RESEARCH INTEREST

• Infectious disease dynamics and environmental epidemiology

• Applied research of artificial intelligence 

CAREER SUMMARY

2019–present      Assistant Professor, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

2019–present      Assistant Professor, Centre for Health System and Policy Research, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

2019–present      Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

2015–present      Associate Researcher (by courtesy), Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Laboratory, Shenzhen Research Institute, CUHK

2015–2019           Research Assistant Professor, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

EDUCATION

2020                     Short course certificate, Health Economics and Contemporary Topics in Health Policy modules, Business School, Imperial College London (supported by HMRF-RFS)

2007-2011           PhD, Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

2003-2006           BSc, Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

TEACHING

JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK

2022-2023

• Practical Data Collection, Management and Analysis (PHPC3028) 

2019-present        

• Primary Public Health Research I (PHPC4911) 

• Primary Public Health Research II (PHPC4912) 

• Primary Public Health Research III (PHPC4913)

• Public Health Data Synthesis Research I (PHPC4921) 

• Public Health Data Synthesis Research II (PHPC4922)

2021-present       

• Artificial Intelligence Methods for Medical Research and Pharmaceutical Science (BIOS6006) 

2014-present

• Introduction to Biostatistics (BIOS5001)

• Clinical Trials (BIOS5005)

• Pharmaceutical Statistics Computing in SAS (BIOS5007) 

Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

2019-2021        

• Community and Family Medicine Module (MEDU4010)

2014-2021        

• Biostatistics I (MEDP6001)

• Biostatistics II (MEDP6002)

• Biostatistics III (MEDP6003)

School of Chinese Medicine, CUHK

2014-present        

• Research Methodologies in Acupuncture (BCME6506)

• Current Research Methodologies in Chinese Medicine and Thesis (BCME6160)

Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, CUHK

• 2018-present     Critical Review Studies (DIUS5014)

School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK

• 2021-present Experimental Design and Execution, Journal Analysis and Reporting Results (SBMS3201)

Department of Anatomical & Cellular Pathology, CUHK

• 2021-present Biostatistics, measurement uncertainty, quality assurance and laboratory accreditation (MLSC5002)

Institute of Digestive Disease, CUHK

• 2022-present Epidemiology & Clinical Research (GAST5017)

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK

• 2023-present    Epidemiology and Research Methodology (CGEN 5010)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CUHK

• 2023-present    Research Methodology (OBSC5004)

Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong

• 2021-present    Induction course on concepts and principles of public health practice

• 2020-present    Chinese Medicine Research Training III – Advanced Training 

RESEARCH GRANTS 

In PI capacity

• Establishing surgical risk calculator for post-operative mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong. Health and Medical Research Fund. 1/6/24-30/11/25

• Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong: A time series analysis using territory-wide hospitalization data. CUHK Direct Grant. 30/6/22-29/6/23.

• Quantifying the relative contribution of government measures, meteorological factors, and viral genetic variant on COVID-19 activity in a regional and global perspective. Group Research Scheme 2021-22. 30/6/22-29/6/23.

• (co-PI) 早发型子痫前期发病机制及整体化防控策略的研究. Ministry of Science and Technology of China - 2021年度國家重點研發計劃 “十四五” 重點專項. 1/1/22-31/12/25

• Does influenza activity trigger asthma exacerbations in Hong Kong? A retrospective modelling analysis. CUHK Direct Grant. 30/6/21-29/6/22.

• (co-PI) Assessment and Implementation of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions to Avoid COVID-19 Resurgences: Accounting for Human Mobility, Contacts and Behavioral Change Using Both Big and Small data. Collaborative Research Fund. 1/2/21-31/7/22.

• Activity of Seasonal Influenza Triggered the Hospital Admissions due to Tuberculosis: A Time-Series Analysis. CUHK Direct Grant. 30/6/20-29/6/21.

• Determining meteorologically favourable zones for the activities of seasonal influenza A and B in Hong Kong. Health and Medical Research Fund. 1/4/20-30/9/21.

• Spatial resources allocation and dynamics planning for public healthcare services. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 1/1/2020-31/12/2022.

• Evaluating the sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Hong Kong: An integrated study. Health and Medical Research Fund. 1/9/19-31/8/21.

• Development of objective measure of psychotropic substances abuse using Automatic Retinal Image Analysis (ARIA), Beat Drugs Fund Regular Funding Scheme. 1/7/19-31/6/21.

• Long Term Effectiveness of Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme Strategies: A System Dynamics Simulation Analysis. Health and Medical Research Fund. 1/4/17-30/9/18.

• An infectious diseases modeling study to analyze different vaccination strategies for measles elimination. Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Program - Basic research project. 1/11/15-31/10/17.

PUBLICATION

Year 2024

• Chong KC, Zhao S, Hung CT, Jia KM, Ho JY, Lam HCY, Jiang X, Li C, Lin G, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Wang Y, Li K, Wang H, Wei Y, Guo Z, Yeoh EK. Association between meteorological variations and the superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Environment International. 2024; 188:108762

• Wang J, Wei Y, Galizzi MM, Kwan HS, Zee BCY, Fung H, Yung TKC, Wong ELY, Yue Q, Lee MKL, Wu Y, Wang K, Wu H, Yeoh EK, Chong KC*. Evaluating the impact of sugar-sweetened beverages tax on overweight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes in an affluent Asian setting: A willingness-to-pay survey and simulation analysis. Preventive Medicine. 2024; 184:107994

• Wang H, Wei Y, Hung CT, Lin G, Jiang X, Li C, Jia KM, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Ho JY, Wang Y, Zhao S, Guo Z, Li K, Yang A, Mok CKP, Hui DSC, Yeoh EK, Chong KC*. Association of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir with post-acute sequelae and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024:S1473-3099(24)00217-2.

• Wang Y, Li C, Zhao S, Wei Y, Li K, Jiang X, Ho J, Ran J, Han L, Zee BC, Chong KC*. Projection of dengue fever transmissibility under climate change in South and Southeast Asian countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Apr 29;18(4):e0012158.

• Hung KKC, Lam RPK, Lee HKH, Choi YF, Tenney J, Zuo Z, Chong KC, Hui TSI, Wong TK, Yiu TY, Chan SY, Mok CPY, Leung LY, Mak WK, Sun DTF, Cheng CH, Graham CA. Comparison of diclofenac with tramadol, tizanidine or placebo in the treatment of acute low back pain and sciatica: multi-center randomized controlled trial. Postgrad Med J. 2024 Apr 27:qgae052.

• Liu J, Shen L, Nguyen-Hoang L, Zhou Q, Wang CC, Lu X, Sahota D, Chong KC, Ying H, Gu W, Zhou R, Yang H, Jiang Y, Chen D, Li X, Poon L. Aspirin versus metformin in pregnancies at high risk of preterm pre-eclampsia in China (AVERT): protocol for a multicentre, double-blind, 3-arm randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Apr 17;14(4):e074493.

• Yau STY, Leung E, Wong MCS, Hung CT, Chong KC, Lee A, Yeoh EK. Metabolic dysfunction-associated profiles and subsequent site-specific risk of obesity-related cancers among Chinese patients with diabetes: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2024 Apr 3;14(4):e082414.

• Lou J, Liang W, Cao L, Hu I, Zhao S, Chen Z, Chan RWY, Cheung PPH, Zheng H, Liu C, Li Q, Chong KC, Zhang Y, Yeoh EK, Chan PK, Zee BCY, Mok CKP, Wang MH. Predictive evolutionary modelling for influenza virus by site-based dynamics of mutations. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 21;15(1):2546.

• Zeng YQ, Chong KC*, Chang LY, Liang X, Guo LH, Dong G, Tam T, Lao XQ. Exposure to Neighborhood Greenness and Hypertension Incidence in Adults: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Taiwan. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Mar;132(3):37001.

• Nguyen-Hoang L, Chaemsaithong P, Cheng YKY, Feng Q, Fung J, Duan H, Chong KC, Leung TY, Poon LC. Longitudinal evaluation of cervical length and shear wave elastography in women with spontaneous preterm birth. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Feb 14.

• Li Q, Chen Z, Zhang Y, Chan RWY, Chong KC, Zee BCY, Ling L, Lui G, Chan PKS, Wang MH. Genetic association of COVID-19 severe versus non-severe cases by RNA sequencing in patients hospitalised in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Med J. 2024 Feb;30(1):25-31.

• Ho WCS, Boon SS, Chong KC, Lai CKC, Sze RKH, Khan ATK, Xing RL, Sukarom I, Wu YH, Chau RWY, Chan PKS. Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection among the general adult population in Hong Kong. J Med Virol. 2024 Feb;96(2):e29460.

• Zhao S, Mok CKP, Tang YS, Chen C, Sun Y, Chong KC*, Hui DSC. Inferring Incidence of Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Infections Using Seroprevalence of Open Reading Frame 8 Antigen, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Feb;30(2):325-328.

Year 2023

• Jiang X, Wang J, Li C, Yeoh EK, Guo Z, Wei Y, Chong KC*. Impact of the surge of COVID-19 Omicron outbreak on the intention of seasonal influenza vaccination in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 30;41(49):7419-7427.

• Yang Q, Cheng H, Qin J, Loke AY, Ngai FW, Chong KC, Zhang D, Gao Y, Wang HH, Liu Z, Hao C, Xie YJ. A Machine Learning-Based Preclinical Osteoporosis Screening Tool (POST): Model Development and Validation Study. JMIR Aging. 2023 Nov 8;6:e46791.

• Li K, Wang Y, Jiang X, Li C, Chen J, Zeng Y, Zhao S, Ho JY, Ran J, Han L, Wei Y, Yeoh EK, Chong KC*. Relationship between temperature variability and daily hospitalisations in Hong Kong over two decades. J Glob Health. 2023; 13:04122.

• Xu S, Yang X, Liu J, Chong KC, Cheng Y, Gong W, Zou G. Health and wellbeing among the empty nest and non-empty nest elderly in China-Results from a national cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 12;18(9):e0291231.

• Ho JY, Lai ET, Chau PH, Chong KC, Woo J. The role of older adult-focused social vulnerability on the relationship between temperature and emergency department attendance in a subtropical Asian city. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023 Sep 11;117:105195.

• Chan RHW, Dong D, Chong KC, Kim JH. Development and validation of a Chinese Drinking Expectancies Questionnaire for young adults: A Hong Kong study. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2023 Aug 11.

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Sun S, Wang K, Ran J, He D, Wei Y, Wang H, Sun J, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Estimating the serial interval of Marburg virus human-to-human transmission from a case cluster seeded by a cross-border traveler. J Travel Med. 2023 Jul 31:taad100.

• Zhao S, Guo Z, Sun S, Hung CT, Leung EYM, Wei Y, Wang H, Li K, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Gao J, Jia KM, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and Sinovac vaccines against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Omicron-predominance in Hong Kong: A retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 cases. J Clin Virol. 2023 Jul 10;166:105547.

• Wang Y, Zhao S, Wei Y, Li K, Jiang X, Li C, Ren C, Yin S, Ho J, Ran J, Han L, Zee BCY, Chong KC*. Impact of climate change on dengue fever epidemics in South and Southeast Asian settings: A modelling study. Infectious Disease Modelling. 2023. 8(3): 645-655

• Chong KC, Chan PKS, Lee TC, Goggins WB, Wu P, Lai CKC, Fung KSC. Meteorologically favourable zones for seasonal influenza A and B in Hong Kong: abridged secondary publication. Hong Kong Med J. 2023 Jun;29 Suppl 3(3):19-22. PMID: 37357586.

• Yin S, Hua J, Ren C, Wang R, Weemaels AI, Guénard B, Shi Y, Lee TC, Yuan HY, Chong KC, Tian L. Spatial pattern assessment of dengue fever risk in subtropical urban environments: The case of Hong Kong. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023, 237: 104815.

• Ng RW, Sze RK, Chong KC, Zhao S, Ling L, Lui G, Leung AS, Yeung AC, Ho WC, Wong MC, Chen Z, Boon SS, Hui DS, Chan PK. Effectiveness of mRNA and inactivated COVID-19 vaccines: a test-negative study in an infection-naïve Hong Kong population. J Infect. 2023 May 26:S0163-4453(23)00298-0.

• Chong KC, Chan PK, Hung CT, Wong CK, Xiong X, Wei Y, Zhao S, Guo Z, Wang H, Yam CH, Chow TY, Li C, Jiang X, Leung SY, Kwok KL, Yeoh EK, Li K. Changes in all-cause and cause-specific excess mortality before and after the Omicron outbreak of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. J Glob Health. 2023 Apr 28;13:06017. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06017

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Mok CKP, So RTY, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Chan TCP, Wei Y, Jia KM, Wang MH, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Comparing the incubation period, serial interval, and infectiousness profile between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants. J Med Virol. 2023 Mar;95(3):e28648.

• Chong KC, Chan PKS, Lee TC, Lau SYF, Wu P, Lai CKC, Fung KSC, Tse CWS, Leung SY, Kwok KL, Li C, Jiang X, Wei Y. Determining meteorologically-favorable zones for seasonal influenza activity in Hong Kong. Int J Biometeorol. 2023 Feb 27.

• Chong KC, Li K, Guo Z, Jia K, Leung E, Zhao S, Hung CT, Yam C, Chow TY, Dong D, Wang H, Wei Y, Yeoh EK. Dining-out behavior as a proxy for superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Modelling analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2023 Feb 14.

• Wang H, Wei Y, Hung CT, Jiang X, Li C, Jia KM, Leung EYM, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Zhao S, Guo Z, Li K, Wang Z, Yeoh EK, Chong KC*. Relationship between antidepressants and severity of SARS-Cov-2 Omicron Infection: A retrospective cohort study using real-world data. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 2023, p. 100716.

• Lai M, Lee J, Li X, Kwok C, Chong KC, Zee B. Lifestyle Changes Reduced Estimated White Matter Hyperintensities Based on Retinal Image Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):3530.

• Huang J, Zhao S, Chong KC#, Zhou Y, Lu W, Fang F, Cheung PPH, Lai KC, Hui DS, Mok CKP. Infection rate in Guangzhou after easing the zero-COVID policy: seroprevalence results to ORF8 antigen. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 17:S1473-3099(23)00112-3.

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Lee SS, Hung CT, Wong NS, Chow TY, Yam CHK, Wang MH, Wang J, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. A statistical framework for tracking the time-varying superspreading potential of COVID-19 epidemic. Epidemics. 2023 Jan 24;42:100670.

• Wei Y, Jia KM, Zhao S, Hung CT, Mok CKP, Poon PKM, Man Leung EY, Wang MH, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Guo Z, Yeoh EK, Chong KC*. Estimation of Vaccine Effectiveness of CoronaVac and BNT162b2 Against Severe Outcomes Over Time Among Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2254777.

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Yam CHK, Li C, Jiang X, Chow TY, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Estimating the serial intervals of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4, BA.5, and BA.2.12.1 variants in Hong Kong. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2023; 17( 2):e13105.

• Zhao S, Hu I, Lou J, Chong KC, Cao L, He D, Zee BCY, Wang MH. The mechanism shaping the logistic growth of mutation proportion in epidemics at population scale. Infectious Disease Modelling, 2023. 8(1) 107-121

Year 2022

• Wang P, Xiang H, Guo M, Shi Y, Chong KC, Huang J, Ho HC. Indoor and roadside exposures to traffic noise and cardiovascular mortality and the role of urban environmental stressors across a high-rise, high-density environment: A case study in Hong Kong. Building and Environment. 2022; 109945.[IF=7.093, rank: 10/138 in Engineering, Civil]

• Li S, Han L, Shi H, Chong KC, Zhao S, Ran J. Excess deaths from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Age Ageing. 2022;51(12):afac277. [IF=12.782, rank: 1/54 in Geriatrics & Gerontology]

• Li C, Jiang X, Yue Q, Wei Y, Wang Y, Ho JY, Lao XQ, Chong KC*. Relationship between meteorological variations, seasonal influenza, and hip fractures in the elderly: A modelling investigation using 22-year data. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Dec 10;862:160764. [IF=13.352, rank: 16/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Lai X, Lian X, Liu L, Wang J, Liu Y, Chong KC. Generalized likelihood ratio based risk-adjusted control chart for zero-inflated Poisson process. Qual Reliab Eng Int. 2022; 1- 19. [IF=3.007, rank: 35/92 in Engineering, Multidisciplinary]

• Xia X, Zhang Y, Sun R, Wei Y, Li Q, Chong KC, Wu WKK, Zee BCY, Tang H, Wang MHW. A Prism Vote method for individualized risk prediction of traits in genotype data of Multi-population. 2022. PLoS Genet 18(10): e1010443. [IF=6.020, rank: 27/175 in Genetics & Heredity]

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Sun S, He D, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Estimation of the serial interval of monkeypox during the early outbreak in 2022. J Med Virol. 2022 Oct 21:e28248. [IF=20.693, rank: 2/37 in Virology]

• Xiong X, Wei Y, Lam HC, Wong CK, Lau SY, Zhao S, Ran J, Li C, Jiang X, Yue Q, Cheng W Wang H, Wang Y, Chong KC*. Association between cold weather, influenza infection, and asthma exacerbation in adults in Hong Kong. Science of The Total Environment. 2022 Oct 12:159362. [IF=13.352, rank: 16/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Wang Y, Wei Y, Li K, Jiang X, Li C, Yue Q, Zee BC, Chong KC*. Impact of extreme weather on dengue fever infection in four Asian countries: a modelling analysis. Environment International. 2022 Sep 19:107518. [IF=13.352, rank: 16/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Lai CK, Lui GC, Wei Y, Chong KC, Chen Z, Ling L, Ng RW, Boon SS, Ho WC, Yeung AC, Hui DS, Chan PKS. Remdesivir reduced upper respiratory tract SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA concentration in COVID-19 patients who developed pneumonitis. Journal of Infection. 2022 Aug 31. [IF=38.637, rank: 4/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zhao S, Chong KC, Ryu S, Guo Z, He M, Chen B, Musa SS, Wang J, Wu Y, He D, Wang MH. Characterizing superspreading potential of infectious disease: Decomposition of individual transmissibility. PLOS Computational Biology. 2022 Jun 27;18(6):e1010281. [IF=4.779, rank: 9/57 in Mathematical & Computational Biology]

• Tao KP, Chong KC#, Chan KY, Pun JC, Tsun JG, Chow SM, Ng CS, Wang MH, Chan PK, Li AM, Chan RW. Suppression of influenza virus infection by rhinovirus interference–at the population, individual and cellular levels. Current Research in Microbial Sciences. 2022 Jun 18:100147.

• Cao L, Lou J, Chan SY, Zheng H, Liu C, Zhao S, Li Q, Mok CK, Chan RW, Chong KC, Wu WK, Chen Z, Wong ELY, Chan PKS, Zee BCY, Yeoh EK, Wang MH. Rapid evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants by analysis of genetic distance. Nature Medicine. 2022 Jun 16:1-8. [IF=87.241, rank: 1/139 in Medicine, Research & Experimental]

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Ryu S, Mok CK, Hung CT, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Superspreading potential of infection seeded by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 variant in South Korea. Journal of Infection. 2022 Jun 1. [IF=38.637, rank: 4/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Chong KC, Yeoh EK, Leung CC, Lau SY, Lam HC, Goggins WB, Zhao S, Ran J, Mohammad KN, Chan RW, Lai CK Chan PKS, Leung CSY, Chen VXY, Wang Y, Wei Y. Independent effect of weather, air pollutants, and seasonal influenza on risk of tuberculosis hospitalization: An analysis of 22-year hospital admission data. Science of The Total Environment. 2022 May 4:155711. [IF=10.753, rank: 26/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Guo Z, Zhao S, Lee SS, Mok CK, Wong NS, Wang J, Jia KM, Wang MH, Yam CH, Chow TY, Chong KC*, Yeoh EK. Superspreading potential of COVID-19 outbreak seeded by Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2022 Apr 18. [IF=39.194, rank: 3/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Chan S, Chong KC#, Chiu PW, Ng EKW, Wong MCS, Teoh AYB. Impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage on reducing costs of reintervention and unplanned readmission: a budget impact analysis. Endosc Int Open. 2022. [IF=0.77, rank: 48/135 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology]

• Hung KK, Rainer TH, Yeung JH, Cheung C, Leung Y, Leung LY, Chong KC, Ho HF, Tsui KL, Cheung NK, Graham C. Seven-year excess mortality, functional outcome and health status after trauma in Hong Kong. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 2022 Apr;48(2):1417-26. [IF=2.374, rank: 18/32 in Emergency Medicine]

• Hung KC, Lai CY, Yeung JH, Maegele M, Chan PS, Leung M, Wong HT, Wong JK, Leung LY, Chong KC, Cheng CH. RISC II is superior to TRISS in predicting 30-day mortality in blunt major trauma patients in Hong Kong. European journal of trauma and emergency surgery. 2022 Apr;48(2):1093-100. [IF=2.374, rank: 18/32 in Emergency Medicine]

• Xiong X, Li J, Huang B, Tam T, Hong Y, Chong KC, Huo Z. Economic Value of Vaccines to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Vaccines. 2022 Mar 23;10(4):495. [IF=4.961, rank: 59/139 in Medicine, Research & Experimental]

• Zhao S, Wang K, Chong MK, Musa SS, He M, Han L, He D, Wang MH. The non-pharmaceutical interventions may affect the advantage in transmission of mutated variants during epidemics: A conceptual model for COVID-19. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2022 Mar 21:111105. [IF=2.405, rank: 32/57 in Mathematical & Computational Biology]

• Zhao S, Guo Z, Chong KC*, He D, Wang MH. Superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variants under intensive disease control measures in China. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2022. taac025. [IF=39.194, rank: 3/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Wu Y, Fung H, Shum HM, Zhao S, Wong EL, Chong KC, Hung CT, Yeoh EK. Evaluation of Length of Stay, Care Volume, In-Hospital Mortality, and Emergency Readmission Rate Associated with Use of Diagnosis-Related Groups for Internal Resource Allocation in Public Hospitals in Hong Kong. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2145685. [IF=13.366, rank: 15/172 in Medicine, General & Internal]

• Lou J, Zheng H, Zhao S, Cao L, Wong EL, Chen Z, Chan RW, Chong KC, Zee BC, Chan PK, Yeoh EK. Quantifying the effect of government interventions and virus mutations on transmission advantage during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2022;15:338-342. [IF=7.537, rank: 27/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Ding H, Huang J, Ngai CH, Sun Q, Kwok KO, Wang HH, Chong KC, Wong MC. The cost-effectiveness of starting 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine and influenza vaccination at 50 vs. 65 years: A comparative modelling study. Vaccine. 2022; 40(9):1282-1288. [IF=4.169, rank: 73/139 in Medicine, Research & Experimental]

• Chong KC, Chen Y, Chan EY, Lau SY, Lam HC, Wang P, Goggins WB, Ran J, Zhao S, Mohammad KN, Wei Y. Association of weather, air pollutants, and seasonal influenza with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalization risks. Environmental Pollution. 2022;293:118480 [IF=9.988, rank: 28/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Lou J, Zhao S, Cao L, Zheng H, Chen Z, Chan RW, Chong KC, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Temporal patterns in the evolutionary genetic distance of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Genomics. 2022. [IF=2.132, rank: 134/182 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

Year 2021

• Zhao S, Musa SS, Chong KC, Ran J, Javanbakht M, Han L, Wang K, Hussaini N, Habib10 AG, Wang MH, He D. The co-circulating transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Eta variants in Nigeria: A retrospective modeling study of COVID-19. J Glob Health. 2021.25;11:05028 [IF=7.664, rank: 26/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Lui G, Wong CK, Chan M, Chong KC, Wong R, Chu I, Zhang M, Li T, Hui DS, Lee N, Chan PK. Host inflammatory response is the major marker of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in older adults. Journal of Infection. 2021; 83(6):686-692. [IF=38.637, rank: 4/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Chong KC, Jia K, Lee SS, Hung CT, Wong NS, Lai FTT, Chau N, Yam CHK, Chow TY, Wei Y, Guo Z, Yeoh EK. Characterization of Unlinked Cases of COVID-19 and Implications for Contact Tracing Measures: Retrospective Analysis of Surveillance Data. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Nov 16;7(11):e30968. [IF=14.557 rank: 5/182 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Zhao S, Lou J, Cao L, Chong KC, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Differences in the case fatality risks associated with SARS-CoV-2 Delta and non-Delta variants in relation to vaccine coverage: An early ecological study in the United Kingdom. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2021 Nov 27:105162. [IF=4.393, rank: 47/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Chen X, Huang Z, Wang J, Zhao S, Wong MC, Chong KC, He D, Li J. Ratio of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among ascertained SARS-CoV-2 infections in different regions and population groups in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis including 130 123 infections from 241 studies. BMJ open. 2021 Dec 1;11(12):e049752. [IF= 3.017, rank: 85/172 in Medicine, General & Internal]

• Zhao S, Lou J, Cao L, Zheng H, Chong KC, Chen Z, Chan RW, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Real-time quantification of the transmission advantage associated with a single mutation in pathogen genomes: a case study on the D614G substitution of SARS-CoV-2. BMC infectious diseases. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-8. [IF=3.670, rank: 60/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Cao L, Zhao S, Li Q, Ling L, Wu WK, Zhang L, Lou J, Chong KC, Chen Z, Wong EL, Zee BC. A Bayesian method for synthesizing multiple diagnostic outcomes of COVID-19 tests. Royal Society open science. 2021 Sep 15;8(9):201867. [IF=3.653, rank: 30/73 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Wang J, Chen X, Guo Z, Zhao S, Huang Z, Zhuang Z, Wong EL, Zee BC, Chong KC*, Wang MH, Yeoh EK. Superspreading and heterogeneity in transmission of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19: a systematic review. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 2021 Sep 1. [IF=6.155, rank: 70/296 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]

• Lai X, Liu R, Liu L, Wang J, Zhang X, Zhu X, Chong KC. Residuals based EWMA control charts with risk adjustments for zero‐inflated Poisson models. Quality and Reliability Engineering International. 2022;38(1):283-303. [IF=3.007, rank: 35/92 in Engineering, Multidisciplinary]

• Zhao S, Zhao Y, Tang B, Gao D, Guo Z, Chong MK, Musa SS, Cai Y, Wang W, He D, Wang MH. Shrinkage in serial intervals across transmission generations of COVID-19. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2021 Aug 11:110861. [IF=2.405, rank: 32/57 in Mathematical & Computational Biology]

• Tan Y, Lai X, Wang J, Zhang X, Zhu X, Chong KC, Chan PK, Tang J. Risk-adjusted zero-inflated Poisson CUSUM charts for monitoring influenza surveillance data. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2021 Jul;21(2):1-1. [IF=3.298, rank: 17/31 in Medical Informatics]

• Han L, Zhao S, Cao P, Chong MK, Wang J, He D, Deng X, Ran J. How transportation restriction shapes the relationship between ambient nitrogen dioxide and COVID-19 transmissibility: an exploratory analysis. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 Jul 29:1041. [IF=6.461, rank: 18/182 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Wei X, Zhang Z, Chong MK, Hicks JP, Gong W, Zou G, Zhong J, Walley JD, Upshur RE, Yu M. Evaluation of a package of risk-based pharmaceutical and lifestyle interventions in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes in rural China: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS medicine. 2021 Jul 1;18(7):e1003694. [IF= 11.613, rank: 20/172 in Medicine, General & Internal]

• Chong KC, Fung H, Yam C, Chau P, Chow TY, Zee B, Wong E, Wang M, Yeoh EK. Long Term Effectiveness of Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme Strategies: A System Dynamics Simulation Analysis. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:1235 [IF=4.135, rank: 83/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Ran J, Zhao S, Han L, Ge Y, Chong MK, Cao W, Sun S. Increase in Diabetes Mortality Associated With COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. Diabetes Care. 2021 Jun 15. [IF=17.152, rank: 6/146 in Endocrinology & Metabolism]

• Zhao S, Tang B, Musa SS, Ma S, Zhang J, Zeng M, Yun Q, Guo W, Zheng Y, Yang Z, Peng Z, Chong MKC, Javanbakht M, He D, Wang MH. Estimating the generation interval and inferring the latent period of COVID-19 from the contact tracing data. Epidemics. 2021 Jun 24:100482. [IF=5.324, rank: 37/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zhao S, Lou J, Cao L, Zheng H, Chen Z, Chan RW, Zee BC, Chan PK, Chong MK, Wang MH. An early assessment of a case fatality risk associated with P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Brazil: an ecological study. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2021 Jun 21. [IF=39.194, rank: 3/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zhao S, Yang Z, Musa SS, Ran J, Chong MK, Javanbakht M, He D, Wang MH. Attach importance of the bootstrap t-test against Student's t-test in clinical epidemiology: A demonstrative comparison using COVID-19 as an example. Epidemiology & Infection. 2021 Apr 30:1-7. [IF=4.434, rank: 75/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Zhao S, Lou J, Chong MK, Cao L, Zheng H, Chen Z, Chan RW, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Inferring the Association between the Risk of COVID-19 Case Fatality and N501Y Substitution in SARS-CoV-2. Viruses. 2021 Apr;13(4):638. [IF=5.818, rank: 14/37 in Virology]

• Wang J, Yeoh EK, Yung TKC, Wong MCS, Dong D, Chen X, Chan MKY, Wong ELY, Wu Y, Guo Z, Wang Y, Zhao S, Chong KC*. Change in eating habits and physical activities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study via random telephone survey. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 2021;18:33. [IF=5.159, rank: 9/88 in Sport Sciences]

• Mohammad KN, Chan EY, Lau SY, Lam HC, Goggins WB, Chong KC*. Relationship between acute kidney injury, seasonal influenza, and environmental factors: A 14-year retrospective analysis. Environment International. 2021;153:106521. [IF=13.352, rank: 16/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Cao L, Zhao S, Lou J, Zheng H, Chan RWY, Chong MKC, Chen Z, Chan PKS, Zee BCY, Wang MH. Differential Influence of Age on the Relationship between Genetic Mismatch and A(H1N1)pdm09 Vaccine Effectiveness. Viruses. 2021; 13(4):619. [IF=5.818, rank: 14/37 in Virology]

• Zhao S, Lou J, Cao L, Zheng H, Chong KC, Chen Z, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Modelling the association between COVID-19 transmissibility and D614G substitution in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: using the surveillance data in California as an example. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2021;18(1):1-9. [IF=2.432, rank: 26/58 in Mathematical & Computational Biology] 

• Wang J, Zhao S, Chen X, Huang Z, Chong KC, Guo Z, Javanbakht M, Ran J. The reproductive number of Lassa fever: A systematic review. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2021 Mar 5:taab029. [IF=39.194, rank: 3/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Ho SC, Yeo W, Goggins W, Kwok C, Cheng A, Chong KC, Lee R, Cheung KL. Pre-diagnosis and early post-diagnosis dietary soy isoflavone intake and survival outcomes: a prospective cohort study of early stage breast cancer survivors. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications. 2021;27:100350.

• Chong KC, Ran J, Lau SY, Goggins WB, Zhao S, Wang P, Tian L, Wang MH, Mohammad KN, Wei L, Xiong X, Liu H, Chan PKS, Wang H, Wang Y, Wang J. Limited role for meteorological factors on the variability in COVID-19 incidence: A retrospective study of 102 Chinese cities. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2021;15(2):e0009056. [IF=4.781, rank: 2/24 in Tropical Medicine]

• Zhao S, Shen M, Musa SS, Guo Z, Ran J, Peng Z, Zhao Y, Chong KC, He D, Wang MH. Inferencing superspreading potential using zero-truncated negative binomial model: exemplification with COVID-19. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021;21(1):1-8. [IF=4.622, rank: 27/109 in Health Care Sciences & Services]

• Chen Z, Chong KC, Wong MC, Boon SS, Huang J, Wang MH, Ng RW, Lai CK, Chan PK. A global analysis on replacement of genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 in associate with containment capacity and changes in disease severity. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021;S1198-743X(21)00045-8. [IF=13.310, rank: 13/136 in Microbiology]

• Chong KC, Jia KM. Accelerate the elimination of rubella through supplementary immunisation activities in China. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.2021;S1473-3099(20)30715-5. [invited commentary] 

• Zhao S, Lou J, Cao L, Zheng H, Chong MK, Chen Z, Chan RW, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Quantifying the transmission advantage associated with N501Y substitution of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom: An early data-driven analysis. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2021;28(2):taab011. [IF=8.490, rank: 4/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Leung SY, Lau SY, Kwok KL, Mohammad KN, Chan PK, Chong KC*. Short-term association among meteorological variation, outdoor air pollution and acute bronchiolitis in children in a subtropical setting. Thorax. 2021;76(4):360-9. [IF=9.106, rank: 9/65 in Respiratory System]

• Cao L, Lou J, Zhao S, Chan RW, Chan M, Wu WK, Chong KC, Zee BC, Yeoh EK, Wong SY, Chan PK. In silico prediction of influenza vaccine effectiveness by sequence analysis. Vaccine. 2021. 39:1148-1156. [IF=4.169, rank: 73/139 in Medicine, Research & Experimental]

• Wong MC, Wong EL, Huang J, Cheung AW, Law K, Chong KC, Ng RW, Lai CK, Boon SS, Lau JT, Chen Z. Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine based on the health belief model: A population-based survey in Hong Kong. Vaccine. 2021;39(7):1148-56. [IF=4.169, rank: 73/139 in Medicine, Research & Experimental]

• Yeoh EK, Chong KC*, Chiew CJ, Lee VJ, Ng CW, Hashimoto H, Kwon S, Wang W, Chau NN, Yam CH, Chow TY. Assessing the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the transmissibility and severity of COVID-19 during the first five months in the Western Pacific Region. One Health. 2021;12:100213. [IF=9.000, rank: 17/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Lau SY, Cheng W, Yu Z, Mohammad KN, Wang MH, Zee BC, Li X, Chong KC*, Chen E. Independent association between meteorological factors, PM2. 5, and seasonal influenza activity in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2020 Dec 20.. [IF=5.606, rank: 33/94 in Infectious Diseases]

• Ran J, Zhao S, Han L, Chong KC, Qiu Y, Yang Y, Wang J, Wu Y, Javanbakht M, Wang MH, He D. The changing patterns of COVID-19 transmissibility during the social unrest in the United States: A nationwide ecological study with a before-and-after comparison. One Health. 2021;12:100201. [IF=9.000, rank: 17/210 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Chong KC, Chan EY, Lee TC, Kwok KL, Lau SY, Wang P, Lam HC, Goggins WB, Mohammad KN, Leung SY, Chan PK. A 21-year retrospective analysis of environmental impacts on paediatric acute gastroenteritis in an affluent setting. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 8:142845. [IF=10.753, rank: 26/279 in Environmental sciences]

• Lau SY, Chen E, Kirran NM, Cai J, Wang MH, Zee BC, Zhao S, Chong KC*, Wang X. Ambient temperature and relative humidity as possible drivers of the hand, foot, and mouth disease epidemics in Zhejiang Province, China. Atmospheric Environment. 2021. 244:117984 [IF=5.755, rank: 19/94 in Meteorology & Atmospheric sciences]

Year 2020

• Leung YS, Lee JJ, Lai MM, Kwok CK, Chong KC*. Association between obesity, common chronic diseases and health promoting lifestyle profiles in Hong Kong adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC public health. 2020;20(1):1-9. [IF=3.295, rank: 73/203 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Chan SM, Ma TW, Chong KC, Chan DL, Ng EK, Chiu PW. A proof of concept study: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure and continuous oral suction during the procedure reduces the amount of aerosol generated. Gastroenterology. 2020. 159:1949-1951.e4 [IF=22.682, rank: 4/92 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology]

• Chong KC, Cheng W, Zhao S, Ling F, Mohammad KN, Wang M, Zee BC, Wei L, Xiong X, Liu H, Wang J, Chen E. Transmissibility of coronavirus disease 2019 in Chinese cities with different dynamics of imported cases. PeerJ. 2020;8:e10350 [IF=2.984, rank: 27/72 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Wong MCS, Ng RWY, Chong KC, Lai CKC, Huang J, Chen Z, Boon SS. Stringent containment measures without complete city lockdown to achieve low incidence and mortality across two waves of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. BMJ Global Health. 2020;5:e003573. [IF=5.558, rank: 27/203 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Leung TF, Ulfman LH, Chong MK, Hon KL, Khouw IM, Chan PK, Delsing DJ, Kortman GA, Bovee Oudenhoven IM. A randomized Controlled Trial of Different Young Child Formulas on Upper Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Tract Infections in Chinese Toddlers. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2020;31(7):745-754 [IF=6.377, rank: 5/129 in Pediatrics]

• Dong D, Chong KC, Wu Y, Kaminski H, Cutter G, Xu X, Li H, Zhao C, Yin J, Yu S, Zhu J. Gender differences in quality of life among patients with myasthenia gravis in China. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2020;18(1):1-3. [IF=3.186, rank: 28/88 in Health Policy & Services]

• Lou J, Zhao S, Cao L, Chong KC, Chan RW, Chan PK, Zee BC, Yeoh EK, Wang MH. Predicting the dominant influenza A serotype by quantifying mutation activities. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020;100:255-7. [IF=3.623, rank: 45/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zhao S, Tang X, Liang X, Chong KC, Ran J, Musa SS, Yang G, Cao P, Wang K, Zee BC, Wang X. Modelling the Measles Outbreak at Hong Kong International Airport in 2019: A Data-Driven Analysis on the Effects of Timely Reporting and Public Awareness. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2020;13:1851. [IF=4.003, rank: 35/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Ran J, Zhao S, Han L, Qiu Y, Cao P, Yang Z, Chong KC, Yang L, Wang MH, He D. Effects of particulate matter exposure on the transmissibility and case fatality rate of COVID-19: A Nationwide Ecological Study in China. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2020;27(6):taaa133. [IF=8.490, rank: 4/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zhao S, Lou J, Cao L, Chen Z, Chan RW, Chong KC, Zee BC, Chan PK, Wang MH. Quantifying the importance of the key sites on haemagglutinin in determining the selection advantage of influenza virus: Using A/H3N2 as an example. Journal of Infection. 2020;81(3):452-82. [IF=6.072, rank: 10/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Chong KC, Rui Y, Mohammad KN, Liu Y, Zhou T, Wang MH, Jia KM, He H. Changes in Measles Seroprevalence in China After the Launch of Two Provincial Supplementary Immunization Activities During 2009 to 2013. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2020; 39(9):867-871. [IF=2.129, rank: 79/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Kwan AH, Chaemsaithong P, Tse WT, Appiah K, Chong KC, Leung TY, Poon LC. Feasibility, Reliability, and Agreement of Transperineal Ultrasound Measurement: Results from a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 2020;47:721-730. [IF=2.587, rank: 47/83 in Obstetrics & Gynecology]

• Lai CK, Ng RW, Wong M, Chong KC, Yeoh YK, Chen Z, Chan PK. Epidemiological characteristics of the first 100 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, a city with a stringent containment policy. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2020; dyaa106. [IF=7.196, rank: 14/203 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Zhao S, Cao P, Chong KC, Gao D, Lou Y, Ran J, Wang K, Wang W, Yang L, He D, Wang MH. COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2020;41(6):750-1. [IF=3.254, rank: 76/203 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Zhao S, Cao P, Gao D, Zhuang Z, Cai Y, Ran J, Chong KC, Wang K, Lou Y, Wang W, Yang L. Serial interval in determining the estimation of reproduction number of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2020;27(3):taaa033. [IF=8.490, rank: 4/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Ran J, Zhao S, Zhuang Z, Chong KC, Cai Y, Cao P, Wang K, Lou Y, Wang W, Gao D, Yang L. Quantifying the improvement in confirmation efficiency of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during the early phase of outbreak in Hong Kong in 2020. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020;96284-287. [IF=3.623, rank: 45/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zhao S, Stone L, Gao D, Musa SS, Chong KC, He D, Wang MH. Imitation dynamics in the mitigation of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China from 2019 to 2020. Annals of Translational Medicine. 2020.8: 2305-5847 [IF=3.932, rank: 73/140 in Medicine, Research & Experimental]

• Mohammad KN, Chan EY, Wong MC, Goggins WB, Chong KC*. Ambient temperature, seasonal influenza and risk of cardiovascular disease in a subtropical area in Southern China. Environmental Research. 2020; 18:109546. [IF=6.498, rank: 16/203 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Chong KC, Cheng W, Zhao S, Ling F, Mohammad K, Wei L, Xiong X, Liu, H, Wang J, Chen E. Monitoring Disease Transmissibility of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease in Zhejiang, China. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020;96:128-130 [IF=3.623, rank: 45/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Zheng H, Jia KM, Sun R, Hu P, Wang MH, Zee BC, Liang W, Chong KC*. Epidemiological changes in measles infections in southern China between 2009 and 2016: a retrospective database analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020;20(1):1-0. [IF=3.090, rank: 57/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Yeoh EK, Carrie HK, Chong KC*, Chow TY, Fung VL, Wong EL, Griffiths SM. An evaluation of universal vouchers as a demand-side subsidy to change primary care utilization: A retrospective analysis of longitudinal services utilisation and voucher claims data from a survey cohort in Hong Kong. Health Policy. 2020; 124(2): 189-198. [IF=2.980, rank: 34/88 in Health Policy & Services]

• Chong KC, Lee TC, Bialasiewicz S, Chen J, Smith DW, Choy WSC, Krajden M, Jalal H, Jennings L, Alexander B, Lee HK, Fraaij P, Levy A, Yeung ACM, Tozer S, Lau SYF, Jia KM, Tang JWT, Hui DSC, Chan PKS. Association between meteorological variations and activities of influenza A and B across different climate zones: a multi-region modelling analysis across the globe. J Infect. 2020; 80(1):84-98. [IF=6.072, rank: 10/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Cheng W, Li H, Zhang X, Sun W, Chong KC, Lau SY, Yu Z, Liu S, Ling F, Pan J, Chen E. The association between ambient particulate matters, nitrogen dioxide, and childhood scarlet fever in Hangzhou, Eastern China, 2014–2018. Chemosphere. 2020, 3:125826. [IF=7.086, rank: 30/274 in Environmental sciences]

• Chong KC, Hu P, Chan SY, Liang W, Mohammad KN, Sun R, Wang MH, Zee BC, Shi D, Zheng H. Were infections in migrants associated with the resurgence of measles epidemic during 2013-2014 in Southern China? A retrospective data analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020, 90:77-83. [IF=3.623, rank: 45/93 in Infectious Diseases]

• Chong KC, Liang J, Jia KM, Kobayashi N, Wang MH, Wei L, Lau SY, Sumi A. Latitudes Mediate the Association between Influenza Activity and Meteorological Factors: A Nationwide Modelling Analysis in 45 Japanese Prefectures from 2000 to 2018. Science of The Total Environment. 2020, 10;703:134727. [IF=7.963, rank: 25/274 in Environmental sciences]

Year 2019

• Chong KC*, Fung H, Yeoh EK. Improving Hong Kong’s Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme: an overview and update. Hong Kong Med J. 2019;25(6):494-6. [IF=1.679, rank: 84/165 in Medicine, General & Internal]

• Chong KC, Rui Y, Liu L, Zhou T, Jia K, Wang MH, Mohammad KN, He H. Early Waning of Maternal Measles Antibodies in Infants in Zhejiang Province, China: A Comparison of Two Cross-Sectional Serosurveys. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(23), 4680 [IF=2.849, rank: 32/171 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]

• Sun R, Xia X, Chong KC, Zee BC, Wu WK, Wang MH. wtest: an integrated R package for genetic epistasis testing. BMC Medical Genomics. 2019;12(9):1-6. [IF=2.570, rank: 101/178 in Genetics & Heredity]

• Tse WT, Chaemsaithong P, Chan WW, Kwan AH, Huang J, Appiah K, Chong KC, Poon LC. Labor progress determined by ultrasound is different in women requiring Cesarean delivery from those who experience a vaginal delivery following induction of labor. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019 May 30. [IF=6.502, rank: 2/82 in Obstetrics & Gynecology]

• Yam ML, Yang Z, Zee BC, Chong KC*. Effects of Kinesio tape on lower limb muscle strength, hop test, and vertical jump performances: a meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2019;20(1):212. [IF=1.879, rank: 44/82 in Orthopedics]

• Cheng W, Chong KC#, Lau SY, Wang X, Yu Z, Liu S, Wang M, Pan J, Chen E. Comparison of avian influenza virus contamination in the environment before and after massive poultry H5/H7 vaccination in Zhejiang province, China. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019;6(6):ofz197. [IF=3.656, rank: 37/93 in Infectious diseases]

• Chong KC, Leung CC, Yew WW, Zee BC, Tam GC, Wang MH, Jia KM, Chung PH, Lau SY, Han X, Yeoh EK. Mathematical modelling of the impact of treating latent tuberculosis infection in the elderly in a city with intermediate tuberculosis burden. Scientific Reports. 2019;9(1):4869. [IF=3.998, rank: 17/71 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Lau SYF, Chen E, Wang M, Liu S, Zee BCY, Han X, Yu Z, Sun R, Chong KC*, Wang X. Association between meteorological factors, spatiotemporal effects, and prevalence of influenza A subtype H7 in environmental samples in Zhejiang province, China. Science of the Total Environment. 2019; 663:793-803. [IF=6.551, rank: 22/265 in Environmental sciences]

• Pchaemsaithong P, Kwan AHW, Tse AWT, Lim WT, Chan WWY, Chong KC,  Leung TY, Poon LC. Factors that affect ultrasound-determined labor progress in women undergoing induction of labor. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019;220(6):592-e1. [IF=6.502, rank: 2/82 in Obstetrics & Gynecology]

Year 2018

• Chong KC, Chan SY, Jia KM. Clinical scores and risk factors to predict patient outcomes: how useful are they? Hong Kong Med J. 2018;24(6):552–3 [IF=1.588, rank: 79/160 in Medicine, general & internal]

• Chong KC, Zhang C, Jia KM, Zee BCY, Luo T, Wang L, Tam GCH, Sun R, Wang MH, Guan X. Targeting Adults for Supplementary Immunization Activities of Measles Control in Central China: A Mathematical Modelling Study. Scientific Reports. 2018; 8:16124. [IF=4.011, rank: 15/69 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Chong KC, Hu P, Lau SYF, Jia KM, Liang W, Wang MH, Zee BCY, Sun R, Zheng H. Monitoring the age-specificity of measles transmissions during 2009-2016 in Southern China. PloS one. 2018;13(10):e0205339. [IF=2.776, rank: 24/69 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Sun R, Weng H, Men R, Xia X, Chong KC, Wu WKK, Zee BCY, Wang MH. Gene-methylation epistatic analyses via the W-test identifies enriched signals of neuronal genes in patients undergoing lipid-control treatment. BMC Proceedings. 2018; 12(Suppl 9):53

• Xia X, Weng H, Men R, Sun R, Zee BCY, Chong KC*, Wang MH. Incorporating methylation genome information improves prediction accuracy for drug treatment responses. BMC Genetics. 2018; 19(Suppl 1):78. [IF=2.547, rank: 92/174 in Genetics & Heredity]

• Luk AOY, Zee BCY, Chong KC, Ozaki R, Rausch CW, Chan, Ma RCW, Kong APS, Chow FCC, Chan JCN. A proof-of-concept study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BTI320 on post-prandial hyperglycaemia in Chinese subjects with pre-diabetes. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 2018;18:59. [IF=1.816, rank: 119/145 in Endocrinology & Metabolism]

• Lau SYF, Wang X, Wang M, Liu S, Zee BCY, Han X, Yu Z, Sun R, Chong KC*, Chen E. Identification of meteorological factors associated with human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 virus in Zhejiang Province, China. Science of the Total Environment. 2018; 644:696-709. [IF=5.589, rank: 27/251 in Environmental sciences]

• Chong KC, Zee BC, Wang MH. Approximate Bayesian algorithm to estimate the basic reproduction number in an influenza pandemic using arrival times of imported cases. Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases. 2018;23:80-86. [IF=4.450, rank: 16/186 in Public, environmental & occupational health]

• Chen E, Wang MH, He F, Sun R, Cheng W, Zee BC, Lau SY, Wang X, Chong KC*. An increasing trend of rural infections of human influenza A (H7N9) from 2013 to 2017: A retrospective analysis of patient exposure histories in Zhejiang province, China. PloS one. 2018;13(2):e0193052. [IF=2.776, rank: 24/69 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Tam G, Chan YC, Chong KC, Lee KP, Cheung GC, Cheng SW. Epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms in a Chinese population during introduction of endovascular repair, 1994 to 2013. Medicine, 2018;97:9(e9740) [IF=1.870, rank: 69/160 in Medicine, general & internal]

• Yeoh EK, Wong MC, Wong EL, Yam C, Poon CM, Chung RY, Chong M, Fang Y, Wang HH, Liang M, Cheung WW. Benefits and limitations of implementing Chronic Care Model (CCM) in primary care programs: A systematic review. International journal of cardiology. 2018;258:279-88. [IF=3.471, rank: 48/136 in Cardiac & cardiovascular systems]

Year 2017

• Yu R, Wong M, Chong KC, Chang B, Lum CM, Auyeung TW, Lee J, Lee R, Woo J. Trajectories of frailty among Chinese older people in Hong Kong between 2001 and 2012: an age-period-cohort analysis. Age and Ageing. 2017;0:1-7. [IF=4.013, rank: 11/53 in Geriatrics & gerontology]

• Wei X, Walley JD, Zhang Z, Zou G, Gong W, Deng S, Harries AD, Hicks JP, Chong KC, Newell JN, Zhong J. Implementation of a comprehensive intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease in rural China: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. PloS one. 2017;12(8):e0183169. [IF=2.766, rank: 15/64 in Multidisciplinary science]

• Wang MH, Lau SY, Chong KC, Kwok C, Lai M, Chung AH, Ho CS, Szeto CC, Zee BC. Estimation of clinical parameters of chronic kidney disease by exhaled breath full-scan mass spectrometry data and iterative PCA with intensity screening algorithm. Journal of breath research. 2017;11(3):036007. [IF=3.489, rank: 24/79 in Biochemical research methods]

• Wang MH, Chang B, Sun R, Hu I, Chong KC, Zee BCY. A Stratified Polygenic Risk Prediction Model with Application on CAGI Bipolar Disorder Sequencing Data. Human Mutation. 1-5. 2017 [IF=5.359, rank: 24/171 in Genetics & Heredity]

• Wang MH, Weng H, Sun R, Lee J, Wu WK, Chong KC, Zee BC. A Zoom-Focus Algorithm (ZFA) to locate the optimal testing region for rare variant association tests. Bioinformatics. 2017. [IF=5.481, rank: 3/59 in mathematical & computational biology]

• To KL, Fok YY, Chong KC, Lee YC, Yiu LS. Individualized homeopathic treatment in addition to conventional treatment in type II diabetic patients in Hong Kong–a retrospective cohort study. Homeopathy. 106(2):79-86. 2017. [IF=1.524, rank: 15/27 in Integrative & complementary medicine]

• Chong KC, Wang MH, Zee BCY. A Statistical Method Utilizing Information of Imported Cases to Estimate the Transmissibility for an Influenza Pandemic. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 17:31; 2017. [IF=2.524, rank: 28/94 in Health care sciences & services]

• Chong KC, Zhang C, Zee BCY, Luo T, Wang L, Tam GCH, Jia KM, Sun R, Wang MH, Guan X. Interpreting the transmissibility of measles in two different post periods of supplementary immunization activities in Hubei, China. Vaccine, 35:1024-1029; 2017. [IF=3.285, rank: 52/133 in Medicine, research & experimental]

Before 2017

• Wang MH, Chong KC#, Storer M, Pickering JW, Endre ZH, Lau SYF,  Kwok C, Lai M, Chung HY, Zee BCY. Use of a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) model to selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) analysis of exhaled breath to predict the efficacy of dialysis: a pilot study. Journal of Breath Research. 10: 046004; 2016. [IF=4.318, rank: 13/78 in Biochemical research methods]

• Chung VCH, Ho RST, Liu S, Chong KC, Leung AWN, Yip BHK, Griffiths SM, Zee BCY, Wu JCY, Sit RWS, Lau AYL, Wong SYS. Electroacupuncture and splinting versus splinting alone to treat carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 188:867-75; 2016. [IF=6.784, rank: 11/155 in Medicine, general & internal]

• He Y, Zou L, Chong KC#, Men R, Xu W, Yang H, Yao X, Chen L, Xian H, Zhang H, Luo M. Genetic evolution of Human Enterovirus A71 subgenotype C4 in Shenzhen, China, 1998–2013. Journal of Infection. 72:731-7; 2016. [IF=4.201, rank: 14/88 in Infectious diseases]

• Wu C, Wang MHW, Lu X, Chong KC, He J, Yau CY, Hui M, Cheng X, Yang L, Zee BCY, Zhang R, He ML. Concurrent epidemics of influenza A/H3N2 and A/H1N1pdm in Southern China: a serial cross-sectional study. Journal of Infection. 72: 369-376; 2016. [IF=4.201, rank: 14/88 in Infectious diseases]

• Lee FA, Zee BC, Cheung FY, Kwong P, Chiang CL, Leung KC, Siu SW, Lee C, Lai M, Kwok C, Chong M, Jolivet J, Tung S. Randomized Phase II Study of the X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis (XIAP) Antisense AEG35156 in Combination With Sorafenib in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39(6):609-613; 2016. [IF=3.259, rank: 96/217 in Oncology]

• Chong KC, Wang X, Liu S, Cai J, Su X, Zee BCY, Tam G, Wang MH, Chen E. Interpreting the transmissibility of the avian influenza A (H7N9) infection from 2013 to 2015 in Zhejiang Province, China. Epidemiology and Infection. 1-8; 2015. [IF=2.515, rank: 46/173 in Public, environmental & occupational health]

• Wei X, Zou G, Chong KC, Xu L. An intervention of active TB case finding among smokers attending routine primary care facilities in China: an exploratory study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109: 545–552; 2015. [IF=1.631, rank: 5/20 in Tropical medicine]

• Wei X, Li H, Yang N, Wong SYS, Chong KC, Shi L, Wong MCS, Xu J, Zhang D, Tang J, Li DKT, Meng Q, Griffiths SM. Changes in the perceived quality of primary care in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China: a difference-in-difference analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 93:361-440; 2015. [IF=5.296, rank: 11/173 in Public, environmental & occupational health]

• Chong KC, Goggins W, Zee BCY, Wang MH. Identifying Meteorological Drivers for the Seasonal Variations of Influenza Infections in a Subtropical City - Hong Kong. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.1 2(2):1560-1576; 2015. [IF=2.035, rank: 101/225 in Environmental sciences]

• Chong KC, Fong H, Zee BCY. Estimating the incidence reporting rates of new influenza pandemics at an early stage using travel data from the source country. Epidemiology and Infection. 142:955-963; 2014. [IF=2.535, rank: 47/165 in Public, environmental & occupational health]

• Goggins WB, Chan EYY, Yang C, Chong KC. Associations between mortality and meteorological and pollutant variables during the cool season in two Asian cities with sub-tropical climates: Hong Kong and Taipei. Environmental Health. 12:59; 2013. [IF=2.713, rank: 56/216 in Environmental sciences]

• Wei X, Zou G, Gong W, Yin J, Yu Y, Walley J, Zhang Z, King R, Chen K, Chong KC, Zee B, Liu S, Tang J, Griffiths S, Yu M. Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in rural China: a clustered randomized controlled trial in Zhejiang. Trials. 14:354; 2013. [IF=2.117, rank: 63/124 in Medicine, research & experimental]

• Chong KC, Zee BCY. Modeling the impact of air, sea, and land travel restrictions supplemented by other interventions on the emergence of a new influenza pandemic virus. BMC Infectious Diseases 12:309; 2012. [IF=3.025, rank: 24/70 in Infectious diseases]

• Chung V, Chong KC, Hong LC, Ma PHX, Wong SYS, Griffiths SM. Emotionless Holism: Factor and Rasch Analysis of the Chinese Integrative Medicine Attitude Questionnaire. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine. 18:457-465; 2012. [IF=1.059, rank: 13/22 in Integrative & complementary medicine]

• Lo YD, Lun FM, Chan KA, Tsui NB, Chong KC, Lau TK, Leung TY, Zee BC, Cantor CR, Chiu RW. Digital PCR for the molecular detection of fetal chromosomal aneuploidy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 104(32):13116-21, 2007. [IF=9.432, rank: 3/50 in Multidisciplinary science]

SAS PROCEEDINGS

• Han X, Chong KC. SAS Macros for the Area Under the Curve (AUC) Calculation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Data. PharmaSUG China 2018-SP-28.

• Chong KC, Zee BCY. Survival Plots using SAS PROC LIFETEST, GPLOT, and SGPLOT: What are their difference? PharmaSUG China 2015-56; 2015

• Zhang Z, Tang S, Chong KC, Zee BCY. Use of SAS® for Risk-Based Monitoring of Survival Endpoints and Adverse Event Data in Clinical Trials. PharmaSUG China 2015-58; 2015.

• Chong KC, Zee BCY. Compartmental Models in SAS: Application to Model Epidemics. PharmaSUG China Number SP03; 2014. 

• Chong KC, Lai M, Zee BCY. Use SAS® as a Tool of Error Detection and Reporting for Risk-Based Monitoring in Clinical Trials. PharmaSUG China Number PO05; 2014. 

• Chong KC, Zee BCY. Nonlinear Least-Square Fitting to Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Model by Using SAS PROC NLIN. PharmaSUG China Number 26; 2013. 

• Chong KC, Zee BCY. Power Analysis for a Cluster Randomized Trial with Imbalance Cluster Size: A Simulation Study Using SAS PROC MIXED and PROC GLIMMIX. PharmaSUG China Number 27; 2013. 

SELECTED BIOSTATISTICS CONSULTATION PROJECTS

2023-2025 Hospital Authority. "Provision of Statistical Service on Intensive Care Units Outcomes Monitoring Program (ICUOMP)."

2023-2025 Hospital Authority. "Provision of Statistical Service on Surgical Outcomes Monitoring and Improvement Program (SOMIP) for 24 months."

2022 Hospital Authority. "Provision of Statistical Service on Neurosurgical Outcomes Monitoring and Improvement Program (NOMIP)."

2021 Hospital Authority. "Provision of Statistical Service on Advancing Neurosurgery Through Audit (ANTA) Programme."

2021-2023 Hospital Authority. "Provision of Statistical Service on Surgical Outcomes Monitoring and Improvement Program (SOMIP) for 24 months."

2019-2020     Bio-Cancer Treatment International Limited. "Statistical analysis services for the study entitled “Recombinant Human Arginase 1 (rhArg1) in Patients with Advanced, Arginine Auxotrophic Solid Tumors: Dose Escalation, Safety and PK/PD”

2017-2018     Hospital Authority. "Provision of Statistical Service on Intensive Care Units Outcomes Monitoring Program (ICUOMP) for 24 months "

2017-2018     Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK and Department of Health, HK. "Is increasing life expectancy at birth in Hong Kong accompanied by increasing health and social care burden? A sequential comparison among Hong Kong older people"

2017-2018     Shatin Hospital, Hospital Authority. "A randomized controlled trial of bilateral movement-based computer games training to improve motor function of upper limb and quality of life in sub-acute stroke patients"

2014-2018     SugarDown Company Limited. "A Study to Evaluate the Effect of BTI320 (Sugardown®) on Post-Prandial Hyperglycaemia in High Risk Chinese Subjects with Pre-Diabetes"

2014-2018     FrieslandCampina Company. "Intervention study on the effects of a growing-up milk containing intact proteins, milk fat and a prebiotic on incidence and duration of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in healthy children between 1 and 3 years of age"

2014               Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd. "Cross-sectional population-based study on nocturia in Hong Kong:  Prevalence, impacts and treatment seeking behaviours" 

2013-2014     Lee's Pharmaceutical. "普卢利沙星薄膜包衣片治疗慢性支气管炎急性发作有效性 和安全性的多中心、随机、双盲双模拟、以盐酸左氧氟沙星 片为阳性平行对照的临床研究"

2013-2014     Lee's Pharmaceutical. "普卢利沙星薄膜包衣片治疗女性急性单纯性下尿路感染有效性和安全性的多中心、随机、双盲双模拟、以盐酸左氧氟沙星片为阳性平行对照的临床研究"

2010               New A Innovation Ltd. "An Exploratory Efficacy Study by Single Intravenous Infusions of OC99 in Experimental Immune-medicated Hemolytic Anemia in Beagle Dogs"

2009-2011     Novartis Pharmaceuticals. "A Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled, Exploratory Trial to Characterize the Results of Daily Oral Administration of Telbivudine 600 mg and Tenofovir Disproxil Fumarate 300 mg in Combination or Telbivudine 600 mg or Tenofovir Disproxil Fumarate 300 mg Monotherapy Given Over 12 Weeks on the Kinetics of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Adults With HBeAg Positive Compensated CHB"

2010-2012     Lee's Pharmaceutical. "左卡尼汀注射液治疗 心力衰竭的有效性和安全性临床研究—一项前瞻性、多中心、随机、双盲、安慰剂平行对照临床研究 "

2008-2011     Lee's Pharmaceutical. "盐酸曲唑酮缓释片治疗抑郁症有效性和安全性的多中心、随机、双盲、安慰剂平行对照临床研究"

2008-2014     Aegera Therapeutics Inc. "A Phase 1-2, Open-Label Study of The X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis (XIAP) Antisense AEG35156 in Combination With Sorafenib in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)"

2007-2013     Bio-Cancer Treatment Inc. "Recombinant Human Arginase I (rhArgI) for Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC):  An Adaptive Design Dose Escalation Trial with Addition of Standard Doxorubicin Treatment"

2006-2011     IMMD Inc. "A Pilot Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of IMD-1041 in Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus"

2006-2009     IMMD Inc. "A pilot study to investigate the response of IMD-0354 ointment in patients with atopic dermatitis"

2006-2008     IRIS Servier. "Pharmacokinetics of S 33138 and S 35424 after single and repeated oral administration of S 33138 20 mg daily in chinese healthy male and female volunteers"''

2005-2008     Sanofi-Aventis. "Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin (GEMOX) in first-line metastatic or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma" 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

2023-present Member, The Joint CUHK-NTEC CREC (香港中文大學 – 新界東醫院聯網臨床研究倫理聯席委員會)

2023-current Senior Associate Editor, BMC Infectious Diseases

2022 Reviewer for contributed papers, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2022 Annual Symposium, Washington

2021-2022 Invited Guest Editor, Special Issue "Contributions of Government Measures, Meteorological Variations, and Human Activities on Transmissions of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Novel Infectious Diseases", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2022 Reviewer for contributed papers, 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii

2019-current Academic Editor, PLOS Climate 

2021 Reviewer for contributed papers, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2021 Annual Symposium, San Diego

2021 Reviewer for contributed papers, 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (online)

2021 Grant reviewer, La Marató TV3, Catalan biomedical research funding programme, Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS), Spain

2021 Reviewer for contributed papers, 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii 

2020                      Reviewer for contributed papers, 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2019-current        Academic Editor, PLOS ONE 

2019                      Grant reviewer, Global Health Fund, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom 

2019                      Reviewer for contributed papers, The International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque, United States

2019-2022      Associate Editor, BMC Infectious Diseases (Viral diseases section) 

2019-current        Associate Editor, BMC Public Health (Biostatistics and methods section)

2017-current        Statistical Advisor, Hong Kong Medical Journal

2018                      Reviewer for contributed papers, The International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Reykjavík, Iceland

2017                      Reviewer for contributed papers, The International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, United States

2010-current        Journal Reviewer: Lancet Infectious Diseases, Lancet Public Health, Lancet Global Health, Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Emerging Infectious Diseases, European Journal of Epidemiology, eBioMedicine, eClinicalMedicine, Journal of Internal Medicine, International Journal of Epidemiology, European Journal of Epidemiology, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Epidemics, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Journal of Medical Virology, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, BMJ Open, PLOS ONE, PeerJ, Vaccine, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research, Scientific Reports, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Epidemiology & Infection, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Hong Kong Medical Journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, Mathematical and Computational Applications, The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, Journal of International Medical Research, Infection and Drug Resistance, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, BMC Infectious Diseases, BMC Public Health, BMC Health Services Research, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Journal of Child Science, Frontiers in Medicine