Department of Microbiology (2022-24)

1: Zhang X, Lam SJ, Ip JD, Fong CH, Chu AW, Chan WM, Lai YS, Tsoi HW, Chan BP, Chen LL, Meng X, Yuan S, Zhao H, Cheng VC, Yuen JKY, Yuen KY, Zhou J, To KK. Characterizing fitness and immune escape of SARS-CoV-2 EG.5 sublineage using elderly serum and nasal organoid. iScience. 2024 Apr 9;27(5):109706. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109706. PMID: 38660398; PMCID: PMC11039328.

2: Chan JF, Yuan S, Chu H, Sridhar S, Yuen KY. COVID-19 drug discovery and treatment options. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01036-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38622352.

3: Zhou Y, Cheng T, Tang K, Li H, Luo C, Yu F, Xiao F, Jin L, Hung IF, Lu L, Yuen KY, Chan JF, Yuan S, Sun H. Integration of metalloproteome and immunoproteome reveals a tight link of iron-related proteins with COVID-19 pathogenesis and immunity. Clin Immunol. 2024 Apr 2;263:110205. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2024.110205. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38575044.

4: Yip CC, Poon JH, Leung KH, Chan WM, Ip JD, Chu AW, Cheng VC, Yuen KY, To KK. Development and Evaluation of an In-House Real-Time RT-PCR Targeting nsp10 Gene for SARS-CoV-2 Detection. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Mar 21;25(6):3552. doi: 10.3390/ijms25063552. PMID: 38542524; PMCID: PMC10970969.

5: Xing FF, Chiu KH, Deng CW, Ye HY, Sun LL, Su YX, Cai HJ, Lo SK, Rong L, Chen JL, Cheng VC, Lung DC, Sridhar S, Chan JF, Hung IF, Yuen KY. Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Rebound of Macrolide-Resistant <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> Infection: A Descriptive Study. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 Mar 15;13(3):262. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics13030262. PMID: 38534697; PMCID: PMC10967482.

6: Hu B, Chan JF, Liu Y, Liu H, Chen YX, Shuai H, Hu YF, Hartnoll M, Chen L, Xia Y, Hu JC, Yuen TT, Yoon C, Hou Y, Huang X, Chai Y, Zhu T, Shi J, Wang Y, He Y, Cai JP, Zhou J, Yuan S, Zhang J, Huang JD, Yuen KY, To KK, Zhang BZ, Chu H. Divergent trajectory of replication and intrinsic pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron post-BA.2/5 subvariants in the upper and lower respiratory tract. EBioMedicine. 2024 Jan;99:104916. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104916. Epub 2023 Dec 14. PMID: 38101297; PMCID: PMC10733096.

7: Chan TT-Y, Chow FW-N, Fung J, Cheng FK-K, Lo GC-S, Tsang C-C, Luk HK-H, Wong AC-P, He Z, Aw-Yong KL, Liu X, Yuen K-Y, Woo PC-Y, Lau SK-P. A sensitive and simple RT-LAMP assay for sarbecovirus screening in bats. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Dec 12;11(6):e0259123. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02591-23. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 37971222; PMCID: PMC10715088.

8: Tsoi JYH, Cai J, Situ J, Lam WJ, Shun EHK, Leung JKY, Chen LL, Chan BPC, Yeung ML, Li X, Chan KH, Wong JSC, Kwan MYW, To KKW, Yuen KY, Sridhar S. Autoantibodies against angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) after COVID-19 infection or vaccination. J Med Virol. 2023 Dec;95(12):e29313. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29313. PMID: 38100626.

9: Zhou B, Zhou R, Chan JF, Zeng J, Zhang Q, Yuan S, Liu L, Robinot R, Shan S, Liu N, Ge J, Kwong HY, Zhou D, Xu H, Chan CC, Poon VK, Chu H, Yue M, Kwan KY, Chan CY, Chan CC, Chik KK, Du Z, Au KK, Huang H, Man HO, Cao J, Li C, Wang Z, Zhou J, Song Y, Yeung ML, To KK, Ho DD, Chakrabarti LA, Wang X, Zhang L, Yuen KY, Chen Z. SARS-CoV-2 hijacks neutralizing dimeric IgA for nasal infection and injury in Syrian hamsters<sup>1</sup>. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(2):2245921. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2245921. PMID: 37542391; PMCID: PMC10444022.

10: Chiu KH, Sridhar S, Yuen KY. Preparation for the next pandemic: challenges in strengthening surveillance. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(2):2240441. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2240441. PMID: 37474466; PMCID: PMC10478602.

11: Li C, Song W, Chan JF, Chen Y, Liu F, Ye Z, Lam AH, Cai J, Lee AC, Wong BH, Chu H, Lung DC, Sridhar S, Chen H, Zhang AJ, Yuen KY. Intranasal infection by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants can induce inflammatory brain damage in newly weaned hamsters. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2207678. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2207678. PMID: 37122119; PMCID: PMC10262819.

12: Chiu KH, Yip CC, Poon RW, Leung KH, Li X, Hung IF, To KK, Cheng VC, Yuen KY. Correlations of Myeloperoxidase (MPO), Adenosine deaminase (ADA), C-C motif chemokine 22 (CCL22), Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA expression in the nasopharyngeal specimens with the diagnosis and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2157338. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2157338. PMID: 36482706; PMCID: PMC9809351.

13: Luo M, Zhou B, Reddem ER, Tang B, Chen B, Zhou R, Liu H, Liu L, Katsamba PS, Au KK, Man HO, To KK, Yuen KY, Shapiro L, Dang S, Ho DD, Chen Z. Structural insights into broadly neutralizing antibodies elicited by hybrid immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2146538. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2146538. PMID: 36354024; PMCID: PMC9817130.

14: Yuen CK, Wong WM, Mak LF, Lam JY, Cheung LY, Cheung DT, Ng YY, Lee AC, Zhong N, Yuen KY, Kok KH. An interferon-integrated mucosal vaccine provides pan- sarbecovirus protection in small animal models. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 24;14(1):6762. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42349-5. PMID: 37875475; PMCID: PMC10598001.

15: Liu L, Casner RG, Guo Y, Wang Q, Iketani S, Chan JF, Yu J, Dadonaite B, Nair MS, Mohri H, Reddem ER, Yuan S, Poon VK, Chan CC, Yuen KY, Sheng Z, Huang Y, Bloom JD, Shapiro L, Ho DD. Antibodies targeting a quaternary site on SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein prevent viral receptor engagement by conformational locking. Immunity. 2023 Oct 10;56(10):2442-2455.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.09.003. Epub 2023 Sep 29. PMID: 37776849; PMCID: PMC10588992.

16: Lam JY, Wong WM, Yuen CK, Ng YY, San CH, Yuen KY, Kok KH. An RNA-Scaffold Protein Subunit Vaccine for Nasal Immunization. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Sep 29;11(10):1550. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11101550. PMID: 37896953; PMCID: PMC10610892.

17: Shuai H, Chan JF, Hu B, Chai Y, Yoon C, Liu H, Liu Y, Shi J, Zhu T, Hu JC, Hu YF, Hou Y, Huang X, Yuen TT, Wang Y, Zhang J, Xia Y, Chen LL, Cai JP, Zhang AJ, Yuan S, Zhou J, Zhang BZ, Huang JD, Yuen KY, To KK, Chu H. The viral fitness and intrinsic pathogenicity of dominant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5. EBioMedicine. 2023 Sep;95:104753. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104753. Epub 2023 Aug 12. PMID: 37579626; PMCID: PMC10448076.

18: Liu J, Mao F, Chen J, Lu S, Qi Y, Sun Y, Fang L, Yeung ML, Liu C, Yu G, Li G, Liu X, Yao Y, Huang P, Hao D, Liu Z, Ding Y, Liu H, Yang F, Chen P, Sa R, Sheng Y, Tian X, Peng R, Li X, Luo J, Cheng Y, Zheng Y, Lin Y, Song R, Jin R, Huang B, Choe H, Farzan M, Yuen KY, Tan W, Peng X, Sui J, Li W. An IgM-like inhalable ACE2 fusion protein broadly neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 25;14(1):5191. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40933-3. PMID: 37626079; PMCID: PMC10457309.

19: Wen K, Cai JP, Fan X, Zhang X, Luo C, Tang KM, Shuai H, Chen LL, Zhang RR, Situ J, Tsoi HW, Wang K, Chan JF, Yuan S, Yuen KY, Zhou H, To KK. Broad-spectrum humanized monoclonal neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the Omicron variant. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Aug 14;13:1213806. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1213806. PMID: 37645378; PMCID: PMC10461085.

20: Hu YF, Yuen TT, Gong HR, Hu B, Hu JC, Lin XS, Rong L, Zhou CL, Chen LL, Wang X, Lei C, Yau T, Hung IF, To KK, Yuen KY, Zhang BZ, Chu H, Huang JD. Rational design of a booster vaccine against COVID-19 based on antigenic distance. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Aug 9;31(8):1301-1316.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.07.004. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PMID: 37527659.

21: Wong SC, Chan VW, Yuen LL, AuYeung CH, Leung JO, Li CK, Kwok MO, So SY, Chen JH, Tam AR, Hung IF, To KK, Lo JY, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Air dispersal of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Implications for hospital infection control during the fifth wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in Hong Kong. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Aug;44(8):1321-1324. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.258. Epub 2022 Oct 24. PMID: 36278515.

22: Chung TW, Zhang H, Wong FK, Sridhar S, Lee TM, Leung GK, Chan KH, Lau KK, Tam AR, Ho DT, Cheng VC, Yuen KY, Hung IF, Mak HK. A Pilot Study of Short-Course Oral Vitamin A and Aerosolised Diffuser Olfactory Training for the Treatment of Smell Loss in Long COVID. Brain Sci. 2023 Jun 30;13(7):1014. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13071014. PMID: 37508945; PMCID: PMC10377650.

23: Wong SC, Chau PH, So SY, Chiu KH, Yuen LL, AuYeung CH, Lam GK, Chan VW, Chen JH, Chen H, Li X, Ho PL, Chan SS, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Epidemiology of multidrug- resistant organisms before and during COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Infect Prev Pract. 2023 Jun;5(2):100286. doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2023.100286. Epub 2023 May 8. PMID: 37223243; PMCID: PMC10165868.

24: Wong SC, Chan VW, AuYeung CH, Chen JH, Yip CC, So SY, Li X, Lung DC, Tsang AM, To KK, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Air dispersal of respiratory viruses other than severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the implication on hospital infection control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 May;44(5):768-773. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.186. Epub 2022 Jul 11. PMID: 35811422; PMCID: PMC9304945.

25: Li C, Huang J, Yu Y, Wan Z, Chiu MC, Liu X, Zhang S, Cai JP, Chu H, Li G, Chan JF, To KK, Yang Z, Jiang S, Yuen KY, Clevers H, Zhou J. Human airway and nasal organoids reveal escalating replicative fitness of SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Apr 25;120(17):e2300376120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2300376120. Epub 2023 Apr 17. PMID: 37068258; PMCID: PMC10151566.

26: Deng S, Liu Y, Tam RC, Chen P, Zhang AJ, Mok BW, Long T, Kukic A, Zhou R, Xu H, Song W, Chan JF, To KK, Chen Z, Yuen KY, Wang P, Chen H. An intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine prevents SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory tissues of mice and hamsters. Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 12;14(1):2081. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37697-1. PMID: 37045873; PMCID: PMC10092940.

27: Zhang R, Chan KH, Wang P, Zhou R, Yau HK, Wong CK, Au MW, Tam AR, Ng CT, Lou MK, Liu N, Huang H, Deng S, Tam RC, Liu Y, Long T, Tsoi HW, Ng MKW, Cai JP, To KK, Yuen MF, Chen Z, Chen H, Yuen KY, Hung IF. A Phase 1, Randomized, Double- Blinded, Placebo-Controlled and Dose-Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of the Intranasal DelNS1-nCoV-RBD LAIV for COVID-19 in Healthy Adults. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 24;11(4):723. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11040723. PMID: 37112634; PMCID: PMC10143096.

28: Cai JP, Luo C, Wang K, Cao H, Chen LL, Zhang X, Han Y, Yin F, Zhang AJ, Chu H, Yuan S, Kok KH, To KK, Chen H, Chen Z, Jin DY, Yuen KY, Chan JF. Intranasal Boosting with Spike Fc-RBD of Wild-Type SARS-CoV-2 Induces Neutralizing Antibodies against Omicron Subvariants and Reduces Viral Load in the Nasal Turbinate of Mice. Viruses. 2023 Mar 6;15(3):687. doi: 10.3390/v15030687. PMID: 36992395; PMCID: PMC10052291.

29: Chen Y, Song W, Li C, Wang J, Liu F, Ye Z, Ren P, Tong Y, Li J, Ou Z, Lee AC, Cai JP, Wong BH, Chan JF, Yuen KY, Zhang AJ, Chu H. COVID-19 mRNA vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 infection in diet-induced obese mice through boosting host innate antiviral responses. EBioMedicine. 2023 Mar;89:104485. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104485. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PMID: 36857860; PMCID: PMC9970285.

30: Cable J, Denison MR, Kielian M, Jackson WT, Bartenschlager R, Ahola T, Mukhopadhyay S, Fremont DH, Kuhn RJ, Shannon A, Frazier MN, Yuen KY, Coyne CB, Wolthers KC, Ming GL, Guenther CS, Moshiri J, Best SM, Schoggins JW, Jurado KA, Ebel GD, Schäfer A, Ng LFP, Kikkert M, Sette A, Harris E, Wing PAC, Eggenberger J, Krishnamurthy SR, Mah MG, Meganck RM, Chung D, Maurer-Stroh S, Andino R, Korber B, Perlman S, Shi PY, Bárcena M, Aicher SM, Vu MN, Kenney DJ, Lindenbach BD, Nishida Y, Rénia L, Williams EP. Positive-strand RNA viruses-a Keystone Symposia report. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2023 Mar;1521(1):46-66. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14957. Epub 2023 Jan 25. PMID: 36697369; PMCID: PMC10347887.

31: Zhou R, Liu N, Li X, Peng Q, Yiu CK, Huang H, Yang D, Du Z, Kwok HY, Au KK, Cai JP, Fan-Ngai Hung I, Kai-Wang To K, Xu X, Yuen KY, Chen Z. Three-dose vaccination-induced immune responses protect against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2: a population-based study in Hong Kong. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2023 Mar;32:100660. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100660. Epub 2022 Dec 23. PMID: 36591327; PMCID: PMC9786166.

32: Zhang X, Chen LL, Ip JD, Chan WM, Hung IF, Yuen KY, Li X, To KK. Omicron sublineage recombinant XBB evades neutralising antibodies in recipients of BNT162b2 or CoronaVac vaccines. Lancet Microbe. 2023 Mar;4(3):e131. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00335-4. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PMID: 36493789; PMCID: PMC9725777.

33: Wong SC, Chan VW, Yuen LL, AuYeung CH, Leung JO, Li CK, Kwok MO, So SY, Chen JH, Chiu KH, Tam AR, Hung IF, Kai-Wang To K, Lo JY, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Infection of healthcare workers despite a high vaccination rate during the fifth wave of COVID-19 due to Omicron variant in Hong Kong. Infect Prev Pract. 2023 Mar;5(1):100261. doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100261. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID: 36465098; PMCID: PMC9705264.

34: Tam AR, Zhang RR, Lung KC, Liu R, Leung KY, Liu D, Fan Y, Lu L, Lam AH, Chung TW, Yip CC, Lo J, Wu AK, Lee R, Sin S, Ng PY, Chan WM, Shum HP, Yan WW, Chan JF, Cheng VC, Lau CS, To KK, Chan KH, Yuen KY, Hung IF. Early Treatment of High-Risk Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients With a Combination of Interferon Beta-1b and Remdesivir: A Phase 2 Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 8;76(3):e216-e226. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac523. PMID: 35762834; PMCID: PMC9278225.

35: Fong CH, Zhang X, Chen LL, Poon RW, Chan BP, Zhao Y, Wong CK, Chan KH, Yuen KY, Hung IF, Yuen JKY, To KK. Effect of vaccine booster, vaccine type, and hybrid immunity on humoral and cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 ancestral strain and Omicron variant sublineages BA.2 and BA.5 among older adults with comorbidities: a cross sectional study. EBioMedicine. 2023 Feb;88:104446. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104446. Epub 2023 Jan 25. PMID: 36706582; PMCID: PMC9874281.

36: Chan JF, Huang X, Hu B, Chai Y, Shi H, Zhu T, Yuen TT, Liu Y, Liu H, Shi J, Wen L, Shuai H, Hou Y, Yoon C, Cai JP, Zhang AJ, Zhou J, Yin F, Yuan S, Zhang BZ, Brindley MA, Shi ZL, Yuen KY, Chu H. Altered host protease determinants for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron. Sci Adv. 2023 Jan 20;9(3):eadd3867. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add3867. Epub 2023 Jan 20. PMID: 36662861; PMCID: PMC9858505.

37: Tsang PYL, Chu SLH, Li LCW, Tai DMS, Cheung BKC, Kebede FT, Leung PYM, Wong W, Chung T, Yip CCY, Poon RWS, Chen JHK, Yuen KY, Fok M, Lau JYN, Lau LT. Automated System for Multiplexing Detection of COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Pathogens. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2022 Dec 19;11:424-434. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2022.3230716. PMID: 37435542; PMCID: PMC10332469.

38: Yip CC, Sridhar S, Chan WM, Ip JD, Chu AW, Leung KH, Cheng VC, Yuen KY, To KK. Development and Validation of a Novel COVID-19 nsp8 One-Tube RT-LAMP-CRISPR Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Dec 21;10(6):e0196222. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01962-22. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID: 36445095; PMCID: PMC9769742.

39: Liu X, Li C, Wan Z, Chiu MC, Huang J, Yu Y, Zhu L, Cai JP, Rong L, Song YQ, Chu H, Cai Z, Jiang S, Yuen KY, Zhou J. Analogous comparison unravels heightened antiviral defense and boosted viral infection upon immunosuppression in bat organoids. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2022 Dec 19;7(1):392. doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01247-w. PMID: 36529763; PMCID: PMC9760641.

40: Chan CM, Tse H, Wong SSY, Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Chen L, Zheng BJ, Huang JD, Yuen KY. Corrigendum to “Examination of seroprevalence of coronavirus HKU1 infection with S protein-based ELISA and neutralization assay against viral spike pseudotyped virus” Journal of Clinical Virology 45 (2009) 54-60. J Clin Virol. 2022 Dec;157:105295. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2022.105295. Epub 2022 Oct 26. Erratum for: J Clin Virol. 2009 May;45(1):54-60. PMID: 36307272; PMCID: PMC9597574.

41: Hu B, Chan JF, Liu H, Liu Y, Chai Y, Shi J, Shuai H, Hou Y, Huang X, Yuen TT, Yoon C, Zhu T, Zhang J, Li W, Zhang AJ, Zhou J, Yuan S, Zhang BZ, Yuen KY, Chu H. Spike mutations contributing to the altered entry preference of SARS- CoV-2 omicron BA.1 and BA.2. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):2275-2287. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2117098. PMID: 36039901; PMCID: PMC9542985.

42: Liang R, Ye ZW, Ong CP, Qin Z, Xie Y, Fan Y, Tang K, Poon VK, Chan CC, Yang X, Cao H, Wang K, Sun H, Hu B, Cai JP, Luo C, Chik KK, Chu H, Zheng Y, Yuen KY, Chan JF, Jin DY, Yuan S. The spike receptor-binding motif G496S substitution determines the replication fitness of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineage. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):2093-2101. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2111977. PMID: 35943779; PMCID: PMC9448440.

43: Poon RW, Chan BP, Chan WM, Fong CH, Zhang X, Lu L, Chen LL, Lam JY, Cheng VC, Wong SSY, Kok KH, Yuen KY, To KK. SARS-CoV-2 IgG seropositivity after the severe Omicron wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):2116-2119. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2106899. PMID: 35880656; PMCID: PMC9448364.

44: Yuan S, Gao X, Tang K, Cai JP, Hu M, Luo P, Wen L, Ye ZW, Luo C, Tsang JO, Chan CC, Huang Y, Cao J, Liang R, Qin Z, Qin B, Yin F, Chu H, Jin DY, Sun R, Chan JF, Cui S, Yuen KY. Targeting papain-like protease for broad-spectrum coronavirus inhibition. Protein Cell. 2022 Dec;13(12):940-953. doi: 10.1007/s13238-022-00909-3. Epub 2022 Apr 6. PMID: 35384604; PMCID: PMC8983325.

45: Lam JY, Ng YY, Yuen CK, Wong WM, Yuen KY, Kok KH. A nasal omicron vaccine booster elicits potent neutralizing antibody response against emerging SARS- CoV-2 variants. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):964-967. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2053365. PMID: 35275039; PMCID: PMC8973333.

46: Zhao H, Meng X, Peng Z, Lam H, Zhang C, Zhou X, Chan JF, Kao RYT, To KK, Yuen KY. Fusion-inhibition peptide broadly inhibits influenza virus and SARS- CoV-2, including Delta and Omicron variants. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):926-937. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2051753. PMID: 35259078; PMCID: PMC8973381.

47: Kok KH, Wong SC, Chan WM, Wen L, Chu AW, Ip JD, Lee LK, Wong IT, Lo HW, Cheng VC, Ho AY, Lam BH, Tse H, Lung D, Ng KNH, Au AK, Siu GK, Yuen KY. Co- circulation of two SARS-CoV-2 variant strains within imported pet hamsters in Hong Kong. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):689-698. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2040922. PMID: 35135441; PMCID: PMC8890519.

48: Chen LL, Chua GT, Lu L, Chan BP, Wong JS, Chow CC, Yu TC, Leung AS, Lam SY, Wong TW, Tsang HW, Wong IC, Chan KH, Yuen KY, Ip P, Kwan MY, To KK. Omicron variant susceptibility to neutralizing antibodies induced in children by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccine. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):543-547. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2035195. PMID: 35084295; PMCID: PMC8843159.

49: Zhang X, Chu H, Chik KK, Wen L, Shuai H, Yang D, Wang Y, Hou Y, Yuen TT, Cai JP, Yuan S, Yin F, Yuen KY, Chan JF. hnRNP C modulates MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 replication by governing the expression of a subset of circRNAs and cognitive mRNAs. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):519-531. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2032372. PMID: 35060842; PMCID: PMC8843244.

50: Chen Y, Li C, Liu F, Ye Z, Song W, Lee ACY, Shuai H, Lu L, To KK, Chan JF, Zhang AJ, Chu H, Yuen KY. Age-associated SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection and changes in immune response in a mouse model. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):368-383. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2026741. PMID: 34989330; PMCID: PMC8794076.

51: Zhao H, Lu L, Peng Z, Chen LL, Meng X, Zhang C, Ip JD, Chan WM, Chu AW, Chan KH, Jin DY, Chen H, Yuen KY, To KK. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shows less efficient replication and fusion activity when compared with Delta variant in TMPRSS2-expressed cells. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):277-283. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.2023329. PMID: 34951565; PMCID: PMC8774049.

52: Wang P, Casner RG, Nair MS, Yu J, Guo Y, Wang M, Chan JF, Cerutti G, Iketani S, Liu L, Sheng Z, Chen Z, Yuen KY, Kwong PD, Huang Y, Shapiro L, Ho DD. A monoclonal antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants, SARS-CoV, and other sarbecoviruses. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):147-157. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.2011623. PMID: 34836485; PMCID: PMC8725896.

53: Wong SC, Au AK, Lo JY, Ho PL, Hung IF, To KK, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Evolution and Control of COVID-19 Epidemic in Hong Kong. Viruses. 2022 Nov 14;14(11):2519. doi: 10.3390/v14112519. PMID: 36423128; PMCID: PMC9698160.

54: Chan JF, Oh YJ, Yuan S, Chu H, Yeung ML, Canena D, Chan CC, Poon VK, Chan CC, Zhang AJ, Cai JP, Ye ZW, Wen L, Yuen TT, Chik KK, Shuai H, Wang Y, Hou Y, Luo C, Chan WM, Qin Z, Sit KY, Au WK, Legendre M, Zhu R, Hain L, Seferovic H, Tampé R, To KK, Chan KH, Thomas DG, Klausberger M, Xu C, Moon JJ, Stadlmann J, Penninger JM, Oostenbrink C, Hinterdorfer P, Yuen KY, Markovitz DM. A molecularly engineered, broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus lectin inhibits SARS- CoV-2 and MERS-CoV infection in vivo. Cell Rep Med. 2022 Oct 18;3(10):100774. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100774. Epub 2022 Sep 29. PMID: 36195094; PMCID: PMC9519379.

55: Wong SC, Yuen LL, Chan VW, Chen JH, To KK, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): What is the implication of hospital infection control? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Oct;43(10):1522-1523. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.318. Epub 2021 Jul 12. PMID: 34250877; PMCID: PMC8319673.

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214: Chu AW, Chan WM, Ip JD, Yip CC, Chan JF, Yuen KY, To KK. Evaluation of simple nucleic acid extraction methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal and saliva specimens during global shortage of extraction kits. J Clin Virol. 2020 Aug;129:104519. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104519. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32629187; PMCID: PMC7309780.

215: Zhang BZ, Hu YF, Chen LL, Yau T, Tong YG, Hu JC, Cai JP, Chan KH, Dou Y, Deng J, Wang XL, Hung IF, To KK, Yuen KY, Huang JD. Mining of epitopes on spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 patients. Cell Res. 2020 Aug;30(8):702-704. doi: 10.1038/s41422-020-0366-x. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32612199; PMCID: PMC7327194.

216: Yip CC, Sridhar S, Cheng AK, Leung KH, Choi GK, Chen JH, Poon RW, Chan KH, Wu AK, Chan HS, Chau SK, Chung TW, To KK, Tsang OT, Hung IF, Cheng VC, Yuen KY, Chan JF. Evaluation of the commercially available LightMix® Modular E-gene kit using clinical and proficiency testing specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection. J Clin Virol. 2020 Aug;129:104476. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104476. Epub 2020 May 27. PMID: 32516739; PMCID: PMC7255195.

217: Cheng VCC, Wong SC, Chuang VWM, So SYC, Chen JHK, Sridhar S, To KKW, Chan JFW, Hung IFN, Ho PL, Yuen KY. Absence of nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in the prepandemic phase in Hong Kong. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Aug;48(8):890-896. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.018. Epub 2020 May 24. PMID: 32461068; PMCID: PMC7246012.

218: Wong SC, AuYeung CH, Lam GK, Leung EY, Chan VW, Yuen KY, Cheng VC. Is it possible to achieve 100 percent hand hygiene compliance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic? J Hosp Infect. 2020 Aug;105(4):779-781. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.016. Epub 2020 May 15. PMID: 32422309; PMCID: PMC7255117.

219: Chan KH, Yuen KY. COVID-19 epidemic: disentangling the re-emerging controversy about medical facemasks from an epidemiological perspective. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Aug 1;49(4):1063-1066. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa044. Erratum in: Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 1;49(5):1760. PMID: 32232402; PMCID: PMC7184463.

220: To KK, Tsang OT, Yip CC, Chan KH, Wu TC, Chan JM, Leung WS, Chik TS, Choi CY, Kandamby DH, Lung DC, Tam AR, Poon RW, Fung AY, Hung IF, Cheng VC, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Consistent Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Saliva. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 28;71(15):841-843. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa149. PMID: 32047895; PMCID: PMC7108139.

221: Chen JH, Yip CC, Chan JF, Poon RW, To KK, Chan KH, Cheng VC, Yuen KY. Clinical Performance of the Luminex NxTAG CoV Extended Panel for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Nasopharyngeal Specimens from COVID-19 Patients in Hong Kong. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e00936-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00936-20. PMID: 32482633; PMCID: PMC7383549.

222: To KK, Cheng VC, Cai JP, Chan KH, Chen LL, Wong LH, Choi CY, Fong CH, Ng AC, Lu L, Luo CT, Situ J, Chung TW, Wong SC, Kwan GS, Sridhar S, Chan JF, Fan CY, Chuang VWM, Kok KH, Hung IF, Yuen KY. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong and in residents evacuated from Hubei province, China: a multicohort study. Lancet Microbe. 2020 Jul;1(3):e111-e118. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30053-7. Epub 2020 Jun 3. PMID: 33230504; PMCID: PMC7673299.

223: Zhou J, Li C, Liu X, Chiu MC, Zhao X, Wang D, Wei Y, Lee A, Zhang AJ, Chu H, Cai JP, Yip CC, Chan IH, Wong KK, Tsang OT, Chan KH, Chan JF, To KK, Chen H, Yuen KY. Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med. 2020 Jul;26(7):1077-1083. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0912-6. Epub 2020 May 13. PMID: 32405028.

224: Cheng VC, Wong SC, Chuang VW, So SY, Chen JH, Sridhar S, To KK, Chan JF, Hung IF, Ho PL, Yuen KY. The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2. J Infect. 2020 Jul;81(1):107-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.04.024. Epub 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32335167; PMCID: PMC7177146.

225: Cheung KS, Hung IFN, Chan PPY, Lung KC, Tso E, Liu R, Ng YY, Chu MY, Chung TWH, Tam AR, Yip CCY, Leung KH, Fung AY, Zhang RR, Lin Y, Cheng HM, Zhang AJX, To KKW, Chan KH, Yuen KY, Leung WK. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of SARS- CoV-2 Infection and Virus Load in Fecal Samples From a Hong Kong Cohort: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Gastroenterology. 2020 Jul;159(1):81-95. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.03.065. Epub 2020 Apr 3. PMID: 32251668; PMCID: PMC7194936.

226: Yuan S, Chan CC, Chik KK, Tsang JO, Liang R, Cao J, Tang K, Cai JP, Ye ZW, Yin F, To KK, Chu H, Jin DY, Hung IF, Yuen KY, Chan JF. Broad-Spectrum Host- Based Antivirals Targeting the Interferon and Lipogenesis Pathways as Potential Treatment Options for the Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Viruses. 2020 Jun 10;12(6):628. doi: 10.3390/v12060628. PMID: 32532085; PMCID: PMC7354423.

227: Hung DL, Li X, Chiu KH, Yip CC, To KK, Chan JF, Sridhar S, Chung TW, Lung KC, Liu RW, Kwan GS, Hung IF, Cheng VC, Yuen KY. Early-Morning vs Spot Posterior Oropharyngeal Saliva for Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Implication of Timing of Specimen Collection for Community-Wide Screening. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 7;7(6):ofaa210. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa210. PMID: 32577428; PMCID: PMC7299521.

228: Chung TW, Sridhar S, Zhang AJ, Chan KH, Li HL, Wong FK, Ng MY, Tsang RK, Lee AC, Fan Z, Ho RS, Luk SY, Kan WK, Lam SH, Wu AK, Leung SM, Chan WM, Ng PY, To KK, Cheng VC, Lung KC, Hung IF, Yuen KY. Olfactory Dysfunction in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: Observational Cohort Study and Systematic Review. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 5;7(6):ofaa199. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa199. PMID: 32548209; PMCID: PMC7284010.

229: To KKW, Yuen KY. Responding to COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Med J. 2020 Jun;26(3):164-166. doi: 10.12809/hkmj205101. Epub 2020 Jun 11. PMID: 32525099.

230: Cheng VCC, Wong SC, Kwan GSW, Hui WT, Yuen KY. Disinfection of N95 respirators by ionized hydrogen peroxide during pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2. J Hosp Infect. 2020 Jun;105(2):358-359. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 8. PMID: 32277965; PMCID: PMC7194585.

231: Hung IF, Lung KC, Tso EY, Liu R, Chung TW, Chu MY, Ng YY, Lo J, Chan J, Tam AR, Shum HP, Chan V, Wu AK, Sin KM, Leung WS, Law WL, Lung DC, Sin S, Yeung P, Yip CC, Zhang RR, Fung AY, Yan EY, Leung KH, Ip JD, Chu AW, Chan WM, Ng AC, Lee R, Fung K, Yeung A, Wu TC, Chan JW, Yan WW, Chan WM, Chan JF, Lie AK, Tsang OT, Cheng VC, Que TL, Lau CS, Chan KH, To KK, Yuen KY. Triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir, and ribavirin in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2020 May 30;395(10238):1695-1704. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31042-4. Epub 2020 May 10. PMID: 32401715; PMCID: PMC7211500.

232: Wang Q, Zhang Y, Wu L, Niu S, Song C, Zhang Z, Lu G, Qiao C, Hu Y, Yuen KY, Wang Q, Zhou H, Yan J, Qi J. Structural and Functional Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Entry by Using Human ACE2. Cell. 2020 May 14;181(4):894-904.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.045. Epub 2020 Apr 9. PMID: 32275855; PMCID: PMC7144619.

233: Chu H, Chan JF, Yuen TT, Shuai H, Yuan S, Wang Y, Hu B, Yip CC, Tsang JO, Huang X, Chai Y, Yang D, Hou Y, Chik KK, Zhang X, Fung AY, Tsoi HW, Cai JP, Chan WM, Ip JD, Chu AW, Zhou J, Lung DC, Kok KH, To KK, Tsang OT, Chan KH, Yuen KY. Comparative tropism, replication kinetics, and cell damage profiling of SARS- CoV-2 and SARS-CoV with implications for clinical manifestations, transmissibility, and laboratory studies of COVID-19: an observational study. Lancet Microbe. 2020 May;1(1):e14-e23. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30004-5. Epub 2020 Apr 21. PMID: 32835326; PMCID: PMC7173822.

234: Cheng VC, Wong SC, Yuen KY. Estimating Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection Risk in Health Care Workers. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e209687. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.9687. PMID: 32437571.

235: To KK, Tsang OT, Leung WS, Tam AR, Wu TC, Lung DC, Yip CC, Cai JP, Chan JM, Chik TS, Lau DP, Choi CY, Chen LL, Chan WM, Chan KH, Ip JD, Ng AC, Poon RW, Luo CT, Cheng VC, Chan JF, Hung IF, Chen Z, Chen H, Yuen KY. Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 May;20(5):565-574. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30196-1. Epub 2020 Mar 23. PMID: 32213337; PMCID: PMC7158907.

236: Cheng VCC, Wong SC, Chen JHK, Yip CCY, Chuang VWM, Tsang OTY, Sridhar S, Chan JFW, Ho PL, Yuen KY. Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS- CoV-2 in Hong Kong. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 May;41(5):493-498. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.58. Epub 2020 Mar 5. PMID: 32131908; PMCID: PMC7137535.

237: Guan WJ, Ni ZY, Hu Y, Liang WH, Ou CQ, He JX, Liu L, Shan H, Lei CL, Hui DSC, Du B, Li LJ, Zeng G, Yuen KY, Chen RC, Tang CL, Wang T, Chen PY, Xiang J, Li SY, Wang JL, Liang ZJ, Peng YX, Wei L, Liu Y, Hu YH, Peng P, Wang JM, Liu JY, Chen Z, Li G, Zheng ZJ, Qiu SQ, Luo J, Ye CJ, Zhu SY, Zhong NS; China Medical Treatment Expert Group for Covid-19. Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 30;382(18):1708-1720. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002032. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID: 32109013; PMCID: PMC7092819.

238: Chan JF, Yip CC, To KK, Tang TH, Wong SC, Leung KH, Fung AY, Ng AC, Zou Z, Tsoi HW, Choi GK, Tam AR, Cheng VC, Chan KH, Tsang OT, Yuen KY. Improved Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Novel, Highly Sensitive and Specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay Validated <i>In Vitro</i> and with Clinical Specimens. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Apr 23;58(5):e00310-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00310-20. PMID: 32132196; PMCID: PMC7180250.

239: Yip CC, Ho CC, Chan JF, To KK, Chan HS, Wong SC, Leung KH, Fung AY, Ng AC, Zou Z, Tam AR, Chung TW, Chan KH, Hung IF, Cheng VC, Tsang OT, Tsui SKW, Yuen KY. Development of a Novel, Genome Subtraction-Derived, SARS-CoV-2-Specific COVID-19-nsp2 Real-Time RT-PCR Assay and Its Evaluation Using Clinical Specimens. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Apr 8;21(7):2574. doi: 10.3390/ijms21072574. PMID: 32276333; PMCID: PMC7177594.

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241: Cheng VCC, Wong SC, To KKW, Ho PL, Yuen KY. Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging novel coronavirus in China. J Hosp Infect. 2020 Mar;104(3):254-255. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.010. Epub 2020 Jan 18. PMID: 31962139; PMCID: PMC7134450.

242: Chan JF, Yuan S, Kok KH, To KK, Chu H, Yang J, Xing F, Liu J, Yip CC, Poon RW, Tsoi HW, Lo SK, Chan KH, Poon VK, Chan WM, Ip JD, Cai JP, Cheng VC, Chen H, Hui CK, Yuen KY. A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):514-523. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30154-9. Epub 2020 Jan 24. PMID: 31986261; PMCID: PMC7159286.

243: Ng MY, Lee EYP, Yang J, Yang F, Li X, Wang H, Lui MM, Lo CS, Leung B, Khong PL, Hui CK, Yuen KY, Kuo MD. Imaging Profile of the COVID-19 Infection: Radiologic Findings and Literature Review. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2020 Feb 13;2(1):e200034. doi: 10.1148/ryct.2020200034. PMID: 33778547; PMCID: PMC7233595.

244: Zhao X, Chu H, Wong BH, Chiu MC, Wang D, Li C, Liu X, Yang D, Poon VK, Cai J, Chan JF, To KK, Zhou J, Yuen KY. Activation of C-Type Lectin Receptor and (RIG)-I-Like Receptors Contributes to Proinflammatory Response in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-Infected Macrophages. J Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 3;221(4):647-659. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz483. PMID: 31562757; PMCID: PMC7107474.

245: Chan JF, Kok KH, Zhu Z, Chu H, To KK, Yuan S, Yuen KY. Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):221-236. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1719902. Erratum in: Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec;9(1):540. PMID: 31987001; PMCID: PMC7067204.

246: Lau SKP, Li KSM, Luk HKH, He Z, Teng JLL, Yuen KY, Wernery U, Woo PCY. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antibodies in Bactrian and Hybrid Camels from Dubai. mSphere. 2020 Jan 22;5(1):e00898-19. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00898-19. PMID: 31969478; PMCID: PMC6977179.