Project description:We report the nearly complete genome of a norovirus GII.4 Hong Kong[P31] variant (GII strain Hu/HK/2019/GII.4 Hong Kong[P31]/CUHK-NS-2200) that was detected in a patient with gastroenteritis in August 2019. The genome was sequenced by metagenomic next-generation sequencing and was found to have 92.8% nucleotide similarity to the closest GII.4 norovirus sequence in GenBank.

| S-EPMC6965582 | biostudies-literature

Varibaculum cambriense infections in Hong Kong, China, 2006.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC2744223 | biostudies-literature

The complete mitogenome of Hong Kong paradise fish (<i>Macropodus hongkongensis</i>), an endemic freshwater fish in South China.

Project description:The first complete mitogenome of Hong Kong paradise fish (Macropodus hongkongensis) was determined in this study. The assembled mitogenome is 16,494 bp and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a control region. Nucleotide composition of the complete mitogenome is 30.6% A, 24.8% C, 14.8% G, and 29.8% T, with an A + T bias of 60.4%. The maximum-likelihood tree based on 13 protein-coding genes showed that M. erythropterus was the closest related species to M. hongkongensis.

| S-EPMC7706895 | biostudies-literature

Perception and Evaluation of 23 Positive Emotions in Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

Project description:Positive emotions are linked to numerous benefits, but not everyone appreciates the same kinds of positive emotional experiences. We examine how distinct positive emotions are perceived and whether individuals' perceptions are linked to how societies evaluate those emotions. Participants from Hong Kong and Netherlands rated 23 positive emotions based on their individual perceptions (positivity, arousal, and socially engaging) and societal evaluations (appropriate, valued, and approved of). We found that (1) there were cultural differences in judgments about all six aspects of positive emotions; (2) positivity, arousal, and social engagement predicted emotions being positively regarded at the societal level in both cultures; and (3) that positivity mattered more for the Dutch participants, although arousal and social engagement mattered more in Hong Kong for societal evaluations. These findings provide a granular map of the perception and evaluation of distinct positive emotions in two cultures and highlight the role of cultures in the understanding how positive emotions are perceived and evaluated.

| S-EPMC8195569 | biostudies-literature

Drosophila elegans strain:Hong Kong

Project description:Drosophila elegans strain:Hong Kong Genome sequencing and assembly

| PRJNA590036 | ENA

Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmitted Via Blood Transfusion, Hong Kong, China.

Project description:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquitoborne virus endemic to China and Southeast Asia that causes severe encephalitis in <1% of infected persons. Transmission of JEV via blood transfusion has not been reported. We report transmission of JEV via blood donation products from an asymptomatic viremic donor to 2 immunocompromised recipients. One recipient on high-dose immunosuppressive drugs received JEV-positive packed red blood cells after a double lung transplant; severe encephalitis and a poor clinical outcome resulted. JEV RNA was detected in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimens. The second recipient had leukemia and received platelets after undergoing chemotherapy. This patient was asymptomatic; JEV infection was confirmed in this person by IgM seroconversion. This study illustrates that, consistent with other pathogenic flaviviruses, JEV can be transmitted via blood products. Targeted donor screening and pathogen reduction technologies could be used to prevent transfusion-transmitted JEV infection in highly JEV-endemic areas.

| S-EPMC5749455 | biostudies-literature

Territorywide Study of Early Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, Hong Kong, China.

Project description:Initial cases of coronavirus disease in Hong Kong were imported from mainland China. A dramatic increase in case numbers was seen in February 2020. Most case-patients had no recent travel history, suggesting the presence of transmission chains in the local community. We collected demographic, clinical, and epidemiologic data from 50 patients, who accounted for 53.8% of total reported case-patients as of February 28, 2020. We performed whole-genome sequencing to determine phylogenetic relationship and transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections. By using phylogenetic analysis, we attributed the community outbreak to 2 lineages; 1 harbored a common mutation, Orf3a-G251V, and accounted for 88.0% of the cases in our study. The estimated time to the most recent common ancestor of local coronavirus disease outbreak was December 24, 2019, with an evolutionary rate of 3.04 × 10-3 substitutions/site/year. The reproduction number was 1.84, indicating ongoing community spread.

| S-EPMC7774584 | biostudies-literature

Hong Kong coastal waters

Project description:Raw sequence reads of rRNA of Chaetoceros, Pseudo-nitzschia, and Thalassiosira in Hong Kong coastal waters

| PRJNA1138948 | ENA

Hong Kong Baptist University

Project description:Dark fermentation batch experimental 16S rRNA sequencing data Genome sequencing and assembly

| PRJNA980953 | ENA