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Characterizing superspreading events and age-specific infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Georgia, USA by Lau, Max S. Y., Grenfell, Bryan, Thomas, Michael, Bryan, Michael, Nelson, Kristin, Lopman, Ben

“…It is imperative to advance our understanding of heterogeneities in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 such as age-specific infectiousness and superspreading. To…”
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Comparing and linking machine learning and semi-mechanistic models for the predictability of endemic measles dynamics by Lau, Max S Y, Becker, Alex, Madden, Wyatt, Waller, Lance A, Metcalf, C Jessica E, Grenfell, Bryan T

“…Measles is one the best-documented and most-mechanistically-studied non-linear infectious disease dynamical systems. However, systematic investigation into the…”
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Transmission network reconstruction for foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks incorporating farm-level covariates by Firestone, Simon M, Hayama, Yoko, Lau, Max S Y, Yamamoto, Takehisa, Nishi, Tatsuya, Bradhurst, Richard A, Demirhan, Haydar, Stevenson, Mark A, Tsutsui, Toshiyuki

“…Transmission network modelling to infer 'who infected whom' in infectious disease outbreaks is a highly active area of research. Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth…”
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Conversational agents in healthcare: a systematic review by Laranjo, Liliana, Dunn, Adam G, Tong, Huong Ly, Kocaballi, Ahmet Baki, Chen, Jessica, Bashir, Rabia, Surian, Didi, Gallego, Blanca, Magrabi, Farah, Lau, Annie Y S, Coiera, Enrico

“…Our objective was to review the characteristics, current applications, and evaluation measures of conversational agents with unconstrained natural language…”
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Genetic drift and purifying selection shape within-host influenza A virus populations during natural swine infections by VanInsberghe, David, McBride, Dillon S, DaSilva, Juliana, Stark, Thomas J, Lau, Max S Y, Shepard, Samuel S, Barnes, John R, Bowman, Andrew S, Lowen, Anice C, Koelle, Katia

“…Patterns of within-host influenza A virus (IAV) diversity and evolution have been described in natural human infections, but these patterns remain poorly…”
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Rectified Latent Variable Model-Based EMG Factorization of Inhibitory Muscle Synergy Components Related to Aging, Expertise and Force-Tempo Variations by Huang, Subing, Guo, Xiaoyu, Xie, Jodie J, Lau, Kelvin Y S, Liu, Richard, Mak, Arthur D P, Cheung, Vincent C K, Chan, Rosa H M

“…Muscle synergy has been widely acknowledged as a possible strategy of neuromotor control, but current research has ignored the potential inhibitory components…”
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Post-lockdown changes of age-specific susceptibility and its correlation with adherence to social distancing measures by Lau, Max S. Y., Liu, Carol, Siegler, Aaron J., Sullivan, Patrick S., Waller, Lance A., Shioda, Kayoko, Lopman, Benjamin A.

“…Social distancing measures are effective in reducing overall community transmission but much remains unknown about how they have impacted finer-scale dynamics…”
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Ethical Issues of Social Media Usage in Healthcare by Denecke, K, Bamidis, P, Bond, C, Gabarron, E, Househ, M, Lau, A Y S, Mayer, M A, Merolli, M, Hansen, M

“…Objective: Social media, web and mobile technologies are increasingly used in healthcare and directly support patientcentered care. Patients benefit from…”
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Unreported cases in the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic: Spatiotemporal variation, and implications for estimating transmission by Dalziel, Benjamin D, Lau, Max S Y, Tiffany, Amanda, McClelland, Amanda, Zelner, Jon, Bliss, Jessica R, Grenfell, Bryan T

“…In the recent 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, non-hospitalized cases were an important component of the chain of transmission. However,…”
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A mechanistic spatio-temporal framework for modelling individual-to-individual transmission-With an application to the 2014-2015 West Africa Ebola outbreak by Lau, Max S Y, Gibson, Gavin J, Adrakey, Hola, McClelland, Amanda, Riley, Steven, Zelner, Jon, Streftaris, George, Funk, Sebastian, Metcalf, Jessica, Dalziel, Benjamin D, Grenfell, Bryan T

“…In recent years there has been growing availability of individual-level spatio-temporal disease data, particularly due to the use of modern communicating…”
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Mouse model of Parkinsonism: a comparison between subacute MPTP and chronic MPTP/probenecid treatment by Petroske, E, Meredith, G.E, Callen, S, Totterdell, S, Lau, Y.-S

“…1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) is widely used to induce an animal model of Parkinsonism. The conventional mouse model, which usually…”
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Effect of androgen deprivation therapy on cardiovascular function in Chinese patients with advanced prostate cancer: a prospective cohort study by Ng, Chi-fai, Chiu, Peter K. F., Yee, Chi-hang, Lau, Becky S. Y., Leung, Steven C. H., Teoh, Jeremy Y. C.

“…Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer, but its effect on cardiovascular and metabolic function in Asian…”
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of superspreading events in the 2014–2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic by Lau, Max S. Y., Dalziel, Benjamin Douglas, Funk, Sebastian, McClelland, Amanda, Tiffany, Amanda, Riley, Steven, Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Grenfell, Bryan T.

“…The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa (2014–2015) has prompted an explosion of efforts to understand the transmission dynamics of the…”
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Effects of Panax ginseng on tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated inflammation: a mini-review by Lee, Davy C W, Lau, Allan S Y

“…Panax ginseng is one of the most commonly used Chinese medicines in China, Asia and Western countries. The beneficial effects of ginseng have been attributed…”
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Scientific Basis of Botanical Medicine as Alternative Remedies for Rheumatoid Arthritis by Yang, Cindy L. H., Or, Terry C. T., Ho, Marco H. K., Lau, Allan S. Y.

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune inflammatory disorder that causes permanent disability and mortality to approximately 1 to 100…”
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Early signs of neuronal apoptosis in the substantia nigra pars compacta of the progressive neurodegenerative mouse 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine/probenecid model of Parkinson’s disease by Novikova, L., Garris, B.L., Garris, D.R., Lau, Y.-S.

“…Parkinson’s disease is associated with a progressive loss of substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons. The cellular and molecular mechanisms…”
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Model diagnostics and refinement for phylodynamic models by Lau, Max S Y, Grenfell, Bryan T, Worby, Colin J, Gibson, Gavin J

“…Phylodynamic modelling, which studies the joint dynamics of epidemiological and evolutionary processes, has made significant progress in recent years due to…”
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Evaluation of rapid antigen test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus by Mak, Gannon CK, Cheng, Peter KC, Lau, Stephen SY, Wong, Kitty KY, Lau, CS, Lam, Edman TK, Chan, Rickjason CW, Tsang, Dominic NC

“…•The rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 patients is essential to reduce the disease spread.•The detection limits between rapid antigen detection (RAD) test, viral…”
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Glycoprotein M is important for the efficient incorporation of glycoprotein H–L into herpes simplex virus type 1 particles by Ren, Yudan, Bell, Susanne, Zenner, Helen L, Lau, S.-Y. Kathy, Crump, Colin M

“…Herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein M (gM) is a type III membrane protein conserved throughout the family HERPESVIRIDAE: However, despite this…”
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Acceptability, motivation and the prospect of cure for people living with HIV and their healthcare providers in HIV cure-focused treatment interruption studies by Lau, Jillian S Y, Smith, Miranda Z, Allan, Brent, Martinez, Cipriano, Power, Jennifer, Lewin, Sharon R, McMahon, James H

“…Analytical treatment interruptions (ATI) are commonly used clinical endpoints to assess interventions aimed at curing HIV or achieving antiretroviral therapy…”
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