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Neutralizing antibody titres in SARS-CoV-2 infections by Lau, Eric H. Y., Tsang, Owen T. Y., Hui, David S. C., Kwan, Mike Y. W., Chan, Wai-hung, Chiu, Susan S., Ko, Ronald L. W., Chan, Kin H., Cheng, Samuel M. S., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Cowling, Benjamin J., Poon, Leo L. M., Peiris, Malik

“…The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic poses the greatest global public health challenge in a century. Neutralizing antibody is a correlate of protection and data on kinetics…”
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ORF8 and ORF3b antibodies are accurate serological markers of early and late SARS-CoV-2 infection by Hachim, Asmaa, Kavian, Niloufar, Cohen, Carolyn A., Chin, Alex W. H., Chu, Daniel K. W., Mok, Chris K. P., Tsang, Owen T. Y., Yeung, Yiu Cheong, Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Poon, Leo L. M., Peiris, J. S. Malik, Valkenburg, Sophie A.

“…The SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged in December 2019 and has caused a worldwide pandemic due to the lack of any pre-existing immunity. Accurate serology testing is…”
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Indirect Protection from Vaccinating Children against Influenza A Virus Infection in Households by Tsang, Tim K, Wang, Can, Fang, Vicky J, Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M, So, Hau Chi, Ip, Dennis K. M, Peiris, J. S. Malik, Leung, Gabriel M, Cauchemez, Simon, Cowling, Benjamin J

“…Influenza vaccination is an important intervention to prevent influenza virus infection. Our previous analysis suggested that indirect protection is limited in…”
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Age-specific differences in the dynamics of protective immunity to influenza by Ranjeva, Sylvia, Subramanian, Rahul, Fang, Vicky J., Leung, Gabriel M., Ip, Dennis K. M., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Peiris, J. S. Malik, Cowling, Benjamin J., Cobey, Sarah

“…Influenza A viruses evolve rapidly to escape host immunity, causing reinfection. The form and duration of protection after each influenza virus infection are…”
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Association Between Antibody Titers and Protection Against Influenza Virus Infection Within Households by Tsang, Tim K., Cauchemez, Simon, Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Freeman, Guy, Fang, Vicky J., Ip, Dennis K. M., Leung, Gabriel M., Peiris, Joseph Sriyal Malik, Cowling, Benjamin J.

“…Background. Previous studies have established that antibody titer measured by the hemagglutination-inhibiting (HAI) assay is correlated with protection against…”
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Reconstructing antibody dynamics to estimate the risk of influenza virus infection by Tsang, Tim K., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Fang, Vicky J., Wong, Jessica Y., Shiu, Eunice Y., So, Hau Chi, Ip, Dennis K. M., Malik Peiris, J. S., Leung, Gabriel M., Cowling, Benjamin J., Cauchemez, Simon

“…For >70 years, a 4-fold or greater rise in antibody titer has been used to confirm influenza virus infections in paired sera, despite recognition that this…”
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Long-term evolution and transmission dynamics of swine influenza A virus by Vijaykrishna, Dhanasekaran, Smith, Gavin J. D., Pybus, Oliver G., Zhu, Huachen, Bhatt, Samir, Poon, Leo L. M., Riley, Steven, Bahl, Justin, Ma, Siu K., Cheung, Chung L., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Chen, Honglin, Shortridge, Kennedy F., Webby, Richard J., Webster, Robert G., Guan, Yi, Peiris, J. S. Malik

“…Swine flu surveillance in pigs Pigs are recognized as important 'mixing vessels' in which influenza viruses can undergo reassortment, but despite the resulting…”
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Author Correction: Reconstructing antibody dynamics to estimate the risk of influenza virus infection by Tsang, Tim K., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Fang, Vicky J., Wong, Jessica Y., Shiu, Eunice Y., So, Hau Chi, Ip, Dennis K. M., Malik Peiris, J. S., Leung, Gabriel M., Cowling, Benjamin J., Cauchemez, Simon

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Indirect protection from vaccinating children against influenza in households by Tsang, Tim K., Fang, Vicky J., Ip, Dennis K. M., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., So, Hau Chi, Leung, Gabriel M., Peiris, J. S. Malik, Cowling, Benjamin J., Cauchemez, Simon

“…Vaccination is an important intervention to prevent influenza virus infection, but indirect protection of household members of vaccinees is not fully known…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant (AY.3) in the Feces of a Domestic Cat by Lenz, Olivia C, Marques, Andrew D, Kelly, Brendan J, Rodino, Kyle G, Cole, Stephen D, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Weiss, Susan R, Bushman, Frederic D, Lennon, Elizabeth M

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections have spilled over from humans to companion and wild animals since the inception of the…”
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Variation by lineage in serum antibody responses to influenza B virus infections by Lau, Yiu Chung, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Fang, Vicky J, Luk, Long Hei, Chu, Daniel K W, Wu, Peng, Barr, Ian G, Peiris, J S Malik, Cowling, Benjamin J

“…Two lineages of influenza B virus currently co-circulate and have distinct antigenicity, termed Victoria and Yamagata after the B/Victoria/2/87 and…”
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Harnessing the potential of blood donation archives for influenza surveillance and control by Zhang, Yanyu, Leung, Kathy, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Lee, Cheuk-Kwong, Peiris, J S Malik, Wu, Joseph T

“…Many blood donation services around the globe maintain large archives of serum and/or plasma specimens of blood donations which could potentially be used for…”
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Relative incidence and individual-level severity of seasonal influenza A H3N2 compared with 2009 pandemic H1N1 by Kwok, Kin On, Riley, Steven, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Wei, Vivian W I, Wu, Peng, Wei, Lan, Chu, Daniel K W, Barr, Ian G, Malik Peiris, J S, Cowling, Benjamin J

“…Two subtypes of influenza A currently circulate in humans: seasonal H3N2 (sH3N2, emerged in 1968) and pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1, emerged in 2009). While the…”
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Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters by Sia, Sin Fun, Yan, Li-Meng, Chin, Alex W. H., Fung, Kevin, Choy, Ka-Tim, Wong, Alvina Y. L., Kaewpreedee, Prathanporn, Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Poon, Leo L. M., Nicholls, John M., Peiris, Malik, Yen, Hui-Ling

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus with high nucleotide identity to SARS-CoV and to SARS-related coronaviruses…”
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Incidence of influenza A(H3N2) virus infections in Hong Kong in a longitudinal sero-epidemiological study, 2009-2015 by Wei, Vivian W I, Wong, Jessica Y T, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Kwok, Kin On, Fang, Vicky J, Barr, Ian G, Peiris, J S Malik, Riley, Steven, Cowling, Benjamin J

“…Many serologic studies were done during and after the 2009 influenza pandemic, to estimate the cumulative incidence of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections,…”
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Immunogenicity of standard, high-dose, MF59-adjuvanted, and recombinant-HA seasonal influenza vaccination in older adults by Li, Athena P. Y., Cohen, Carolyn A., Leung, Nancy H. L., Fang, Vicky J., Gangappa, Shivaprakash, Sambhara, Suryaprakash, Levine, Min Z., Iuliano, A. Danielle, Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Ip, Dennis K. M., Peiris, J. S. Malik, Thompson, Mark G., Cowling, Benjamin J., Valkenburg, Sophie A.

“…The vaccine efficacy of standard-dose seasonal inactivated influenza vaccines (S-IIV) can be improved by the use of vaccines with higher antigen content or…”
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Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures by Hui, Kenrie P Y, Cheung, Man-Chun, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Ng, Ka-Chun, Bui, Christine H T, Ho, John C W, Ng, Mandy M T, Kuok, Denise I T, Shih, Kendrick C, Tsao, Sai-Wah, Poon, Leo L M, Peiris, Malik, Nicholls, John M, Chan, Michael C W

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 2019, causing a respiratory disease (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) of…”
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T-cell responses to MERS coronavirus infection in people with occupational exposure to dromedary camels in Nigeria: an observational cohort study by Mok, Chris Ka Pun, Zhu, Airu, Zhao, Jingxian, Lau, Eric H Y, Wang, Junxiang, Chen, Zhao, Zhuang, Zhen, Wang, Yanqun, Alshukairi, Abeer N, Baharoon, Salim A, Wang, Wenling, Tan, Wenjie, Liang, Weiwen, Oladipo, Jamiu O, Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Kuranga, Sulyman A, Peiris, Malik, Zhao, Jincun

“…Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) remains of global public health concern. Dromedary camels are the source of zoonotic infection. Over 70% of MERS…”
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Impact of host genetic polymorphisms on response to inactivated influenza vaccine in children by Tsang, Tim K., Wang, Can, Tsang, Nicole N. Y., Fang, Vicky J., Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Malik Peiris, J. S., Leung, Gabriel M., Cowling, Benjamin J., Ip, Dennis K. M.

“…In randomized controlled trials of influenza vaccination, 550 children received trivalent-inactivated influenza vaccine, permitting us to explore relationship…”
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Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test for Detection of Antibody in Human, Canine, Cat, and Hamster Sera by Perera, Ranawaka A P M, Ko, Ronald, Tsang, Owen T Y, Hui, David S C, Kwan, Mike Y M, Brackman, Christopher J, To, Esther M W, Yen, Hui-Ling, Leung, Kathy, Cheng, Samuel M S, Chan, Kin Ho, Chan, Karl C K, Li, Ka-Chi, Saif, Linda, Barrs, Vanessa R, Wu, Joseph T, Sit, Thomas H C, Poon, Leo L M, Peiris, Malik

“…Surrogate neutralization assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that can be done without biosafety level 3 containment and in…”
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