) 2.84
Fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia: genome-wide association studies suggest a regulatory region in the 5' olfactory receptor gene cluster. Blood (2009) 2.50
Enteric involvement of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection. Gastroenterology (2003) 2.36
Fecal viral load and norovirus-associated gastroenteritis. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 2.20
Haematological manifestations in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome: retrospective analysis. BMJ (2003) 2.20
Tissue and cellular tropism of the coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome: an in-situ hybridization study of fatal cases. J Pathol (2004) 2.09
Use of lamivudine to prevent hepatitis B virus reactivation during chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2004) 1.86
Excess hospital admissions for pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and heart failure during influenza seasons in Hong Kong. J Med Virol (2004) 1.82
Hepatitis B virus reactivation in breast cancer patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy: a prospective study. J Med Virol (2003) 1.76
Lamivudine for the prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation in hepatitis B s-antigen seropositive cancer patients undergoing cytotoxic chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol (2004) 1.65
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Airflows around oxygen masks: A potential source of infection? Chest (2006) 1.53
The spectrum of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection. Ann Intern Med (2004) 1.51
Cluster of SARS among medical students exposed to single patient, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.49
A 3-bp deletion in the HBS1L-MYB intergenic region on chromosome 6q23 is associated with HbF expression. Blood (2011) 1.47
Viral clearance and inflammatory response patterns in adults hospitalized for pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus pneumonia. Antivir Ther (2011) 1.45
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Rapid multiplex nested PCR for detection of respiratory viruses. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.35
Cytokine response patterns in severe pandemic 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza among hospitalized adults. PLoS One (2011) 1.35
Prospective comparison of three predictive rules for assessing severity of community-acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong. Thorax (2006) 1.35
Fecal detection of influenza A virus in patients with concurrent respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. J Clin Virol (2009) 1.33
Possible role of aerosol transmission in a hospital outbreak of influenza. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.31
Factors associated with early hospital discharge of adult influenza patients. Antivir Ther (2007) 1.31
Detection of SARS coronavirus in plasma by real-time RT-PCR. N Engl J Med (2003) 1.28
Role of 'atypical pathogens' among adult hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Respirology (2009) 1.27
Avian influenza virus A/HK/483/97(H5N1) NS1 protein induces apoptosis in human airway epithelial cells. J Virol (2008) 1.27
Fecal viral concentration and diarrhea in norovirus gastroenteritis. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.25
Comparative study of nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasal swab specimens for diagnosis of acute viral respiratory infection. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.25
Sapovirus detection by quantitative real-time RT-PCR in clinical stool specimens. J Virol Methods (2006) 1.22
Variation and heritability of Hb F and F-cells among beta-thalassemia heterozygotes in Hong Kong. Am J Hematol (2008) 1.22
Human parainfluenza virus 4 outbreak and the role of diagnostic tests. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.21
Evaluation of immunomodulators, interferons and known in vitro SARS-coV inhibitors for inhibition of SARS-coV replication in BALB/c mice. Antivir Chem Chemother (2006) 1.19
Seasonal influenza vaccination predicts pandemic H1N1 vaccination uptake among healthcare workers in three countries. Vaccine (2011) 1.19
Effects of early corticosteroid treatment on plasma SARS-associated Coronavirus RNA concentrations in adult patients. J Clin Virol (2004) 1.18
Epidemiology and clinical presentations of human coronavirus NL63 infections in hong kong children. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.15
Broad-spectrum in vitro activity and in vivo efficacy of the antiviral protein griffithsin against emerging viruses of the family Coronaviridae. J Virol (2009) 1.15
Clearance of dengue virus in the plasma-derived therapeutic proteins. Transfusion (2008) 1.10
Increased prevalence of squamous intraepithelial lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus: association with human papillomavirus infection. Arthritis Rheum (2004) 1.10
Antagonist-mediated down-regulation of Toll-like receptors increases the prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Res Ther (2012) 1.09
Characteristics of patients infected with norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012, Hong Kong, China. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.09
Innate and adaptive cellular immunity in flavivirus-naïve human recipients of a live-attenuated dengue serotype 3 vaccine produced in Vero cells (VDV3). Vaccine (2006) 1.08
Early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA analysis in a surveillance program. Cancer (2013) 1.07
The 3a protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus induces apoptosis in Vero E6 cells. J Gen Virol (2005) 1.05
Viral load, E2 gene disruption status, and lineage of human papillomavirus type 16 infection in cervical neoplasia. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.05
Is the timing of exposure to infection a major determinant of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Hong Kong? Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2002) 1.05
Streptococcus suis in Hong Kong. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2006) 1.04
Genotypic analysis of two hypervariable human cytomegalovirus genes. J Med Virol (2008) 1.04
Profiles of cytokine and chemokine gene expression in human pulmonary epithelial cells induced by human and avian influenza viruses. Virol J (2010) 1.04
Infants born to mothers with severe acute respiratory syndrome. Pediatrics (2003) 1.04
Co-infection with pandemic H1N1 and seasonal H3N2 influenza viruses. Ann Intern Med (2010) 1.04
Prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with lamivudine. Am J Clin Oncol (2005) 1.03
Experience of using convalescent plasma for severe acute respiratory syndrome among healthcare workers in a Taiwan hospital. J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 1.03
Identification of viral and atypical bacterial pathogens in children hospitalized with acute respiratory infections in Hong Kong by multiplex PCR assays. J Med Virol (2009) 1.01
Prevalence of diarrhea viruses in hospitalized children in Hong Kong in 2008. J Med Virol (2009) 1.01
Isolation and characterization of a sulfated polysaccharide from the brown alga Sargassum patens and determination of its anti-herpes activity. Biochem Cell Biol (2003) 1.01
Coronaviral hypothetical and structural proteins were found in the intestinal surface enterocytes and pneumocytes of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Mod Pathol (2005) 1.01
Viral etiology of acute exacerbations of COPD in Hong Kong. Chest (2007) 1.00
Natural history of cervical papilloma virus infection in systemic lupus erythematosus - a prospective cohort study. J Rheumatol (2009) 1.00
Seasonality of influenza A(H3N2) virus: a Hong Kong perspective (1997-2006). PLoS One (2008) 0.99
Hepatitis C virus genotype distribution among intravenous drug user and the general population in Hong Kong. J Med Virol (2006) 0.99
A 1-year prospective study of the infectious etiology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD. Chest (2007) 0.98
Seroprevalence of antibody to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus among health care workers in SARS and non-SARS medical wards. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 0.97
Respiratory syncytial virus morbidity, premorbid factors, seasonality, and implications for prophylaxis. J Crit Care (2012) 0.97
A real-time PCR for SARS-coronavirus incorporating target gene pre-amplification. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2003) 0.97
Genotype distribution and sequence variation of hepatitis E virus, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.97
Clinical spectrum of human rhinovirus infections in hospitalized Hong Kong children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 0.96
Assessing disease burden of respiratory disorders in Hong Kong children with hospital discharge data and linked laboratory data. Hong Kong Med J (2007) 0.95
Anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus immune responses: the role played by V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells. J Infect Dis (2006) 0.95
A possible geographic origin of endemic hepatitis C virus 6a in Hong Kong: evidences for the association with Vietnamese immigration. PLoS One (2011) 0.94
Acute encephalopathy associated with influenza A infection in adults. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.94
Evaluation of Epstein-Barr virus antigen-based immunoassays for serological diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. J Clin Virol (2007) 0.93
Hypermethylation of the tumor suppressor gene RASSFIA and frequent concomitant loss of heterozygosity at 3p21 in cervical cancers. Int J Cancer (2003) 0.93
Chikungunya fever, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 0.93
Cost-effectiveness analysis of quadrivalent influenza vaccine versus trivalent influenza vaccine for elderly in Hong Kong. BMC Infect Dis (2014) 0.93
Clinical and virologic factors associated with reduced sensitivity of rapid influenza diagnostic tests in hospitalized elderly patients and young children. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.92
Knowledge, attitude, practice and barriers on vaccination against human papillomavirus infection: a cross-sectional study among primary care physicians in Hong Kong. PLoS One (2013) 0.92
Increased nasopharyngeal carriage of serotypes 6A, 6C, and 6D Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of childhood pneumococcal vaccination in Hong Kong. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2013) 0.92
Value of serum procalcitonin, neopterin, and C-reactive protein in differentiating bacterial from viral etiologies in patients presenting with lower respiratory tract infections. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2007) 0.91
Development and comparison of molecular assays for the rapid detection of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus. J Med Virol (2010) 0.91
Use of the housekeeping genes, gdh (zwf) and gki, in multilocus sequence typing to differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae from Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2006) 0.90
Multiplex molecular detection of respiratory pathogens in children with asthma exacerbation. Chest (2009) 0.90
Transmission of hepatitis B by human bite--confirmation by detection of virus in saliva and full genome sequencing. J Clin Virol (2005) 0.90
Cytokine profile in fatal human immunodeficiency virus tuberculosis Epstein-Barr virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome. Arch Intern Med (2007) 0.89
Vaccines for prophylaxis of viral infections in patients with hematological malignancies. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2011) 0.89
Risk factors for squamous intraepithelial lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2011) 0.89
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for high-risk brain tumors in children. J Neurooncol (2007) 0.89
Co-dominance of G1 and emerging G3 rotaviruses in Hong Kong: a three-year surveillance in three major hospitals. J Clin Virol (2011) 0.89
Cost-effectiveness of quadrivalent influenza vaccine in Hong Kong - A decision analysis. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2015) 0.89
Norovirus infection in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients: incidence, risk factors, and outcome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant (2012) 0.89
Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Recombinant Human Norovirus Genogroup II Genotype 4 Strain Associated with an Epidemic during Summer of 2012 in Hong Kong. Genome Announc (2013) 0.88
Severe acute respiratory syndrome and coronavirus. Infect Dis Clin North Am (2010) 0.87
A wide spectrum of dengue IgM and PCR positivity post-onset of illness found in a large dengue 3 outbreak in Pakistan. J Med Virol (2008) 0.87
Willingness to accept H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine: a cross-sectional study of Hong Kong community nurses. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 0.87