| antiviral activity of rimantadine, virological, pathomorphological, and clinical studies. | | 1973 | 4588827 |
| [tasks in the prevention and therapy of viral grippe]. | | 1974 | 4610907 |
| studies on the origin of pandemic influenza. 3. evidence implicating duck and equine influenza viruses as possible progenitors of the hong kong strain of human influenza. | | 1973 | 4632653 |
| protection against hong kong influenza. | | 1972 | 4653894 |
| the origin of pandemic strains of influenza. evidence from studies of the structure of the hemagglutinin subunits. | | 1972 | 4672019 |
| plaque formation by clinical isolates of influenza a2-hong kong. | | 1973 | 4720401 |
| contemporary population densities and human health. | | 1973 | 4743632 |
| letter: antibody response to a-england-42-72 influenza vaccine. | | 1973 | 4752323 |
| the effect of vaccine on a closed epidemic of hong kong influenza. | | 1970 | 4909054 |
| specificities of human antibodies to australia antigen. | | 1970 | 4986746 |
| studies on the origin of pandemic influenza. ii. peptide maps of the light and heavy polypeptide chains from the hemagglutinin subunits of a 2 influenza viruses isolated before and after the appearance of hong kong influenza. | | 1972 | 5024608 |
| "hong kong influenza". | | 1968 | 5188799 |
| [influenza - the virus from hong kong]. | | 1968 | 5191369 |
| hong kong influenza. serological, immunochemical and epidemiologic studies. | | 1969 | 5266444 |
| an antigenic variant of the hong kong-68 influenza a 2 virus. | both the haemagglutinin and the neuraminidase of influenza a2 virus have undergone progressive antigenic drift since this subtype first appeared in 1957.in 1968 a strain showing a much greater antigenic difference was isolated in hong kong. this variant has been responsible for epidemics throughout the world in the past 2 years.in the second year of its prevalence a small proportion of strains isolated showed a small but definite antigenic change, related principally to the haemagglutinin compon ... | 1971 | 5291756 |
| national influenza experience in hong kong, 1968. | although its origin is uncertain, the 1968 influenza epidemic in hong kong may have spread from the mainland of china. it began in hong kong on 13 july and reached its maximum intensity in 2 weeks, lasting some 6 weeks in all. about 15% of the population was affected, but the mortality rate was low and the clinical symptoms were mild. the causative strain was isolated on 17 july and, because of its antigenic deviation from 1967 a2 strains, was sent to the world influenza centre in london and the ... | 1969 | 5309438 |
| [isolation and identification of a2-hong kong-68 virus in rio de janeiro]. | | 1969 | 5311457 |
| epidemic influenza on a naval vessel in hong kong, 1968. | | 1970 | 5415577 |
| [clinical peculiarities of type a2 hong kong influenza in 1969]. | | 1970 | 5434080 |
| influenza. | | 1970 | 5436531 |
| studies on the viruses of asiatic influenza. vii. hong kong influenza. | | 1970 | 5438563 |
| hong kong influenza: the coming winter. | | 1970 | 5439151 |
| epidemic disease in hong kong, 1968, associated with an antigenic variant of asian influenza virus. | | 1970 | 5466726 |
| [the influenza of 1968-1970]. | | 1970 | 5467938 |
| [a2-hongkong influenza in eisenhüttenstadt in 1969 and 1970]. | | 1970 | 5487978 |
| the meaning of the appearance of hong kong influenza. | | 1970 | 5504430 |
| viral investigation of the 1968-69 hong kong influenza epidemic in ceylon. | | 1970 | 5514120 |
| bacterial pneumonia during the hong kong influenza epidemic of 1968-1969. | | 1971 | 5578560 |
| severe influenza virus pneumonia in the pandemic of 1968-1969. | | 1971 | 5578569 |
| human rights year 1968...applies to britain too. | | 1968 | 5643116 |
| asian influenza (again)--1968 version. | | 1968 | 5683471 |
| influenza vaccine: a long way from hong kong. | | 1968 | 5687814 |
| unpredictable bug. | | 1968 | 5698743 |
| bedmaking. a work study in hong kong. | | 1968 | 5723627 |
| influenza: the hong kong virus. | | 1968 | 5726954 |
| [preliminary communication on the comparative serological studies of influenza virus strains a2-berlin-2-68 and a2-hong kong-1-68]. | | 1968 | 5754717 |
| hong kong influenza--1968-1969. | | 1969 | 5764322 |
| influenza. | | 1969 | 5774118 |
| [a new variant of influenza a2 (hong kong) 1-68 virus and its connection with the outbreaks of influenza observed in the ussr in 1968]. | | 1969 | 5820952 |
| an influenza epicentre? | | 1982 | 6126676 |
| coxsackie-b-virus-specific igm responses in children with insulin-dependent (juvenile-onset; type i) diabetes mellitus. | coxsackie b1-6 virus igm responses were detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in 11 of 28 (39%) children aged 3-14 years in whom insulin-dependent (juvenile onset; type i) diabetes mellitus (iddm) developed in 1982. 5 patients had a homotypic response to coxsackie b4 and 1 had a homotypic response to b5. a serum sample had been obtained from each patient 2 to 16 weeks after onset of iddm symptoms. islet-cell cytoplasmic antibodies (igg) and complement fixing islet cell antibod ... | 1983 | 6134178 |
| nasopharyngeal carcinoma in american children: epstein-barr virus-specific antibody titers and prognosis. | seven american juvenile patients with undifferentiated or nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) were examined serially for epstein-barr virus (ebv)-specific antibody spectra and titers in sera. at diagnosis, all showed antibody patterns characteristic of npc: i.e., high titers of igg antibodies to viral capsid antigen (vca) and to the diffuse (d) component of the early antigen complex. six patients had iga antibodies to vca, and four to the d component. in the patients who responded to ... | 1982 | 6174465 |
| antibodies to fastidious faecal adenoviruses (species 40 and 41) in sera from children. | three hundred and seventy-seven single sera from children in the united kingdom, hong kong, new zealand, gambia, guatemala, and kuwait were tested for antibodies to fastidious fecal adenoviruses (species 40 and 41) by neutralisation test using a variant of ad41 (ad41a). all children were less than 12 years of age, and at least 41.1% of the total tested had antibodies. one hundred and fifty-four of these sera were collected during the 1960s from london children attending day nurseries, and 54.5% ... | 1983 | 6308143 |
| first report of human angiostrongyliasis in hong kong diagnosed by computerized axial topography (cat) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. | | 1984 | 6464132 |
| a life-span developmental cross-cultural study of divergent thinking abilities. | developmental aspects of ideational fluency, flexibility, and originality were assessed across five age groups (children, adolescents, young adults, adults, middle-aged adults) comparatively in two cultures (chinese and american). a total of 316 chinese participants ranging in age from nine to sixty years responded in writing (cantonese) to presentation of four groups of acoustical stimuli. responses were scored for fluency, flexibility, and originality of thought. comparative american data were ... | 1984 | 6519835 |
| forfeiture of proceeds of drug-related crimes: a british commonwealth perspective. | the forfeiture of the proceeds of drug-related offences does not seem to have received much attention as yet from british commonwealth countries. whereas in some of these countries specific legislation exists in relation to forfeiture, in many other countries the act of forfeiture falls within the purview of general criminal law. forfeiture presupposes enquiry and search, two procedures which involve integral aspects of present-day human rights law, and which seem to be impeded at almost every s ... | 1983 | 6556074 |
| hong kong female hand dimensions and machine guarding. | | 1984 | 6723618 |
| hla antigens, glyoxalase i, and esterase d in hong kong chinese. | | 1984 | 6724588 |
| avian influenza a viruses of southern china and hong kong: ecological aspects and implications for man. | continuous surveillance of the influenza viruses isolated from domestic poultry from southern china and hong kong over more than 4 years resulted in the isolation of influenza viruses possessing 46 different combinations of haemagglutinin (h) and neuraminidase (n) subtypes. of these, 43 were obtained from ducks from china. in all cases, infection appeared to be asymptomatic. the antigenic combination found most commonly in the viruses isolated was h4n6, which accounted for approximately one-quar ... | 1982 | 6979416 |
| east asia review 1978-79. hong kong. | hong kong has no official population policy. however the government has assumed responsibility for 1/2 of the country's family planning clinics, with the family planning association providing specialty, information and education services. young people are a primary target group and premarital and marital counseling services are offered. public seminars on topics such as human sexuality and preparation for marriage are offered and training programs for professional service are available as wel ... | 1980 | 7456106 |
| outbreak of vibrio cholerae 01 in hong kong related to contaminated fish tank water. | an outbreak of 12 cholera cases, caused by vibrio cholerae eltor inaba, occurred in hong kong during a three week period in june-july 1994. only adults of both sexes were affected. epidemiological investigations showed linkage in all cases with consumption of seafood, including shellfish, mantis shrimps and crabs. microbiological findings demonstrated that contaminated seawater in fish tanks used for keeping alive these seafoods is the most likely vehicle of transmission. aggressive control meas ... | 1995 | 7480605 |
| capture-recapture and multiple-record systems estimation ii: applications in human diseases. international working group for disease monitoring and forecasting. | this article evaluates the potential epidemiologic uses of capture-recapture, which include the primary area of determining disease frequency. capture-recapture may be a means to effectively "count" new cases (incidence) or count existing cases (prevalence). specific applications of capture-recapture in epidemiology are presented, one of which is its use in estimating death rates in a region close to calcutta, india. the method also has considerable potential to assess suicides, and it may be th ... | 1995 | 7485051 |
| detection of epstein-barr viral rna in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma from western and asian patients. | undifferentiated carcinoma of the nasopharynx has a well-known association with epstein-barr virus (ebv), but only an inconsistent relationship has been identified in undifferentiated carcinomas occurring at other sites. we investigated 22 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cases of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomas (snucs) occurring in western and asian patients. a highly sensitive in situ hybridization method was performed using an antisense oligonucleotide probe to the eber1 gene of ebv. w ... | 1994 | 7511355 |
| report from hong kong. | | 1995 | 7551149 |
| male homosexual identity in hong kong: a social construction. | this research is to explore the social and psychological forces that influence the identity of a man who has come to describe himself as a "homosexual." an attempt is made to understand the emergence of male homosexual identities in hong kong--which is predominantly a chinese community under western influence for more than one century. the results suggest that male homosexual identity arises not so much from homosexual behavior per se but from the stigma and heterosexist beliefs that encompassed ... | 1995 | 7594409 |
| practice of drug abuse among inmates of a drug rehabilitation centre in hong kong. | sharing of contaminated injection equipment accounts for the rapid spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) among injecting drug users (idus). the profile of drug addiction practice among inmates of the shek kwu chau drug rehabilitation centre in hong kong was studied. registers on all the new admissions to the centre during a two-year period between 1990 and 1992 were reviewed. of the 3129 drug users studied, 68.7% were aged between 21 and 40; 84.8% were idus and heroin was the commones ... | 1995 | 7597133 |
| the knowledge and attitude of hong kong secondary school teachers and students towards hiv infection and dentistry. | although human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) are firmly entrenched in hong kong no data are available on the knowledge and attitudes of hong kong secondary school teachers and teenage children towards this infection, and their perception of infection control measures currently undertaken by the dental profession to prevent such infectious diseases. hence a postal questionnaire survey of a total of 2,886 teenagers and 372 school teachers of ... | 1995 | 7648410 |
| insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1, glucose tolerance and fetal growth in human pregnancy. | two hundred chinese primigravidae had 50 g 3-h oral glucose tolerance tests (ogtts) twice in pregnancy; between 20 and 24 weeks and between 30 and 34 weeks of gestation. in 149 women, a single sample was taken for insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (igfbp-1) measurement 0, 1, 2 or 3 h after the glucose load at both visits; in 55 women igfbp-1 levels were estimated in all four ogtt samples. fetal growth was assessed by ultrasound performed at the first and second visit and, if possible, ... | 1993 | 7681467 |
| biotypes of oral candida albicans isolates in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients from diverse geographic locations. | oral candida albicans isolates from hiv-infected individuals in hong kong, australia, germany and england were characterised using a biotyping system based on enzyme profiles, carbohydrate assimilation patterns and boric acid resistance of the yeasts. a total of 44 biotypes were found amongst the 117 oral c. albicans isolates examined. the major biotype a1r accounted for 17.9% of all isolates while the second commonest biotype was a1s (11.1% of isolates). whereas these two biotypes were isolated ... | 1995 | 7722918 |
| mutations clustered in exon 5 of the p53 gene in primary nasopharyngeal carcinomas from southeastern asia. | mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene play an important role in the development of many common human malignancies. in nasopharyngeal carcinomas (npc), p53 gene mutations were not detected in primary tumors, with one exception for a primary tumor displaying a p53 mutation at codon 280, whereas p53 mutations were identified in some metastatic and nude mouse-passaged npc specimens. in the present report, 41 npc primary tumors of the undifferentiated carcinoma nasopharyngeal type (ucnt; 21 from ... | 1995 | 7729941 |
| profile of opportunistic infections among hiv-1 infected people in hong kong. | to determine the spectrum of opportunistic infections in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1) infection in hong kong. | 1995 | 7750052 |
| a study of the association of epstein-barr virus with burkitt's lymphoma occurring in a chinese population. | there is a strong association (approximately 95%) of endemic burkitt's lymphoma with epstein-barr virus (ebv), whereas the association is weak for the sporadic form occurring in western countries (approximately 15%). in the middle east, north africa and south america, 60-80% of burkitt's lymphomas harbour ebv. these epidemiological differences suggest that either the endemicity of ebv or socio-economic conditions, or both, may influence the pathogenetic role of ebv in burkitt's lymphoma. since o ... | 1995 | 7797201 |
| the expression of h-ras p21 product in esophageal cancer from hong kong chinese. | | 1995 | 7801940 |
| low frequency association of the t(2;5)(p23;q35) chromosomal translocation with cd30+ lymphomas from american and asian patients. a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction study. | although cytogenetic data suggest that the t(2;5)-(p23;q35) translocation occurs in many cases of cd30+ lymphomas, the exact frequency of this event is still unknown. to clarify this issue and its epidemiological characteristics, we examined 37 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens of cd30+ lymphomas from the united states and hong kong by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) for the status of the npm and alk genes, which are typically juxtaposed by the t(2;5) transloca ... | 1995 | 7856744 |
| detection of epstein-barr virus in hodgkin's disease occurring in an oriental population. | like burkitt's lymphoma, the strength of association of epstein-barr virus (ebv) with hodgkin's disease occurring in different populations and clinical settings is highly variable, being 30% to 50% in western countries, nearly 100% in third world countries like peru and honduras, and nearly 100% in patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus. data on the oriental populations are very limited. therefore, the current study was performed on the chinese population of hong kong, where the ... | 1995 | 7890284 |
| genetic analysis of porcine h3n2 viruses originating in southern china. | from immunological and phylogenetic analyses of h3 influenza viruses isolated from pigs and ducks in the people's republic of china (china), hong kong, taiwan and japan, between 1968 and 1982, we arrived at the following conclusions. the h3 haemagglutinin and n2 neuraminidase genes from swine isolates can be segregated into four mammalian lineages, including: (i) the earliest human strains; (ii) early swine strains including hong kong isolates from 1976-1977; (iii) an intermediate strain between ... | 1995 | 7897351 |
| genetic and antigenic analysis of the influenza virus responsible for the 1992 hong kong equine influenza epizootic. | an outbreak of influenza occurred among thoroughbred racehorses in hong kong in november-december 1992, with morbidity of 37%. all horses involved had been vaccinated against equine-1 and equine-2 influenza viruses but not against the virus responsible for the 1989 equine influenza outbreak in northern china (influenza a/equine/jilin/89, subtype h3n8). therefore the source and nature of the virus causing the hong kong outbreak was investigated. virus isolated from a horse infected during the out ... | 1994 | 7941336 |
| condom use among female commercial sex workers and male clients in hong kong. | the use of condoms is an aid to protection against human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and other sexually transmitted diseases (stds). in a one-and-a-half month period in mid-1993, 190 commercial female sex workers and 633 male clients of 8 social hygiene clinics in hong kong were interviewed on their practice in condom usage. for both sex workers and clients, 18.5% and 22.8% never and 55.3% and 50.3% seldom used condoms during sexual contacts with paying partners and non-paying partner ... | 1994 | 7948161 |
| hereditary hemolytic anemia caused by diverse point mutations of pyruvate kinase gene found in japan and hong kong. | we identified four distinct point mutations in homozygous pyruvate kinase (pk) variants in japanese and chinese patients with chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. all gene abnormalities were missense mutations that caused single amino acid substitutions. 1261a (q421k) and 1436a (r436h), which were identified in pk sendai and pk shinshu, had been found in unrelated japanese and amish pk variants, respectively. the clinical severity and extremely low residual erythrocyte pk activity of pk shin ... | 1994 | 7949104 |
| sequence variation of the amino-terminal antigenic domains of glycoprotein b of human cytomegalovirus strains isolated from chinese patients. | to study the genetic variation of human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) in asian populations, the amino-terminal antigenic domains of glycoprotein b of hcmvs isolated from ethnic chinese transplant patients were cloned and sequenced. the nucleotide and encoded amino acid sequences were compared with published sequences of ad169 and towne laboratory strains. within the region sequenced, 9 out of 15 clinical isolates (60%) possessed a peptide configuration similar to that of strain ad169 while 6 isolates ( ... | 1994 | 7979986 |
| changing epidemiology of human salmonellosis in hong kong, 1982-93. | a comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology of salmonellosis in a major hospital in hong kong from 1982-93 is reported. the trend of salmonella isolations over the past 12 years and changes in the occurrence of individual serotypes are delineated. a total of 5328 isolates were analyzed. groups b (salmonella typhimurium and s. derby) and e (s. anatum) were the commonest serogroups isolated from the intestinal tract in all age groups. a significant increase in the isolation of group d salmonellae ... | 1994 | 7995352 |
| the spectrum of chronic lymphoproliferative disorders in chinese people. an analysis of 64 cases. | chronic lymphoproliferative disorders are considered rare in oriental patients and are thought to constitute only 2% of all leukemias in these patients, compared to 20-30% in western patients. we conducted a retrospective analysis of chinese patients with chronic lymphoproliferative disorders to define the frequency and spectrum of these disorders. | 1994 | 8004573 |
| seroprevalence of antibodies to human herpesviruses in england and hong kong. | the age-related prevalence of antibodies to herpesviruses was compared in england and hong kong. altogether 327 sera from england and 266 sera from hong kong were tested for antibodies to herpes simplex virus (hsv), varicella-zoster virus (vzv), epstein-barr virus (ebv), cytomegalovirus (cmv), and human herpesvirus 6 (hhv-6). herpesvirus infections were common in both countries but generally were acquired earlier and were more prevalent in hong kong. over 90% of children in hong kong were infect ... | 1994 | 8083655 |
| epstein-barr virus-associated gastric lymphoma in hong kong chinese. | we report 11 cases of gastric lymphoma that harbor the epstein-barr virus (ebv) encoded small messenger rna, eber-1, detected by in situ hybridization. the cases represented 18% of 61 consecutive gastric lymphomas from three institutions in hong kong between 1988 and 1993. the mean age of patients was 62 years (range, 33 to 87). the male to female ratio was 5:6. nine of the 11 (81.8%) eber-1+ gastric lymphomas were diffuse large cell lymphomas of b-cell type without low grade components. macrosc ... | 1994 | 8088772 |
| cervical human papilloma virus infection of women attending social hygiene clinics in hong kong. | to find the prevalence of hpv infection in women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in hong kong. | 1993 | 8098299 |
| p53 gene mutation spectrum in hepatocellular carcinomas in hong kong chinese. | to examine the significance of mutation of the p53 tumour suppressor gene in the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma in a high-prevalence area for hepatitis b viral infection but a low-exposure area for aflatoxin b1, the spectrum of p53 gene mutations was examined in 21 tumour samples from hong kong chinese patients, all of whom were hbsag positive. dna sequencing covering exons 5 to 9 of the p53 gene and hae iii restriction enzyme digestion for preliminary assessment of mutation at co ... | 1994 | 8108145 |
| mutations in the human mannose binding protein gene: their frequencies in three distinct populations and relationship to serum levels of the protein. | | 1993 | 8167719 |
| the effect of scale-side, indicator type, and control plane on direction-of-turn stereotypes for hong kong chinese subjects. | this study investigates the influence of scale-side, pointer type, direction-of-increase, and control plane on direction-of-turn stereotypes for chinese subjects using a variety of configurations of a linear display with a rotary control. pointer type and direction of increase did not have a significant effect on direction-of-turn expectation. strong stereotypes are found when warrick's principle and the scale-side principle do not clash. in such a configuration, the scale is on the opposite sid ... | 1994 | 8206055 |
| heavy metal and selenium levels in feathers of young egrets and herons from hong kong and szechuan, china. | several species of herons and egrets frequently nest in colonies in areas where humans also concentrate. since the birds feed on intermediate-sized fish that themselves concentrate pollutants, they can be used not only to assess the levels of contaminants in avian tissues but as indicators of contaminants in the environment. the concentration of heavy metals and selenium in the breast feathers of fledgling black-crowned night herons nycticorax nycticorax and chinese pond herons ardeola bacchus f ... | 1993 | 8215588 |
| successful treatment of amoebic meningoencephalitis in a chinese living in hong kong. | primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to naegleria fowleri was found in a 38-year-old chinese man living in hong kong who presumably acquired the infection from swimming in a hot spring in neighbouring china. amoebic cysts were identified in tissue taken from a brain abscess. the patient responded to surgical drainage and a 6-week course of amphotericin b, rifampicin and chloramphenicol. this is one of 6 cases of successful treatment of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis documented in the med ... | 1993 | 8242970 |
| htlv-i associated adult t-cell leukaemia/lymphoma in hong kong. | | 1994 | 8250007 |
| bulimia nervosa in the chinese. | typical dsm-iii-r bulimia nervosa with self-induced vomiting was found in 2 women of hong kong chinese origin and a chinese man from malaysia. all 3 cases had a family history of obesity. in 2 of the cases a period of weight gain and in the third case frank obesity preceded the onset of the eating disorder. cultural transition seemed to play an important part in the onset and maintenance of the eating disorder. | 1993 | 8293034 |
| location on the evolutionary trees of the non-structural protein (ns) and neuraminidase (na) genes of late human influenza a (h2n2) viruses: parental viruses of the ns and na genes of hong kong influenza a (h3n2) viruses. | the nucleotide sequences of the non-structural protein (ns) and neuraminidase (na) genes of human influenza a (h2n2) viruses isolated in 1967 and 1968 in europe, asia and north and south america were located on evolutionary trees in order to identify the parental virus of hong kong influenza a (h3n2) viruses, which appeared in the human population in 1968. from the evolutionary trees, the h2n2 viruses isolated during the 1967 to 1968 period were divided into two groups. group i includes that a/t ... | 1993 | 8345357 |
| short-duration in vitro interleukin-2-activated mononuclear cells for advanced cancer. a hong kong biotherapy pilot study trial. | in vitro studies have demonstrated that a brief exposure of peripherally collected mononuclear cells to high-dose human recombinant interleukin-2(ril-2) will generate a population of pulsed lymphokine-activated killer (lak) cells. these cells have similar cytotoxicity against natural killer cells and resistant and sensitive target cells as compared with the standard lak cells incubated for 3-7 days with ril-2. therefore, the authors conducted a pilot study to investigate the activity of pulsed l ... | 1993 | 8387882 |
| critical incident reporting in an anaesthetic department quality assurance programme. | the critical incident technique was introduced as an additional form of quality assurance to an anaesthetic department of a major hong kong teaching hospital. in one year, 125 critical incidents were reported from over 16,000 anaesthetics. the most common incidents reported concerned the airway, breathing systems, and drug administration, with inadequate checking of equipment a frequent associated factor. human error was a factor in 80% of incidents. critical incidents were reported for the time ... | 1993 | 8434743 |
| an epidemiological assessment of the chronological distribution of dental fluorosis in human maxillary central incisors. | the objectives of this study were: (1) to develop and test a new index, the chronological fluorosis assessment (cfa) index, for measuring variation in the chronological distribution and intensity of dental fluorosis, and (2) to determine whether the new index was sufficiently sensitive for detection of a decline in dental fluorosis corresponding to the reduction in the waterborne fluoride level in hong kong. according to the cfa index, the cervical, middle, and incisal third divisions of the lab ... | 1993 | 8501286 |
| [role of soybean proteins in human nutrition (review)]. | review. the analysis of a protein nutrition of russia's population during last five years and ways of its rationalization are presented. the scientific background for prosperity of using of soy bean proteins, products of their processing and existing of products and half-finished products received from soy is given. experimental data on biological value and bioavailability of soy bean proteins and results of clinical evaluation of curative and preventive effects of these various soy products are ... | 1995 | 8533388 |
| lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland: in situ detection of epstein-barr virus. | to examine the role of epstein-barr virus (ebv) in lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland in hong kong chinese. | 1995 | 8543624 |
| evenoming by bungarus multicinctus (many-banded krait) in hong kong. | we describe the clinical course of two cases of envenoming by the many-banded krait (bungarus multicinctus). a man developed generalized paralysis and respiratory failure with transient hypertension. nerve conduction studies revealed normal motor and sensory conduction velocities with reduced motor unit action potential amplitudes consistent with neuromuscular blockade. he showed a slight transient response to the banded krait (b. fasciatus) antivenom but required ventilatory support for 8 days. ... | 1995 | 8544231 |
| refining the estimate of the critical period for susceptibility to enamel fluorosis in human maxillary central incisors. | the purpose of this study was to determine an improved estimate of the critical period for susceptibility to fluorosis in human maxillary central incisors. | 1995 | 8551464 |
| sequence analysis of htlv-1 provirus associated with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma in hong kong. | | 1996 | 8571947 |
| children on hunger strike: child abuse or legitimate protest? | the issue of children on hunger strike (voluntary total fasting) has not been reported before. the world medical association declaration of tokyo 1975 and the declaration of malta 1991 (revised 1992) provide clinicians with guidelines for the management of adult patients on hunger strike but do not mention children. we report the management of 14 vietnamese children, aged 1 to 12 years, who took part in a hunger strike at a refugee detention centre in hong kong. | 1996 | 8597690 |
| absence of epstein-barr virus in penile carcinoma. a study of 42 cases using in situ hybridization. | the relationship between epstein-barr virus (ebv) and carcinomas of the lower female genital tract has been the focus of some studies in recent years. however, the association between ebv and penile carcinoma never has been investigated. the aim of this study was to identify the possible role of ebv in penile carcinoma of chinese patients. | 1995 | 8625161 |
| human papillomavirus infection in hong kong chinese women with normal and abnormal cervix--detection by polymerase chain reaction method on cervical scrapes. | detection of human papillomavirus (hpv) was accomplished by utilizing polymerase chain reaction methods on cervical scrapes from a total of 488 hong kong chinese women attending the colposcopy, general, and antenatal clinics. from colposcopy clinic, 10% of normal cervix, 31% of condyloma, 56, 50, and 57% of cin i, cin ii, and cin iii, respectively, and 88% of squamous cell carcinoma contain hpv. the overall detection rate is 30%. the most prevalent type is 16. four percent of scrapes from normal ... | 1996 | 8631541 |
| prevalence of lmp1 deletion variant of epstein-barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and gastric tumors in hong kong. | | 1996 | 8647637 |
| influenza. | | 1996 | 8664110 |
| varicella exposure in a neonatal intensive care unit: emergency management and control measures. | we describe an exposure of varicella zoster virus in our neonatal intensive-care unit and the emergency procedures instituted to prevent an outbreak. fifty-seven infants and 129 staff members were exposed but none developed chickenpox. the measures included rapid identification of varicella antibody status in all neonates and those staff members with uncertain history of varicella infection; cohorting of exposed infants according to immune status; and prompt administration of varicella zoster im ... | 1996 | 8690886 |
| influenza. | | 1996 | 8703729 |
| the oral prevalence of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods and yeasts in semi-recluse human vegetarians. | limited data exist on the oral ecology of vegetarians. hence the dental and periodontal status, and the oral prevalence of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods (agnr) and yeasts, were studied in 36 semi-recluse, vegetarian, buddhist monks and nuns in hong kong. the oral prevalence of agnr and yeasts was 61.1% and 33.3%. there was no correlation between the prevalence of agnr and/or yeasts and the incidence of carious or filled teeth and the health status of the periodontium. ra ... | 1996 | 8735017 |
| improvements in anaesthetic care resulting from a critical incident reporting programme. | the rôle of an anaesthetic incident reporting programme in improving anaesthetic safety was studied. the programme had been running for 4 to 5 years in three large hospitals in hong kong and more than 1000 incidents have been reported. the number of reports being made and frequency of the various categories of incident reported, did not alter during the study period. sixty nine percent of incidents were considered to be preventable. human error contributed to 76% of incidents and violations of s ... | 1996 | 8758151 |