Universal use of face masks for success against COVID-19: evidence and implications for prevention policies

S Esposito, N Principi, CC Leung… - European Respiratory …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A debate is taking place on the use of face masks (both cloth and surgical) as a prevention
tool in the community vis à vis the recent World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations…

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus disease-19: an interim evidence synthesis of the world association for infectious diseases and immunological disorders (Waidid)

…, K Flanagan, I Hung, F Lauretani, CC Leung… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly evolving, highly transmissible, and
potentially lethal pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Silicosis

CC Leung, ITS Yu, W Chen - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of free crystalline silicon dioxide or
silica. Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust particles occurs in many …

MEGAHIT v1. 0: a fast and scalable metagenome assembler driven by advanced methodologies and community practices

D Li, R Luo, CM Liu, CM Leung, HF Ting, K Sadakane… - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
The study of metagenomics has been much benefited from low-cost and high-throughput
sequencing technologies, yet the tremendous amount of data generated make analysis like de …

Wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic: altruism and solidarity

KK Cheng, TH Lam, CC Leung - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progresses, one debate relates to
the use of face masks by individuals in the community. We previously highlighted some …

Mental morbidities and chronic fatigue in severe acute respiratory syndrome survivors: long-term follow-up

MHB Lam, YK Wing, MWM Yu, CM Leung… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Short-term follow-up studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
survivors suggested that their physical conditions continuously improved in the first year but that …

[HTML][HTML] The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: rationale, clinicopathological correlations, and classification

…, K Joh, BA Julian, T Kawamura, FM Lai, CB Leung… - Kidney international, 2009 - Elsevier
IgA nephropathy is the most common glomerular disease worldwide, yet there is no international
consensus for its pathological or clinical classification. Here a new classification for IgA …

[PDF][PDF] Mass masking in the COVID-19 epidemic: people need guidance

CC Leung, TH Lam, KK Cheng - Lancet, 2020 - aphn.org
As the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outside China is accelerating, we
urge policy makers to reconsider the role of masking. The non-specific symptoms at early …

[HTML][HTML] Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients

…, C Lange, WCM de Lange, V Leimane, CC Leung… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic,
expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-…

Diabetic control and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study

CC Leung, TH Lam, WM Chan, WW Yew… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Diabetes mellitus is associated with tuberculosis. A cohort of 42,116 clients aged 65 years
or more, enrolled at 18 Elderly Health Service centers in Hong Kong in 2000, were followed …