| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Alterations in Gut Microbiota of Patients With COVID-19 During Time of Hospitalization | Gastroenterology | 2020 | 1,072 |
| 2 | Newly discovered coronavirus as the primary cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome | Lancet, The | 2003 | 956 |
| 3 | Use of convalescent plasma therapy in SARS patients in Hong Kong | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2005 | 838 |
| 4 | Role of ventilation in airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment ? a multidisciplinary systematic review | Indoor Air | 2007 | 822 |
| 5 | Gut microbiota composition reflects disease severity and dysfunctional immune responses in patients with COVID-19 | Gut | 2021 | 818 |
| 6 | A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 734 |
| 7 | Frequency of hepatitis B virus reactivation in cancer patients undergoing cytotoxic chemotherapy: A prospective study of 626 patients with identification of risk factors | Journal of Medical Virology | 2000 | 604 |
| 8 | Gut mucosal microbiome across stages of colorectal carcinogenesis | Nature Communications | 2015 | 573 |
| 9 | Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes | Journal of General Virology | 2019 | 535 |
| 10 | Effects of early corticosteroid treatment on plasma SARS-associated Coronavirus RNA concentrations in adult patients | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2004 | 516 |
| 11 | Enteric involvement of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection | Gastroenterology | 2003 | 506 |
| 12 | Factors involved in the aerosol transmission of infection and control of ventilation in healthcare premises | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2006 | 503 |
| 13 | Enteric involvement of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection1 1The authors thank Man-yee Yung, Sara Fung, Dr. Bonnie Kwan, and Dr. Thomas Li for their help in retrieving patient information. | Gastroenterology | 2003 | 490 |
| 14 | Mucosal microbiome dysbiosis in gastric carcinogenesis | Gut | 2018 | 462 |
| 15 | Pathology of fatal human infection associated with avian influenza A H5N1 virus | Journal of Medical Virology | 2001 | 405 |
| 16 | Degradation of Acid Orange 7 using magnetic AgBr under visible light: The roles of oxidizing species | Chemosphere | 2009 | 386 |
| 17 | Outbreak of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in Hong Kong in 1997 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2002 | 383 |
| 18 | Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine based on the health belief model: A population-based survey in Hong Kong | Vaccine | 2021 | 363 |
| 19 | Estimates of the Burden of Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2017 | 348 |
| 20 | Multi-cohort analysis of colorectal cancer metagenome identified altered bacteria across populations and universal bacterial markers | Microbiome | 2018 | 344 |
| 21 | Maternal Colonization With Group B Streptococcus and Serotype Distribution Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2017 | 329 |
| 22 | Depicting SARS-CoV-2 faecal viral activity in association with gut microbiota composition in patients with COVID-19 | Gut | 2021 | 314 |
| 23 | AgBr-Ag-Bi2WO6 nanojunction system: A novel and efficient photocatalyst with double visible-light active components | Applied Catalysis A: General | 2009 | 304 |
| 24 | Infant Group B Streptococcal Disease Incidence and Serotypes Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2017 | 286 |
| 25 | Duodenal ulcer healing by eradication of Helicobacter pylori without anti-acid treatment: randomised controlled trial | Lancet, The | 1994 | 281 |
| 26 | Antimicrobial Activities of Cinnamon Oil and Cinnamaldehyde from the Chinese Medicinal HerbCinnamomum cassiaBlume | The American Journal of Chinese Medicine | 2006 | 271 |
| 27 | Alterations in Enteric Virome Are Associated With Colorectal Cancer and Survival Outcomes | Gastroenterology | 2018 | 271 |
| 28 | Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data | The Lancet Digital Health | 2021 | 260 |
| 29 | Targeting Persisters for Tuberculosis Control | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2012 | 241 |
| 30 | Bacteriophage transfer during faecal microbiota transplantation inClostridium difficileinfection is associated with treatment outcome | Gut | 2018 | 241 |
| 31 | HPV16 E7 Genetic Conservation Is Critical to Carcinogenesis | Cell | 2017 | 221 |
| 32 | Emergence of a novel GII.17 norovirus – End of the GII.4 era? | Eurosurveillance | 2015 | 204 |
| 33 | IMP-4, a Novel Metallo-β-Lactamase from Nosocomial Acinetobacter spp. Collected in Hong Kong between 1994 and 1998 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2001 | 199 |
| 34 | Infants Born to Mothers With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | Pediatrics | 2003 | 197 |
| 35 | Molecular surveillance of norovirus, 2005–16: an epidemiological analysis of data collected from the NoroNet network | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2018 | 193 |
| 36 | Structure of the influenza virus A H5N1 nucleoprotein: implications for RNA binding, oligomerization, and vaccine design | FASEB Journal | 2008 | 186 |
| 37 | Molecular Typing and Virulence Analysis of Serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Liver Abscess Patients and Stool Samples from Noninfectious Subjects in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2011 | 181 |
| 38 | Outcomes of adults hospitalised with severe influenza | Thorax | 2010 | 178 |
| 39 | Genomic surveillance for hypervirulence and multi-drug resistance in invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae from South and Southeast Asia | Genome Medicine | 2020 | 178 |
| 40 | Gut fungal dysbiosis correlates with reduced efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation in Clostridium difficile infection | Nature Communications | 2018 | 177 |
| 41 | Willingness of Hong Kong healthcare workers to accept pre-pandemic influenza vaccination at different WHO alert levels: two questionnaire surveys | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2009 | 173 |
| 42 | Real-time tracking of fluorescent magnetic spore–based microrobots for remote detection of C. diff toxins | Science Advances | 2019 | 169 |
| 43 | Tissue and cellular tropism of the coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome: an in-situ hybridization study of fatal cases | Journal of Pathology | 2004 | 168 |
| 44 | Prevalence of maternal colonisation with group B streptococcus: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 167 |
| 45 | Synergistic effects of baicalein with ciprofloxacin against NorA over-expressed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and inhibition of MRSA pyruvate kinase | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 2011 | 163 |
| 46 | Microbial keratitis in Hong Kong: relationship to climate, environment and contact-lens disinfection | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2001 | 158 |
| 47 | Evaluation of the VITEK 2 System for Rapid Direct Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Gram-Negative Bacilli from Positive Blood Cultures | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2003 | 157 |
| 48 | Simultaneous Detection, Subgrouping, and Quantitation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus A and B by Real-Time PCR | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2003 | 156 |
| 49 | Comparison of high-flow nasal cannula versus oxygen face mask for environmental bacterial contamination in critically ill pneumonia patients: a randomized controlled crossover trial | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2019 | 147 |
| 50 | Mutations in Topoisomerase Genes of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Salmonellae in Hong Kong | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2003 | 144 |
