Ms Kirsty Kwok
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Infection & Immunity)
Publications
2025
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
2023
Jones, S. et al. (2023) SARS-CoV-2 in domestic UK cats from Alpha to Omicron: Swab surveillance and case reports. Viruses, 15(8), 1769. (doi: 10.3390/v15081769) (PMID:37632111) (PMCID:PMC10459977)
Tong, Lily, Smollett, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-7377, Kwok, Kirsty
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Nomikou, Kyriaki
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Galarion, Ma. Jowina, Mair, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-9080, Filipe, Ana and Nichols, Jenna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7170
(2023)
Discovery of RNA and DNA viruses using next-generation sequencing: Metagenomics V.1.
[Protocols]
Tong, Lily, Smollett, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-7377, Kwok, Kirsty
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Nomikou, Kyriaki
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Galarion, Ma. Jowina, Mair, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-9080, Filipe, Ana and Nichols, Jenna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7170
(2023)
Discovery of RNA and DNA viruses using next-generation sequencing: Targeted enrichment.
[Protocols]
2022
Smollett, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-7377, Tong, Lily, Nomikou, Kyriaki
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Nichols, Jenna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7170, Kwok, Kirsty
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Galarion, Ma. Jowina, Mair, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-9080 and Filipe, Ana
(2022)
Library clean up and quality control for Illumina sequencing.
[Protocols]
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, de Rooij, Myrna M. T., Messink, Aniek B., Wouters, Inge M., Smit, Lidwien A. M., Cotten, Matthew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-3351, Heederik, Dick J. J., Koopmans, Marion P. G. and Phan, My V. T.
(2022)
Establishing farm dust as a useful viral metagenomic surveillance matrix.
Scientific Reports, 12,
16308.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20701-x)
(PMID:36175536)
(PMCID:PMC9521564)
2021
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, de Rooij, Myrna M. T., Sinartio, Felisita F., Smit, Lidwien A. M., Koopmans, Marion P. G. and Phan, My V. T.
(2021)
Genome sequence of a Minacovirus strain from a farmed mink in The Netherlands.
Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(8),
e01451-20.
(doi: 10.1128/MRA.01451-20)
(PMID:33632868)
(PMCID:PMC7909093)
2020
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, de Rooij, Myrna M. T., Messink, Aniek B., Wouters, Inge M., Koopmans, Marion P. G. and Phan, My V. T.
(2020)
Genome sequences of seven Megrivirus strains from chickens in The Netherlands.
Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(47),
e01207-20.
(doi: 10.1128/MRA.01207-20)
(PMID:33214312)
(PMCID:PMC7679105)
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Nieuwenhuijse, David F., Phan, My V. T. and Koopmans, Marion P. G.
(2020)
Virus metagenomics in farm animals: a systematic review.
Viruses, 12(1),
107.
(doi: 10.3390/v12010107)
(PMID:31963174)
(PMCID:PMC7019290)
2019
Cheung, S. K.C. et al. (2019) Higher viral load of emerging norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 than pandemic GII.4 and epidemic GII.17, Hong Kong, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(1), pp. 119-122. (doi: 10.3201/eid2501.180395) (PMID:30561298) (PMCID:PMC6302574)
2018
Chan, Martin Chi-Wai, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Zhang, Lin-Yao, Mohammad, Kirran N., Lee, Nelson, Lui, Grace C.Y., Nelson, E. Anthony S., Lai, Raymond W.M., Leung, Ting F. and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2018)
Bimodal seasonality and alternating predominance of norovirus GII.4 and Non-GII.4, Hong Kong, China, 2014–2017.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(4),
pp. 767-769.
(doi: 10.3201/eid2404.171791)
(PMID:29369754)
(PMCID:PMC5875276)
2017
Kwok, K. et al. (2017) Increased detection of emergent recombinant norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 strains in young adults, Hong Kong, China, 2016–2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(11), pp. 1852-1855. (doi: 10.3201/eid2311.170561) (PMID:29048294) (PMCID:PMC5652449)
Chan, M. C.W. et al. (2017) Global spread of norovirus GII.17 Kawasaki 308, 2014–2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(8), pp. 1359-1354. (doi: 10.3201/eid2308.161138) (PMID:28726618) (PMCID:PMC5547775)
Lee, N. et al. (2017) IFITM3, TLR3, and CD55 gene SNPs and cumulative genetic risks for severe outcomes in Chinese patients with H7N9/H1N1pdm09 influenza. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 216(1), pp. 97-104. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix235) (PMID:28510725) (PMCID:PMC7107409)
Chan, Martin C.W., Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Hung, Tin-Nok, Chan, Lok-Yi and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2017)
Complete genome sequence of an emergent recombinant GII. P16-GII. 2 norovirus strain associated with an epidemic spread in the winter of 2016-2017 in Hong Kong, China.
Genome Announcements, 5(20),
e00343-17.
(doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00343-17)
(PMID:28522708)
(PMCID:PMC5442379)
Chan, Martin C.W., Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Hung, Tin-Nok and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2017)
Molecular epidemiology and strain comparison between hepatitis E viruses in human sera and pig livers during 2014 to 2016 in Hong Kong.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55(5),
pp. 1408-1415.
(doi: 10.1128/JCM.02020-16)
(PMID:28202801)
(PMCID:PMC5405258)
Chan, Martin C.W., Lee, Nelson, Hung, Tin-Nok, Chan, Lok-Yi, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Wong, Rity Y.K. and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2017)
Recurrent infections of emergent norovirus GII. 17 in an elderly patient.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(5),
pp. 697-699.
(doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw822)
(PMID:27956459)
2016
Chan, Martin C.W., Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Hung, Tin-Nok and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2016)
Reduced diagnostic performance of two norovirus antigen enzyme immunoassays for the emergent genogroup II genotype 17 Kawasaki 2014 variant.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(6),
pp. 1650-1652.
(doi: 10.1128/JCM.00350-16)
(PMID:27030486)
(PMCID:PMC4879298)
2015
Chan, Martin CW.., Lee, Nelson, Hung, Tin-Nok, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Cheung, Kelton, Tin, Edith K.Y., Lai, Raymond W.M., Nelson, E. Anthony S., Leung, Ting F. and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2015)
Rapid emergence and predominance of a broadly recognizing and fast-evolving norovirus GII. 17 variant in late 2014.
Nature Communications, 6,
10061.
(doi: 10.1038/ncomms10061)
(PMID:26625712)
(PMCID:PMC4686777)
Chan, Martin C.W., Hung, Tin-Nok, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077 and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2015)
Complete genome sequence of a novel recombinant GII. Pe_GII. 17 norovirus strain from Hong Kong in 2015.
Genome Announcements, 3(6),
e01338-15.
(doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01338-15)
(PMID:26564051)
(PMCID:PMC4999946)
Articles
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
Jones, S. et al. (2023) SARS-CoV-2 in domestic UK cats from Alpha to Omicron: Swab surveillance and case reports. Viruses, 15(8), 1769. (doi: 10.3390/v15081769) (PMID:37632111) (PMCID:PMC10459977)
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, de Rooij, Myrna M. T., Messink, Aniek B., Wouters, Inge M., Smit, Lidwien A. M., Cotten, Matthew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-3351, Heederik, Dick J. J., Koopmans, Marion P. G. and Phan, My V. T.
(2022)
Establishing farm dust as a useful viral metagenomic surveillance matrix.
Scientific Reports, 12,
16308.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20701-x)
(PMID:36175536)
(PMCID:PMC9521564)
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, de Rooij, Myrna M. T., Sinartio, Felisita F., Smit, Lidwien A. M., Koopmans, Marion P. G. and Phan, My V. T.
(2021)
Genome sequence of a Minacovirus strain from a farmed mink in The Netherlands.
Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(8),
e01451-20.
(doi: 10.1128/MRA.01451-20)
(PMID:33632868)
(PMCID:PMC7909093)
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, de Rooij, Myrna M. T., Messink, Aniek B., Wouters, Inge M., Koopmans, Marion P. G. and Phan, My V. T.
(2020)
Genome sequences of seven Megrivirus strains from chickens in The Netherlands.
Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(47),
e01207-20.
(doi: 10.1128/MRA.01207-20)
(PMID:33214312)
(PMCID:PMC7679105)
Kwok, Kirsty T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Nieuwenhuijse, David F., Phan, My V. T. and Koopmans, Marion P. G.
(2020)
Virus metagenomics in farm animals: a systematic review.
Viruses, 12(1),
107.
(doi: 10.3390/v12010107)
(PMID:31963174)
(PMCID:PMC7019290)
Cheung, S. K.C. et al. (2019) Higher viral load of emerging norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 than pandemic GII.4 and epidemic GII.17, Hong Kong, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(1), pp. 119-122. (doi: 10.3201/eid2501.180395) (PMID:30561298) (PMCID:PMC6302574)
Chan, Martin Chi-Wai, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Zhang, Lin-Yao, Mohammad, Kirran N., Lee, Nelson, Lui, Grace C.Y., Nelson, E. Anthony S., Lai, Raymond W.M., Leung, Ting F. and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2018)
Bimodal seasonality and alternating predominance of norovirus GII.4 and Non-GII.4, Hong Kong, China, 2014–2017.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(4),
pp. 767-769.
(doi: 10.3201/eid2404.171791)
(PMID:29369754)
(PMCID:PMC5875276)
Kwok, K. et al. (2017) Increased detection of emergent recombinant norovirus GII.P16-GII.2 strains in young adults, Hong Kong, China, 2016–2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(11), pp. 1852-1855. (doi: 10.3201/eid2311.170561) (PMID:29048294) (PMCID:PMC5652449)
Chan, M. C.W. et al. (2017) Global spread of norovirus GII.17 Kawasaki 308, 2014–2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(8), pp. 1359-1354. (doi: 10.3201/eid2308.161138) (PMID:28726618) (PMCID:PMC5547775)
Lee, N. et al. (2017) IFITM3, TLR3, and CD55 gene SNPs and cumulative genetic risks for severe outcomes in Chinese patients with H7N9/H1N1pdm09 influenza. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 216(1), pp. 97-104. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix235) (PMID:28510725) (PMCID:PMC7107409)
Chan, Martin C.W., Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Hung, Tin-Nok, Chan, Lok-Yi and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2017)
Complete genome sequence of an emergent recombinant GII. P16-GII. 2 norovirus strain associated with an epidemic spread in the winter of 2016-2017 in Hong Kong, China.
Genome Announcements, 5(20),
e00343-17.
(doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00343-17)
(PMID:28522708)
(PMCID:PMC5442379)
Chan, Martin C.W., Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Hung, Tin-Nok and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2017)
Molecular epidemiology and strain comparison between hepatitis E viruses in human sera and pig livers during 2014 to 2016 in Hong Kong.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55(5),
pp. 1408-1415.
(doi: 10.1128/JCM.02020-16)
(PMID:28202801)
(PMCID:PMC5405258)
Chan, Martin C.W., Lee, Nelson, Hung, Tin-Nok, Chan, Lok-Yi, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Wong, Rity Y.K. and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2017)
Recurrent infections of emergent norovirus GII. 17 in an elderly patient.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(5),
pp. 697-699.
(doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw822)
(PMID:27956459)
Chan, Martin C.W., Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Hung, Tin-Nok and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2016)
Reduced diagnostic performance of two norovirus antigen enzyme immunoassays for the emergent genogroup II genotype 17 Kawasaki 2014 variant.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(6),
pp. 1650-1652.
(doi: 10.1128/JCM.00350-16)
(PMID:27030486)
(PMCID:PMC4879298)
Chan, Martin CW.., Lee, Nelson, Hung, Tin-Nok, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Cheung, Kelton, Tin, Edith K.Y., Lai, Raymond W.M., Nelson, E. Anthony S., Leung, Ting F. and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2015)
Rapid emergence and predominance of a broadly recognizing and fast-evolving norovirus GII. 17 variant in late 2014.
Nature Communications, 6,
10061.
(doi: 10.1038/ncomms10061)
(PMID:26625712)
(PMCID:PMC4686777)
Chan, Martin C.W., Hung, Tin-Nok, Kwok, Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077 and Chan, Paul K.S.
(2015)
Complete genome sequence of a novel recombinant GII. Pe_GII. 17 norovirus strain from Hong Kong in 2015.
Genome Announcements, 3(6),
e01338-15.
(doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01338-15)
(PMID:26564051)
(PMCID:PMC4999946)
Protocols
Tong, Lily, Smollett, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-7377, Kwok, Kirsty
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Nomikou, Kyriaki
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Galarion, Ma. Jowina, Mair, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-9080, Filipe, Ana and Nichols, Jenna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7170
(2023)
Discovery of RNA and DNA viruses using next-generation sequencing: Metagenomics V.1.
[Protocols]
Tong, Lily, Smollett, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-7377, Kwok, Kirsty
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Nomikou, Kyriaki
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Galarion, Ma. Jowina, Mair, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-9080, Filipe, Ana and Nichols, Jenna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7170
(2023)
Discovery of RNA and DNA viruses using next-generation sequencing: Targeted enrichment.
[Protocols]
Smollett, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-7377, Tong, Lily, Nomikou, Kyriaki
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Nichols, Jenna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7170, Kwok, Kirsty
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-1077, Galarion, Ma. Jowina, Mair, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-9080 and Filipe, Ana
(2022)
Library clean up and quality control for Illumina sequencing.
[Protocols]
Research datasets
2024
Furnon, W. , Cowton, V. M., De Lorenzo, G. , Orton, R. , Herder, V. , Cantoni, D. , Ilia, G., Correa Mendonca, D. , Kerr, K., Allan, J., Upfold, N. , Meehan, G. R. , Bakshi, S., Das, U. R., Molina Arias, S., McElwee, M., Little, S., Logan, N., Kwok, K. , Smollett, K. , Willett, B. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. L. , Grove, J. , Patel, A. H. and Palmarini, M. (2024) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. [Data Collection]