The University of Hong Kong

Versitech, Inc.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Chiu Yat Patrick Woo

Kar Pui Susanna Lau

Kwok Yung Yuen

Kwok Hung Chan

Lit Man Poon

Yi Guan

Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris

Chenyang Zhao

Wang Ngai Chow

Siu Ming Yiu

Dirk Schnieders

Chi Ching Tsang

A system includes a memory and a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in the memory that when executed cause the system to perform operations. The computer instructions include a learning component that includes one or more trained models to learn pathogenic features of a given fungal species based on learning from a plurality of stored fungal species images. A fungal identifier component employs the trained models to determine pathogenic parameters of an unidentified fungal species image based on the learned pathogenic features. The fungal identifier component generates an output file that classifies the unidentified fungal species image according to the determined pathogenic parameters from the unidentified fungal species image.

Fungal identification by pattern recognition

The present invention provides the complete genomic sequence of a novel human coronavirus, coined as coronavirus-HKU1 ('CoV-HKU1'), isolated in Hong Kong from a patient who had a recent history of visit to Schenzhen, China. The virus belongs to the order Nidovirales of the family Coronavirdae, being a single-stranded RNA virus of positive polarity. The invention also provides the deduced amino acid sequences of the complete genome of the CoV-HKU1. The nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid sequences of the CoV-HKU1 are useful in preventing, diagnosing and/or treating the infection by CoV-HKU1. Furthermore, the invention provides immunogenic and vaccine preparations using recombinant and chimeric forms as well as subunits of the CoV-HKU1 based on the nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid sequences of the CoV-HKU1.

Human virus causing respiratory tract infection and uses thereof

The present invention provides the complete genomic sequence of a novel human coronavirus, coined as coronavirus-HKU1 ('CoV-HKU1'), isolated in Hong Kong from a patient who had a recent history of visit to Schenzhen, China. The virus belongs to the order Nidovirales of the family Coronaviridae, being a single-stranded RNA virus of positive polarity. The invention also provides the deduced amino acid sequences of the complete genome of the CoV-HKU1. The nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid sequences of the CoV-HKU1 are useful in preventing, diagnosing and/or treating the infection by CoV-HKU1. Furthermore, the invention provides immunogenic and vaccine preparations using recombinant and chimeric forms as well as subunits of the CoV-HKU1 based on the nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid sequences of the CoV-HKU1.

The present invention provides the complete genomic sequence of a novel human coronavirus, coined as human coronavirus-HKU1 ('CoV-HKU1'), isolated in Hong Kong. The virus belongs to the order Nidovirales of the family Coronaviridae, being a single-stranded RNA virus of positive polarity. Further study on nasopharyngeal aspirates from patients with community-acquired pneumonia has revealed that there are two genotypes, genotype A and genotype B, for this virus. In addition to the genomic sequences of these two genotypes, the invention provides the deduced amino acid sequences of the complete genome of the CoV-HKU1. The nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid sequences of the CoV-HKU1 are useful in preventing, diagnosing and/or treating the infection by CoV-HKU1. Furthermore, the invention provides immunogenic and vaccine preparations using recombinant and chimeric forms as well as subunits of the CoV-HKU1 based on the nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid sequences of the CoV-HKU1.

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Chiu Yat Patrick Woo