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Microbiology
China
2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
102
Citations
51964
World Ranking
360
National Ranking
12

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
52497
World Ranking
7222
National Ranking
78

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award

Overview

Honglin Chen is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has a research background spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output includes a substantial focus on infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, immunology, and oncology.

The scientist's main topics of work concentrate heavily on respiratory viruses and immune responses, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, influenza virus research studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, interferon and immune responses, respiratory viral infections research, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Honglin Chen has contributed to several papers with significant citations. Some of the recent notable publications are:

  • "A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study" (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2" (2021, Nature)
  • "Simulation of the Clinical and Pathological Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Golden Syrian Hamster Model: Implications for Disease Pathogenesis and Transmissibility" (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • "Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2" (2020, Nature Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Honglin Chen include Kwok-Yung Yuen, Bobo Wing-Yee Mok, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, and Pui Wang.

Key publication venues for their work have included bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Emerging Microbes & Infections, Nature Communications, Cancer Research, and Research Square (Research Square).

Best Publications

  • A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster.

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Shuofeng Yuan;Kin Hang Kok;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Kelvin Kai Wang To

  • Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study.

    Kelvin Kai Wang To;Owen Tak Yin Tsang;Wai Shing Leung;Anthony Raymond Tam

  • Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

    Unknown

  • Genesis of a highly pathogenic and potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza virus in eastern Asia

    K. S. Li;Y. Guan;Y. Guan;J. Wang;J. Wang;G. J. D. Smith;G. J. D. Smith

  • Simulation of the clinical and pathological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in golden Syrian hamster model: implications for disease pathogenesis and transmissibility.

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Anna Jinxia Zhang;Shuofeng Yuan;Vincent Kwok Man Poon

  • Avian flu: H5N1 virus outbreak in migratory waterfowl

    H. Chen;G. J. D. Smith;G. J. D. Smith;S. Y. Zhang;K. Qin;K. Qin

  • Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome

    Yu Chen;Weifeng Liang;Shigui Yang;Nanping Wu

  • Establishment of multiple sublineages of H5N1 influenza virus in Asia: Implications for pandemic control

    H. Chen;G. J.D. Smith;G. J.D. Smith;K. S. Li;J. Wang

  • The evolution of H5N1 influenza viruses in ducks in southern China

    H. Chen;G. Deng;Z. Li;G. Tian

  • Human Infection with an Avian H9N2 Influenza A Virus in Hong Kong in 2003

    K. M. Butt;Gavin J. D. Smith;Gavin J. D. Smith;Honglin Chen;Honglin Chen;L. J. Zhang;L. J. Zhang

  • Treatment With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Interferon-β1b Improves Outcome of MERS-CoV Infection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Common Marmoset

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Yanfeng Yao;Man Lung Yeung;Wei Deng

  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shows less efficient replication and fusion activity when compared with Delta variant in TMPRSS2-expressed cells

    Unknown

  • Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant by sera from BNT162b2 or Coronavac vaccine recipients

    Unknown

  • H5N1 Outbreaks and Enzootic Influenza

    Robert G. Webster;Malik Peiris;Honglin Chen;Yi Guan

  • Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2.

    Jie Zhou;Cun Li;Xiaojuan Liu;Man Chun Chiu

  • Dating the emergence of pandemic influenza viruses

    Gavin J. D. Smith;Justin Bahl;Justin Bahl;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Jinxia Zhang;Jinxia Zhang

  • Delayed Clearance of Viral Load and Marked Cytokine Activation in Severe Cases of Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza Virus Infection

    Kelvin K. W. To;Ivan F. N. Hung;Iris W. S. Li;Kar-Lung Lee

  • Delayed induction of proinflammatory cytokines and suppression of innate antiviral response by the novel Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: implications for pathogenesis and treatment

    Susanna K.P. Lau;Candy C.Y. Lau;Kwok Hung Chan;Clara P.Y. Li

  • Broad-spectrum antivirals for the emerging Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

    Jasper F.W. Chan;Kwok Hung Chan;Richard Y.T. Kao;Kelvin K.W. To

  • Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Coronaviruses in Bats from China

    X. C. Tang;J. X. Zhang;S. Y. Zhang;P. Wang

  • Emergence and predominance of an H5N1 influenza variant in China

    G. J. D. Smith;X. H. Fan;J. Wang;K. S. Li

  • Sialic acid receptor detection in the human respiratory tract: evidence for widespread distribution of potential binding sites for human and avian influenza viruses

    John M Nicholls;Anthony J Bourne;Honglin Chen;Yi Guan

  • SARS-CoV infection in a restaurant from palm civet.

    Ming Wang;Meiying Yan;Huifang Xu;Weili Liang

  • Evolutionary insights into the ecology of coronaviruses.

    D. Vijaykrishna;G. J. D. Smith;J. X. Zhang;J. S. M. Peiris

  • Evolution and adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus in avian and human hosts in Indonesia and Vietnam.

    G.J.D. Smith;T.S.P. Naipospos;T.D. Nguyen;M.D. de Jong

  • Genetic Characterization of Betacoronavirus Lineage C Viruses in Bats Reveals Marked Sequence Divergence in the Spike Protein of Pipistrellus Bat Coronavirus HKU5 in Japanese Pipistrelle: Implications for the Origin of the Novel Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

    Susanna K. P. Lau;Kenneth S. M. Li;Alan K. L. Tsang;Carol S. F. Lam

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
Yi Guan
Yi Guan University of Hong Kong
Jasper F. W. Chan
Jasper F. W. Chan University of Hong Kong
Kwok-Hung Chan
Kwok-Hung Chan University of Hong Kong
Kelvin K. W. To
Kelvin K. W. To University of Hong Kong
Gavin J. D. Smith
Gavin J. D. Smith Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Robert G. Webster
Robert G. Webster St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Ningshao Xia
Ningshao Xia Xiamen University
Joseph S. M. Peiris
Joseph S. M. Peiris University of Hong Kong
Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna
Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna University of Hong Kong

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