Publications

Please see my Google Scholar and ResearchGate profiles for the full list. 

Selected publications in peer-reviewed journals

• S Zhao^, CKP Mok^, YS Tang, C Chen, Y Sun, KC Chong*, DSC Hui*. (2024) Inferring Incidence of Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Infections Using Seroprevalence of ORF8 Antigen, Hong Kong. Emerging Infectious Diseases. DOI: 10.3201/eid3002.231332

• S Zhao^*, W Cao^, G Liao, Z Guo, L Xu, C Shen, C Chang, X Liang, K Wang, D He, S Sun*, R Chen*, F Dominici. (2024) All-cause and cause-specific mortality associated with daylight saving time transition in the United States: A nationwide time series study based on weekly data. BMJ Medicine. DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2023-000771

• K Wang^, Z Guo^, T Zeng^, ..., Y Lu*, S Zhao*. (2023) Transmission Characteristics and Inactivated Vaccine Effectiveness Against Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 Variants in Urumqi, China. JAMA Network Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5755

• S Zhao, ..., KC Chong*, EK Yeoh. (2023) 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. Journal of Clinical Virology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105547

• L Han^, S Zhao^, S Li^, ..., L Yang*, J Ran*. (2023) Excess cardiovascular mortality across multiple COVID-19 waves in the United States from March 2020 to March 2022. Nature Cardiovascular Research. DOI: 10.1038/s44161-023-00220-2

• S Zhao*, ..., D He*, MH Wang. (2022) Characterizing superspreading potential of infectious disease: Decomposition of individual transmissibility. PLoS Computational Biology. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010281

• S Zhao*, B Tang, ..., D He*, MH Wang. (2021) Estimating the generation interval and inferring the latent period of COVID-19 from the contact tracing data. Epidemics. DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100482

• S Zhao*, Q Lin, J Ran, SS Musa, G Yang, W Wang*, Y Lou, D Gao, L Yang, D He*, MH Wang. (2020) Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.050

• S Zhao, CT Bauch*, D He*. (2018) Strategic decision making about travel during disease outbreaks: a game theoretical approach. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0515

• S Zhao, Y Lou, APY Chiu, D He*. (2018) Modelling the skip-and-resurgence of Japanese encephalitis epidemics in Hong Kong. Journal of Theoretical Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.05.017

• S Zhao, L Stone*, D Gao, D He*. (2018) Modelling the large-scale yellow fever outbreak in Luanda, Angola, and the impact of vaccination. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006158