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Kwan Kew Lai
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Medical School
Publications - 7
Citations - 839
Kwan Kew Lai is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Medical School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Outbreak. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 815 citations.
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Persistence of episomal HIV-1 infection intermediates in patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy.
Mark Sharkey,Ian Teo,Thomas C. Greenough,Natalia Sharova,Katherine Luzuriaga,John L. Sullivan,R. Pat Bucy,Leondios G. Kostrikis,Ashley T. Haase,Claire Veryard,Raul Davaro,Sarah H. Cheeseman,Jennifer S. Daly,Carol A. Bova,Richard T. Ellison,Brian J. Mady,Kwan Kew Lai,Graeme Moyle,Mark T. Nelson,Brian Gazzard,Sunil Shaunak,Mario Stevenson +21 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated here ongoing virus replication in a large percentage of infected individuals on highly active anti-retroviral therapy, despite sustained undetectable levels of plasma viral RNA, has important implications for the clinical management of HIV-1-infected individuals and for the development of virus eradication strategies.
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Use of silver-hydrogel urinary catheters on the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients
Kwan Kew Lai,Sally A. Fontecchio +1 more
TL;DR: The use of silver-hydrogel urinary catheters resulted in a nonsignificant reduction in catheter-associated UTIs and a modest cost-saving.
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Infections Associated with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Placed Transvenously and via Thoracotomies: Epidemiology, Infection Control, and Management
Kwan Kew Lai,Sally A. Fontecchio +1 more
TL;DR: The elimination of the two-stage procedure and the increased proportion of transvenously placed ICDs has contributed to the decrease in infection rate.
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Influenza in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during the 1997-1998 influenza season.
TL;DR: A cluster of cases of severe influenzal disease was recognized in HIV-infected individuals during the 1997-1998 influenza season.
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Long-Term Laboratory Contamination by Mycobacterium abscessus Resulting in Two Pseudo-Outbreaks: Recognition with Use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Polymerase Chain Reaction
Kwan Kew Lai,Barbara A. Brown,Judy A. Westerling,Sally A. Fontecchio,Yansheng Zhang,Richard J. Wallace +5 more
TL;DR: Molecular typing was the key to defining distilled water as the source of this pseudo-outbreak and the distilled water isolate had identical RAPD-PCR patterns consistent with a single strain or clone.