S. Tong

Publication List Details

Period

1998 - 2008

Number

68

Co-Authors

Time-series analysis of the risk factors for haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: comparison of statistical models (2007)

Hu, W, Mengersen, K, Bi, P, Tong, S

Three conventional regression models were compared using the time-series data of the occurrence of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and several key climatic and occupational variables...

El Nino-Southern oscillation and vector-borne diseases in Anhui, China (2005)

Bi, Peng, Parton, K. A., Tong, S.

This paper examines the relationship between monthly Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and monthly incidences of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and malaria in Anhui Province, China, over...

El Nino-Southern oscillation and vector-borne diseases in Anhui, China (2005)

Bi, Peng, Parton, K. A., Tong, S.

This paper examines the relationship between monthly Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and monthly incidences of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and malaria in Anhui Province, China, over...

Surrogate measures of exposure in questionnaire design (2004)

Bi, Peng, Tong, S.

Using surrogate measure of exposure is a very important alternative method in epidemiological study when direct measurement is not available. It will bring about rich information for questionnaire...

Surrogate measures of exposure in questionnaire design (2004)

Bi, Peng, Tong, S.

Using surrogate measure of exposure is a very important alternative method in epidemiological study when direct measurement is not available. It will bring about rich information for questionnaire...

Would general practitioners support a population-based colorectal cancer screening programme of faecal-occult blood testing? (2004)

Tong, S, Hughes, K, Oldenburg, B, Del Marz, C

Background: The success of a population-based screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is determined to a large extent by general practitioner (GP) attitudes, beliefs and support. The extent to which...

Climate variability and Ross River virus transmission. (2002)

S Tong, P Bi, K Donald, A J McMichael

The rationale is the same for each of the publications which form part of a sequence going back to 1999 concerning climate change impact on the epidemiology of vector born diseases such as Ross River...

Climate variability and Ross River virus transmission. (2002)

S Tong, P Bi, K Donald, A J McMichael

The rationale is the same for each of the publications which form part of a sequence going back to 1999 concerning climate change impact on the epidemiology of vector born diseases such as Ross River...

Climate variability and the Dengue outbreak in Townsville, Queensland, 1992-93 (2001)

Bi, Peng, Tong, S., Donald, K., Parton, K. A., Hobbs, J.

Although Australia is free of local dengue transmission, there have been several outbreaks of dengue in Queensland since 1981 because of importation of dengue cases. This study was conducted on...

Climate variability and the Dengue outbreak in Townsville, Queensland, 1992-93 (2001)

Bi, Peng, Tong, S., Donald, K., Parton, K. A., Hobbs, J.

Although Australia is free of local dengue transmission, there have been several outbreaks of dengue in Queensland since 1981 because of importation of dengue cases. This study was conducted on...

Nonadditive Information Theory for the Analysis of Brain Rhythms (1998)

Bezerianos, A., Tong, S., Zhu, Y., Thakor, N.

In this paper, we introduce Nonadditive Information Theory through the axiomatic formulation of Tsallis entropy. We show that systems with transitions from high dimensionality to few degrees of...

Monitoring Brain Injury With TSALLIS Entropy (1998)

Tong, S., Bezerianos, A., Zhu, Y., Geocadin, R., Hanley, D.

Nonextensive entropy measure, Tsallis Entropy (TE), was undertaken to monitor the brain injury after cardiac arrest. EEG of human and experimental injury model of rats are investigated. In both...

THE INTERACTION OF PHOTONS AND PHONONS WITH CRYSTAL SURFACES (1970)

Grimm, A., Maradudin, A., Tong, S.

In the first part of this paper the dielectric tensor εµν(ω) is determined for a thin slab of an ionic crystal of the rocksalt structure, bounded by a pair of parallel [001] surfaces....

THE INTERACTION OF PHOTONS AND PHONONS WITH CRYSTAL SURFACES (1970)

Grimm, A., Maradudin, A., Tong, S.

In the first part of this paper the dielectric tensor εµν(ω) is determined for a thin slab of an ionic crystal of the rocksalt structure, bounded by a pair of parallel [001] surfaces....

THE INTERACTION OF PHOTONS AND PHONONS WITH CRYSTAL SURFACES (1970)

Grimm, A., Maradudin, A., Tong, S.

In the first part of this paper the dielectric tensor εµν(ω) is determined for a thin slab of an ionic crystal of the rocksalt structure, bounded by a pair of parallel [001] surfaces....

The gntP gene of Escherichia coli involved in gluconate uptake.

Klemm, P, Tong, S, Nielsen, H, Conway, T

The gntP gene, located between the fim and uxu loci in Escherichia coli K-12, has been cloned and characterized. Nucleotide sequencing of a region encompassing the gntP gene revealed an open reading...

Cloning and molecular genetic characterization of the Escherichia coli gntR, gntK, and gntU genes of GntI, the main system for gluconate metabolism.

Tong, S, Porco, A, Isturiz, T, Conway, T

Three genes involved in gluconate metabolism, gntR, gntK, and gntU, which code for a regulatory protein, a gluconate kinase, and a gluconate transporter, respectively, were cloned from Escherichia...

Molecular genetic characterization of the Escherichia coli gntT gene of GntI, the main system for gluconate metabolism.

Porco, A, Peekhaus, N, Bausch, C, Tong, S, Isturiz, T, Conway, T

The Escherichia coli gntT gene was subcloned from the Kohara library, and its expression was characterized. The cloned gntT gene genetically complemented mutant E. coli strains with defects in...

The Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Escherichia coli is induced for oxidative glucose metabolism via pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent glucose dehydrogenase.

Fliege, R, Tong, S, Shibata, A, Nickerson, K W, Conway, T

The Entner-Doudoroff pathway was shown to be induced for oxidative glucose metabolism when Escherichia coli was provided with the periplasmic glucose dehydrogenase cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone...

Interaction between duck hepatitis B virus and a 170-kilodalton cellular protein is mediated through a neutralizing epitope of the pre-S region and occurs during viral infection.

Tong, S, Li, J, Wands, J R

Identification of cell surface viral binding proteins is important for understanding viral attachment and internalization. We have fused the pre-S domain of the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) large...

Molecular characterization of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Escherichia coli: sequence analysis and localization of promoters for the edd-eda operon.

Egan, S E, Fliege, R, Tong, S, Shibata, A, Wolf, R E, Conway, T

The nucleotide sequence of the entire Escherichia coli edd-eda region that encodes the enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway was determined. The edd structural gene begins 236 bases downstream of...

Climate variation and incidence of Ross river virus in Cairns, Australia: a time-series analysis.

Tong, S, Hu, W

In this study we assessed the impact of climate variability on the Ross River virus (RRv) transmission and validated an epidemic-forecasting model in Cairns, Australia. Data on the RRv cases recorded...

The gntP gene of Escherichia coli involved in gluconate uptake.

Klemm, P, Tong, S, Nielsen, H, Conway, T

The gntP gene, located between the fim and uxu loci in Escherichia coli K-12, has been cloned and characterized. Nucleotide sequencing of a region encompassing the gntP gene revealed an open reading...

Cloning and molecular genetic characterization of the Escherichia coli gntR, gntK, and gntU genes of GntI, the main system for gluconate metabolism.

Tong, S, Porco, A, Isturiz, T, Conway, T

Three genes involved in gluconate metabolism, gntR, gntK, and gntU, which code for a regulatory protein, a gluconate kinase, and a gluconate transporter, respectively, were cloned from Escherichia...

Molecular genetic characterization of the Escherichia coli gntT gene of GntI, the main system for gluconate metabolism.

Porco, A, Peekhaus, N, Bausch, C, Tong, S, Isturiz, T, Conway, T

The Escherichia coli gntT gene was subcloned from the Kohara library, and its expression was characterized. The cloned gntT gene genetically complemented mutant E. coli strains with defects in...

The Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Escherichia coli is induced for oxidative glucose metabolism via pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent glucose dehydrogenase.

Fliege, R, Tong, S, Shibata, A, Nickerson, K W, Conway, T

The Entner-Doudoroff pathway was shown to be induced for oxidative glucose metabolism when Escherichia coli was provided with the periplasmic glucose dehydrogenase cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone...

Interaction between duck hepatitis B virus and a 170-kilodalton cellular protein is mediated through a neutralizing epitope of the pre-S region and occurs during viral infection.

Tong, S, Li, J, Wands, J R

Identification of cell surface viral binding proteins is important for understanding viral attachment and internalization. We have fused the pre-S domain of the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) large...

Molecular characterization of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Escherichia coli: sequence analysis and localization of promoters for the edd-eda operon.

Egan, S E, Fliege, R, Tong, S, Shibata, A, Wolf, R E, Conway, T

The nucleotide sequence of the entire Escherichia coli edd-eda region that encodes the enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway was determined. The edd structural gene begins 236 bases downstream of...

Climate variation and incidence of Ross river virus in Cairns, Australia: a time-series analysis.

Tong, S, Hu, W

In this study we assessed the impact of climate variability on the Ross River virus (RRv) transmission and validated an epidemic-forecasting model in Cairns, Australia. Data on the RRv cases recorded...

Comparison of Abbott LCx Chlamydia trachomatis assay with Gen-Probe PACE2 and culture.

Young, D C, Craft, S, Day, M C, Davis, B, Hartwell, E, Tong, S

In this study the LCx assay (a nucleic acid amplification assay) for Chlamydia trachomatis in endocervical samples was compared with the Gen-Probe PACE2 assay (a nucleic acid probe assay) for...

Different responses of Ross River virus to climate variability between coastline and inland cities in Queensland, Australia

Tong, S, Hu, W

Aims: To examine the potential impact of climate variability on the transmission of Ross River virus (RRv) infection, and to assess the difference in the potential predictors of RRv incidence in...

Climate variability and Ross River virus transmission

Tong, S, Bi, P, Donald, K, McMichael, A

Objectives: (1) To examine the feasibility to link climate data with monthly incidence of Ross River virus (RRv). (2) To assess the impact of climate variability on the RRv transmission.

Lifetime exposure to environmental lead and children's intelligence at 11-13 years: the Port Pirie cohort study.

Tong, S., Baghurst, P., McMichael, A., Sawyer, M., Mudge, J.

OBJECTIVE--To examine the association between environmental exposure to lead and children's intelligence at age 11-13 years, and to assess the implications of exposure in the first seven years of...