Selected Publications
1. Kennedy RE., Kerns R T., Kong X, Archer K J., and Miles M F. “SScore: an R package for detecting differential gene expression without gene expression summaries”. Bioinformatics, 2006, 22: P1272-1274.
2. Kong X, Mas VR and Archer KJ. “A non-parametric meta-analysis approach for combining independent microarray datasets: application using two microarray datasets pertaining to chronic allograft nephropathy”. BMC Genomics 2008, 9:98.
3. Mas VR, Maluf DG, Archer KJ, Yanek K, Kong X, Kulik LM, Freise CE, Olthoff KM, Ghobrial RM, McIver P, Fisher RA. “Genes Involved in viral carcinogenesis and tumor initiation in HCV-induced HCC". Molecular Medicine, 2008 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print].
4. Riddle DL, Kong X, Jiranek WA. "Two-year incidence and predictors of future knee arthroplasty in persons with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: Preliminary analysis of longitudinal data from the osteoarthritis initiative." The Knee, 2009 May 4. [Epub ahead of print].
5. Riddle DL, Wade JB, Jiranek WA, Kong X. "Preoperative Pain Catastrophizing Predicts Pain Outcome after Knee Arthroplasty." Clinical Orthopedic Related Research. 2009 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print]
6. Riddle DL, Utzman RR, Jewell DV, Pearson S, Kong X, "Academic Difficulty and Program-Level Variables Predict Performance on the National Physical Therapy Examination for Licensure: A Population-Based Cohort Study". Physical Therapy. 2009 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print]
7. Gray RH, Serwadda D, Tobian AA, Chen MZ, Makumbi F, Suntoke T, Kigozi G, Nalugoda F, Iga B, Quinn TC, Moulton LH, Laeyendecker O, Reynolds SJ, Kong X, Wawer MJ, " Effects of genital ulcer disease and herpes simplex virus type 2 on the efficacy of male circumcision for HIV prevention: Analyses from the Rakai trials". PLoS Med. Epub 2009 Nov.
8. Serwadda D, Wawer M, Makumbi F, Kong X, Kigozi G, Gravitt PE., Watya S, Nalugoda F, Ssempijja V, Tobian A, Kiwanuka N, Moulton LH, Sewankambo NK., Reynolds SJ, Quinn TC; Iga B, Laeyendecker O, and Gray R H. "Circumcision of HIV-infected men: Effects on High Risk Human Papillomavirus Infections in a Randomized Trial in Rakai, Uganda". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2010 May 15;201(10):1463-9.
9. Gray RH, Serwadda D, Kong X, Makumbi F, Kigozi G, Gravitt PE., Watya S , Nalugoda F, Ssempijja V, Tobian AR., Kiwanuka N, Moulton LH., Sewankambo NK., Reynolds S J, Quinn TC; Iga B, Laeyendecker O, and Wawer MJ. "Male circumcision decreases acquisition and increases clearance of high risk human papillomavirus in HIV-negative men: a randomized trial in Rakai, Uganda" Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2010 May 15;201(10):1455-62.
10. Redd AR., Eaton K, Kong X, Laeyendecker O, Lutalo T, Wawer MJ., Gray RH., Serwadda D., and Quinn TC. "C-reactive protein levels increase during HIV-1 disease progression in Rakai, Uganda despite the absence of microbial translocation" J Acquired Immune Deficient Syndrome. 2010 May Aug 15;54(5):556-9.
11. Conroy SA, Laeyendecker O, Redd AR, Collinson-Streng AN, Kong X, Makumbi F, Lutalo T, Sewankambo N, Kiwanuka N, Gray RH, Wawer MJ, Serwadda D, and Quinn TC. "Changes in the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes D and A in Rakai District, Uganda between 1994 and 2002" AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2010 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print].
12. Kong X, Archer KJ, Moulton LH, Gray RH, and Wang M-C, " Parametric Frailty Models for Clustered Data with Arbitrary Censoring: Application to Effect of Male Circumcision on HPV Clearance". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2010 May 6;10(1):40.
13. Johnson KE, Redd AD, Quinn TC, Collinson-Streng AN, Cornish T, Kong X, Sharma R, Tobian AA, Tsai B, Sherman ME, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, Wawer MJ, and Gray RH, " Effects of HIV-1 and HSV-2 infection on lymphocyte and dendritic cell density in adult foreskins from Rakai, Uganda". Journal of Infectious Diseases. In press.
14. Kong X, Gray RH, Moulton LH, Wawer M, and Wang M-C, "A modeling framework for the analysis of HPV incidence and persistence: a semi-parametric approach for clustered binary longitudinal data analysis". Statistics in Medicine. 2010 Sep 13. [Epub ahead of print].
15. Wawer MJ, Tobian AR, Kigozi G, Kong X, Gravitt PE, Serwadda D, Nalugoda F, Makumbi F, Ssempiija V, Sewankambo N, Watya S, Eaton KP, Oliver AE, Chen MZ, Reynolds S, Quinn TC, and Gray RH. "Male Circumcision Reduces Human Papillomavirus Transmission to HIV-Negative Female Partners: A Randomized Trial in Rakai, Uganda". The Lancet. 2011 Jan 15;377(9761):209-18. Epub 2011 Jan 6.
16.Tobian AR, Kong X, Gravitt PE, Eaton KP, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, Oliver AE, Nalugoda F, Makumbi F, Chen M, Wawer MJ, Quinn TC, and Gray RH, "Male Circumcision and Anatomic Sites of Penile Human Papillomavirus in Rakai, Uganda". International Journal of Cancer. Accepted.
