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Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award

Overview

Leo L. M. Poon is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Animal Science and Zoology, Modeling and Simulation, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Influenza Virus Research Studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Nature Microbiology)
  • Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions (2020, The Lancet Microbe)
  • Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19 (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters (2020, Nature)

Frequent co-authors of Leo L. M. Poon include Malik Peiris, Samuel M. S. Cheng, Alex W. H. Chin, Haogao Gu, and GM Leung. These collaborations reflect a strong network in their research community.

Their research has been published in several key venues. The most frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Nature Communications, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Research Square (Research Square).

Best Publications

  • The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Raoul J. de Groot

  • Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study.

    J S M Peiris;C M Chu;V C C Cheng;K S Chan

  • Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS coronavirus from animals in southern China.

    Y. Guan;B. J. Zheng;Y. Q. He;X. L. Liu

  • Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions.

    Alex W H Chin;Julie T S Chu;Mahen R A Perera;Kenrie P Y Hui

  • Role of lopinavir/ritonavir in the treatment of SARS: initial virological and clinical findings.

    C M Chu;V C C Cheng;I F N Hung;M M L Wong

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses – a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Susan C. Baker;Ralph Baric;Raoul J. de Groot

  • 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

  • Characterization and Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Coronavirus, Coronavirus HKU1, from Patients with Pneumonia

    Patrick C. Y. Woo;Susanna K. P. Lau;Chung-ming Chu;Kwok-hung Chan

  • Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19.

    Yang Liu;Li Meng Yan;Lagen Wan;Tian Xin Xiang

  • Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003

    N. S. Zhong;B. J. Zheng;Y. M. Li;L. L. M. Poon

  • Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples.

    Yang Pan;Yang Pan;Daitao Zhang;Peng Yang;Peng Yang;Leo L M Poon

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group.

    Raoul J. de Groot;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Caroline S. Brown

  • Unique and conserved features of genome and proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an early split-off from the coronavirus group 2 lineage.

    Eric J. Snijder;Peter J. Bredenbeek;Jessika C. Dobbe;Volker Thiel

  • Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters.

    Sin Fun Sia;Li Meng Yan;Alex W.H. Chin;Kevin Fung

  • Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome

    John M. Nicholls;Leo L. M. Poon;Kam C. Lee;Wai F. Ng

  • Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia.

    Daniel K W Chu;Yang Pan;Yang Pan;Samuel M S Cheng;Kenrie P Y Hui

  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human bronchus and lung ex vivo

    Unknown

  • Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?

    C Y Cheung;L L M Poon;A S Lau;W Luk

  • The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus

    K. H. Chan;J. S. Malik Peiris;S. Y. Lam;L. L. M. Poon

  • A Highly Conserved Neutralizing Epitope on Group 2 Influenza A Viruses

    Damian C. Ekiert;Robert H. E. Friesen;Gira Bhabha;Ted Kwaks

  • Highly Conserved Protective Epitopes on Influenza B Viruses

    Cyrille Dreyfus;Nick S. Laursen;Ted Kwaks;David Zuijdgeest

  • Heterosubtypic neutralizing monoclonal antibodies cross-protective against H5N1 and H1N1 recovered from human IgM+ memory B cells.

    Mark Throsby;Edward van den Brink;Mandy Jongeneelen;Leo L. M. Poon

  • Human Monoclonal Antibody Combination against SARS Coronavirus: Synergy and Coverage of Escape Mutants

    Jan ter Meulen;Edward N van den Brink;Leo L. M Poon;Wilfred E Marissen

  • H5N1 influenza: A protean pandemic threat

    Y. Guan;L. L. M. Poon;C. Y. Cheung;T. M. Ellis

  • Reemerging H5N1 Influenza Viruses in Hong Kong in 2002 Are Highly Pathogenic to Ducks

    Katharine M. Sturm-Ramirez;Trevor Ellis;Barry Bousfield;Lucy Bissett

  • Cytokine Responses in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-Infected Macrophages In Vitro: Possible Relevance to Pathogenesis

    Chung Y. Cheung;Leo L.M. Poon;Iris H.Y. Ng;Winsie Luk

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Guan
Yi Guan University of Hong Kong
Malik Peiris
Malik Peiris University of Hong Kong
Joseph S. M. Peiris
Joseph S. M. Peiris University of Hong Kong
Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera
Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera University of Hong Kong
Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
John M. Nicholls
John M. Nicholls University of Hong Kong
Kwok-Hung Chan
Kwok-Hung Chan University of Hong Kong
Robert G. Webster
Robert G. Webster St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Gavin J. D. Smith
Gavin J. D. Smith Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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