Yuen Kwok-yung

Hong kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon.

Yuen Kwok-yung (Chinese: 袁國勇; born 30 December 1956) is a Hong Kong microbiologist, physician, and surgeon. He is a prolific researcher, with most of his nearly 800 papers (as of December 2020) related to research on novel microbes or emerging infectious diseases. He led a team identifying the SARS coronavirus that caused the SARS pandemic of 2003–04, and traced its genetic origins to wild bats. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he acted as expert adviser to the Hong Kong government.

Abbreviations: K.Y.Yuen
Occupations: surgeon, researcher, physician, microbiologist, justice of the peace, botanist, bacteriologist
Citizenships: British Hong Kong
Dates: 1956-12-30T00:00:00Z
Birth place: British Hong Kong
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Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 2 fungi

2 fungi attributed to2 fungi:

Exophiala hongkongensis P.C.Y. Woo, A.H.Y. Ngan, C.C. Tsang, I.W.H. Ling, J.F.W. Chan, S.Y. Leung, K.Y. Yuen & S.K.P. Lau 2013
fungi species in the herpotrichiellaceae family
Exophiala hongkongensis is an ascomycete fungus species. Described as new to science in 2013, it was discovered on the toenail clipping of a patient with the fungal disease onychomycosis.
Aspergillus hongkongensis C.C. Tsang, T.W.S. Hui, K.C. Lee, J.H.K. Chen, A.H.Y. Ngan, E.W.T. Tam, J.F.W. Chan, A.L. Wu, M. Cheung, B.P.H. Tse, A.K.L. Wu, C.K.C. Lai, D.N.C. Tsang, T.L. Que, C.W. Lam, K.Y. Yuen, S.K.P. Lau & P.C.Y. Woo 2016
fungi species in the aspergillaceae family
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