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A 10-year study reveals clinical and laboratory evidence for the 'semi-invasive' properties of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

A CHILD WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA COMPLICATED BY CALCANEAL OSTEOMYELITIS DUE TO MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS INFECTION AFTER INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY SUCCESSFULLY SALVAGED WITH BEDAQUILINE AND CLOFAZIMINE

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

A bipotential organoid model of respiratory epithelium recapitulates high infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

scientific article published on 01 January 2022

A broad-spectrum virus- and host-targeting peptide against respiratory viruses including influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

A case series of children with Coronavirus Disease 2019: what have we learned?

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

A double-blind randomized phase 2 controlled trial of intradermal hepatitis B vaccination with a topical Toll-like receptor 7 agonist imiquimod, in patients on dialysis

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster

scientific article published in February 2020

A functional variation in CD55 increases the severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus infection

scientific article

A novel Dirofilaria species causing human and canine infections in Hong Kong

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A novel psittacine adenovirus identified during an outbreak of avian chlamydiosis and human psittacosis: zoonosis associated with virus-bacterium coinfection in birds

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A rare cause of infective endocarditis; Lactococcus garvieae

scientific article published on 17 April 2006

A systematic approach to novel virus discovery in emerging infectious disease outbreaks.

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Absence of nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in the pre-pandemic phase in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

Accurate Diagnosis of COVID-19 by a Novel Immunogenic Secreted SARS-CoV-2 orf8 Protein

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Activation of C-Type Lectin Receptor and (RIG)-I-Like Receptors Contributes to Proinflammatory Response in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-Infected Macrophages

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Active replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and aberrant induction of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in human macrophages: implications for pathogenesis

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Impairs Dendritic Cell and T Cell Responses

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Additional molecular testing of saliva specimens improves the detection of respiratory viruses.

scientific article

Air and environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Air dispersal of respiratory viruses other than severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the implication on hospital infection control

scientific article published on 11 July 2022

An unprecedented outbreak investigation for nosocomial and community-acquired legionellosis in Hong Kong

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Analytical sensitivity of seven point-of-care influenza virus detection tests and two molecular tests for detection of avian origin H7N9 and swine origin H3N2 variant influenza A viruses

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Anti-ganglioside antibodies were not detected in human subjects infected with or vaccinated against 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus

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Antimicrobial stewardship program directed at broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics prescription in a tertiary hospital.

scientific article published in September 2009

Arcobacter peritonitis after fluoroscopic repositioning of a Tenckhoff catheter.

scientific article published in March 2013

Assessment of antigen and molecular tests with serial specimens from a patient with influenza A(H7N9) infection.

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

Assessment of population susceptibility to upcoming seasonal influenza epidemic strain using interepidemic emerging influenza virus strains

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Attenuated SARS-CoV-2 variants with deletions at the S1/S2 junction

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Attenuated replication and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 Omicron

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Avian influenza A H5N1 virus: a continuous threat to humans

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Avian influenza A H7N9 virus induces severe pneumonia in mice without prior adaptation and responds to a combination of zanamivir and COX-2 inhibitor

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Avian influenza virus A H7N9 infects multiple mononuclear cell types in peripheral blood and induces dysregulated cytokine responses and apoptosis in infected monocytes.

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Avian-origin influenza A(H7N9) infection in influenza A(H7N9)-affected areas of China: a serological study

scientific article published on 9 August 2013

Azithromycin treatment failure in macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.

scientific article published on October 2010

Broad-Spectrum Host-Based Antivirals Targeting the Interferon and Lipogenesis Pathways as Potential Treatment Options for the Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Broad-spectrum antivirals for the emerging Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

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COVID-19 re-infection by a phylogenetically distinct SARS-coronavirus-2 strain confirmed by whole genome sequencing

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

COVID-19 salivary signature: diagnostic and research opportunities

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Caecal-caecal intussusception caused by Trichuris trichiura in a young healthy adult

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Candida Tropicalis renal microabscesses in a child with leukemia confirmed using nucleic acid amplification and recovery after prolonged antifungal and corticosteroid treatment

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India.

scientific article published on August 2017

Capnocytophaga sputigena primary iliopsoas abscess

scientific article published on 15 July 2010

Cardiac Involvement related to COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination in Children and Adolescents – Hong Kong’s Perspective

Characterization of a Tsukamurella pseudo-outbreak by phenotypic tests, 16S rRNA sequencing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and metabolic footprinting

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Characterization of the antigenicity of Cpl1, a surface protein of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans.

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

Clinical Characteristics and Transmission of COVID-19 in Children and Youths During 3 Waves of Outbreaks in Hong Kong

Clinical and virological factors associated with viremia in pandemic influenza A/H1N1/2009 virus infection

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Clinical management and infection control of SARS: lessons learned

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Clinical outcome of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli bacteremia in an area with high endemicity.

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Clinical performance of the Luminex NxTAG CoV Extended Panel for SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal specimens of COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Clinical significance of Pneumocystis jiroveci in patients with active tuberculosis.

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Clinical, virological, and histopathological manifestations of fatal human infections by avian influenza A(H7N9) virus

scientific article

Clofazimine is a broad-spectrum coronavirus inhibitor that antagonizes SARS-CoV-2 replication in primary human cell culture and hamsters

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Clostridium difficile isolates with increased sporulation: emergence of PCR ribotype 002 in Hong Kong.

scientific article

Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 arrives in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Co-infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus enhances the severity of pneumonia in golden Syrian hamsters

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Co-stimulation With TLR7 Agonist Imiquimod and Inactivated Influenza Virus Particles Promotes Mouse B Cell Activation, Differentiation, and Accelerated Antigen Specific Antibody Production

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Rhinovirus and Influenza Virus Infection

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Comparative replication and immune activation profiles of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV in human lungs: an ex vivo study with implications for the pathogenesis of COVID-19

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Comparative tropism, replication kinetics, and cell damage profiling of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV with implications for clinical manifestations, transmissibility, and laboratory studies of COVID-19: an observational study

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Comparison of pyrosequencing, Sanger sequencing, and melting curve analysis for detection of low-frequency macrolide-resistant mycoplasma pneumoniae quasispecies in respiratory specimens

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Complementation of contact tracing by mass testing for successful containment of beta COVID-19 variant (SARS-CoV-2 VOC B.1.351) epidemic in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 01 October 2021

Complication of corticosteroid treatment by acute Plasmodium malariae infection confirmed by small-subunit rRNA sequencing.

scientific article published on 25 August 2010

Concurrent comparison of epidemiology, clinical presentation and outcome between adult patients suffering from the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus and the seasonal influenza A virus infection.

scientific article

Consistent detection of 2019 novel coronavirus in saliva ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Convalescent plasma treatment reduced mortality in patients with severe pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infection.

scientific article

Correlations of Myeloperoxidase (MPO), Adenosine deaminase (ADA), C–C motif chemokine 22 (CCL22), Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA expression in the nasopharyngeal specimens with the diagnosis and severity of SARS-Co

scientific article published in 2023

Corrigendum: Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Rhinovirus and Influenza Virus Infection

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Cross-linking peptide and repurposed drugs inhibit both entry pathways of SARS-CoV-2

scientific article

Cross-reactive antibodies in convalescent SARS patients' sera against the emerging novel human coronavirus EMC (2012) by both immunofluorescent and neutralizing antibody tests

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Cross-species transmission and emergence of novel viruses from birds

scientific article published on 31 January 2015

D225G mutation in hemagglutinin of pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009) virus enhances virulence in mice

scientific article

Decolonization of gastrointestinal carriage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: case series and review of literature

scientific article

Delayed clearance of viral load and marked cytokine activation in severe cases of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection.

scientific article

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in conjunctival secretions from patients without ocular symptoms

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Detection of community-associated MRSA as a result of the unmasking effect of antibiotic treatment

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Development and Evaluation of Novel Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays with Locked Nucleic Acid Probes Targeting Leader Sequences of Human-Pathogenic Coronaviruses

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Development and Evaluation of Novel and Highly Sensitive Single-Tube Nested Real-Time RT-PCR Assays for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for COVID-19 Positivity in a Hospital Setting

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Development and evaluation of a conventional RT-PCR for differentiating emerging influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses with hemagglutinin amino acid deletion from B/Yamagata lineage viruses

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Development of Conventional and Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assays for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Scabies.

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Development of a Novel, Genome Subtraction-Derived, SARS-CoV-2-Specific COVID-19-nsp2 Real-Time RT-PCR Assay and Its Evaluation Using Clinical Specimens

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Differences in antibody responses of individuals with natural infection and those vaccinated against pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza

scientific article

Differential cell line susceptibility to the emerging novel human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012: implications for disease pathogenesis and clinical manifestation

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Differentiated human airway organoids to assess infectivity of emerging influenza virus

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Disseminated penicilliosis, recurrent bacteremic nontyphoidal salmonellosis, and burkholderiosis associated with acquired immunodeficiency due to autoantibody against gamma interferon

scientific article

Dose sparing intradermal trivalent influenza (2010/2011) vaccination overcomes reduced immunogenicity of the 2009 H1N1 strain

scientific article published on 18 August 2012

Dual-functional peptide with defective interfering genes effectively protects mice against avian and seasonal influenza.

scientific article

Early-Morning vs Spot Posterior Oropharyngeal Saliva for Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Implication of Timing of Specimen Collection for Community-Wide Screening

scientific article published on 07 June 2020

Ebola virus disease: a highly fatal infectious disease reemerging in West Africa.

scientific article

Editorial: Respiratory Virus Infection: Recent Advances

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Effect of antibiotics on the bacterial load of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in anterior nares.

scientific article published on 16 July 2008

Effect of applying the new Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute ceftazidime and ceftriaxone susceptibility breakpoints for Escherichia coli in Hong Kong.

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

Effect of clinical and virological parameters on the level of neutralizing antibody against pandemic influenza A virus H1N1 2009.

scientific article

Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

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Efficacy of Clarithromycin-Naproxen-Oseltamivir Combination in the Treatment of Patients Hospitalized for Influenza A(H3N2) Infection: An Open-label Randomized, Controlled, Phase IIb/III Trial.

scientific article

Emergence in China of human disease due to avian influenza A(H10N8)--cause for concern?

scientific article published on 06 January 2014

Emergence of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Hong Kong Is Linked to Increasing Macrolide Resistance in Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Type 4-5-7-2.

scientific article

Emergence of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 virus variant with novel genomic architecture in Hong Kong

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Emerging Infections Due to Shewanella spp.: A Case Series of 128 Cases Over 10 Years

scientific article published in 2022

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants expand species tropism to murines

scientific article

Enterovirus D68 Infections Associated with Severe Respiratory Illness in Elderly Patients and Emergence of a Novel Clade in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Epidemiology and clinical features of Shewanella infection over an eight-year period.

scientific article published in October 2010

Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination

scientific article published in 2022

Epidemiology of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea detected by Simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts

scientific article

Evaluating the use of posterior oropharyngeal saliva in a point-of-care assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Evaluation of NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel and Comparison with xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel Fast v2 and Film Array Respiratory Panel for Detecting Respiratory Pathogens in Nasopharyngeal Aspirates and Swine/Avian-Origin Influenza A Subtypes in C

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Evaluation of simple nucleic acid extraction methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal and saliva specimens during global shortage of extraction kits

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Evaluation of the commercially available LightMix® Modular E-gene kit using clinical and proficiency testing specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Factors affecting stability and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

False-negative cerebrospinal fluid cryptococcal antigen test due to small-colony variants of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in a patient with cystopleural shunt.

scientific article published in January 2006

Fatal H7N9 pneumonia complicated by viral infection of a prosthetic cardiac valve - an autopsy study

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Fatal empyema thoracis caused by Schizophyllum commune with cross-reactive cryptococcal antigenemia

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Fatal interaction between clarithromycin and colchicine in patients with renal insufficiency: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 23 June 2005

First Report of Laribacter hongkongensis Peritonitis in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

scientific article published on January 2016

First Reported Case of an Adult with Dengue Fever and Asystole

First report of chronic implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri and a review of human K. schroeteri infections.

scientific article

First report of spontaneous intrapartum Atopobium vaginae bacteremia

scientific article

From SARS coronavirus to novel animal and human coronaviruses

scientific article published on August 2013

Functional variants regulating LGALS1 (Galectin 1) expression affect human susceptibility to influenza A(H7N9).

scientific article

Generation of DelNS1 Influenza Viruses: a Strategy for Optimizing Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

H7N9 influenza A virus activation of necroptosis in human monocytes links innate and adaptive immune responses

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

HLA-DP and γ-interferon receptor-2 gene variants and their association with viral hepatitis activity in chronic hepatitis B infection

scientific article published on March 2014

Hand infection due to Mycobacterium neoaurum

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Hemagglutinin of influenza A virus binds specifically to cell surface nucleolin and plays a role in virus internalization

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

High incidence of severe influenza among individuals over 50 years of age.

scientific article

High neutralizing antibody titer in intensive care unit patients with COVID-19

scientific article published on 03 July 2020

High prevalence of four novel astrovirus genotype species identified from rodents in China

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

High titer and avidity of nonneutralizing antibodies against influenza vaccine antigen are associated with severe influenza.

scientific article

Host and viral determinants for efficient SARS-CoV-2 infection of the human lung

Host genes and influenza pathogenesis in humans: an emerging paradigm.

scientific article

Human H7N9 virus induces a more pronounced pro-inflammatory cytokine but an attenuated interferon response in human bronchial epithelial cells when compared with an epidemiologically-linked chicken H7N9 virus.

scientific article

Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome

scientific article

Human intestinal tract serves as an alternative infection route for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

scientific article

Human metapneumovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult presenting as mononucleosis-like illness.

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Hyperimmune IV immunoglobulin treatment: a multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial for patients with severe 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection.

scientific article

Identification and characterization of GLDC as host susceptibility gene to severe influenza

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Identification of TMPRSS2 as a Susceptibility Gene for Severe 2009 Pandemic A(H1N1) Influenza and A(H7N9) Influenza.

scientific article

Identification of nsp1 gene as the target of SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT-PCR using nanopore whole genome sequencing

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Identification of specific metabolites in culture supernatant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using metabolomics: exploration of potential biomarkers.

scientific article

Immunogenicity of a Heterologous Prime-Boost COVID-19 Vaccination with mRNA and Inactivated Virus Vaccines Compared with Homologous Vaccination Strategy against SARS-CoV-2 Variants

scientific article published in 2022

Immunogenicity of intradermal trivalent influenza vaccine with topical imiquimod: a double blind randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

Immunoglobulin, glucocorticoid, or combination therapy for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a propensity-weighted cohort study

scientific article published in 2023

Impact of inter-genotypic recombination and probe cross-reactivity on the performance of the Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II assay for hepatitis C genotyping

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Improved Detection of Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 by Microsphere-Based Antibody Assay

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Improved molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 by the novel, highly sensitive and specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay validated in vitro and with clinical specimens

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Improving the specific diagnosis of trematode, cestode and nematode infections by a multiplex single-tube real-time PCR assay

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections

scientific article

Infection after fracture osteosynthesis - Part I.

scientific article published on January 2017

Infection after fracture osteosynthesis - Part II.

scientific article published on January 2017

Infection control preparedness for human infection with influenza A H7N9 in Hong Kong.

scientific article

Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Insights from a Prospective Follow-up of Thyroid Function and Autoimmunity among COVID-19 Survivors

scientific article

Integrated analysis of mRNA-seq and miRNA-seq for host susceptibilities to influenza A (H7N9) infection in inbred mouse lines.

scientific article

Internal transcribed spacer region sequence heterogeneity in Rhizopus microsporus: implications for molecular diagnosis in clinical microbiology laboratories.

scientific article published on 11 November 2009

Interspecies transmission and emergence of novel viruses: lessons from bats and birds

scientific article

Intrahost non-synonymous diversity at a neutralising antibody epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N-terminal domain

scientific article published on 31 October 2020

Intranasal administration of a single dose of a candidate live attenuated vaccine derived from an NSP16-deficient SARS-CoV-2 strain confers sterilizing immunity in animals

scientific article published on 29 March 2022

Intravenous Injection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA Vaccine Can Induce Acute Myopericarditis in Mouse Model ⬇️

journal article from 'Clinical Infectious Diseases' published in 2021

Is the discovery of the novel human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012 (HCoV-EMC) the beginning of another SARS-like pandemic?

scientific article

Leptin mediates the pathogenesis of severe 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infection associated with cytokine dysregulation in mice with diet-induced obesity

scientific article

Lessons learned 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 emergence leading to COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article

Lichtheimia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Lichtheimia spp. associated with rhinocerebral, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous mucormycosis.

scientific article

Lipid mediators of inflammation as novel plasma biomarkers to identify patients with bacteremia.

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

Lipid metabolites as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for acute community acquired pneumonia ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Loss of orf3b in the circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Low dose inocula of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant transmits more efficiently than earlier variants in hamsters

scientific article

Low dose inocula of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant initiate more robust infections in the upper respiratory tract of hamsters than earlier D614G variants

scientific article

Low population serum microneutralization antibody titer against the predominating influenza A(H3N2) N121K virus during the severe influenza summer peak of Hong Kong in 2017.

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

MERS coronavirus induces apoptosis in kidney and lung by upregulating Smad7 and FGF2.

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Mapping the Immunodominance Landscape of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for the Design of Vaccines against COVID-19

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Metabolomic Profiling of Plasma from Melioidosis Patients Using UHPLC-QTOF MS Reveals Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis.

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Metabolomic Profiling of Plasma from Patients with Tuberculosis by Use of Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Reveals Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis

scientific article

Metabolomics Analysis Reveals Specific Novel Tetrapeptide and Potential Anti-Inflammatory Metabolites in Pathogenic Aspergillus species

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Efficiently Infects Human Primary T Lymphocytes and Activates the Extrinsic and Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathways

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: another zoonotic betacoronavirus causing SARS-like disease

scientific article

Minimal intervention for controlling nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in resource limited setting with high endemicity

scientific article

Mining of epitopes on spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 patients

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Mining of linear B cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 protein from COVID-19 patients

scientific article

Molecular characterization of a catalase-negative Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus Strain collected from a patient with mitral valve endocarditis and pericarditis revealed a novel nonsense mutation in the katA gene.

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

Molecular epidemiology of coxsackievirus A6 circulating in Hong Kong reveals common neurological manifestations and emergence of novel recombinant groups

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Mycobacterium abscessus bacteremia after receipt of intravenous infusate of cytokine-induced killer cell therapy for body beautification and health boosting.

scientific article published on 3 July 2013

Mycophenolic acid, an immunomodulator, has potent and broad-spectrum in vitro antiviral activity against pandemic, seasonal and avian influenza viruses affecting humans

scientific article

NMR-based metabolomic urinalysis: a rapid screening test for urinary tract infection

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Nanopore sequencing reveals novel targets for the diagnosis and surveillance of human and avian influenza A virus

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Natural transmission of bat-like SARS-CoV-2PRRA variants in COVID-19 patients

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

Neuraminidase Inhibitors and Hospital Length of Stay: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data to Determine Treatment Effectiveness Among Patients Hospitalized With Nonfatal 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection

scientific article published in January 2020

Neutralization of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Variant by Sera From BNT162b2 or CoronaVac Vaccine Recipients

scientific article

Olfactory Dysfunction in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: Observational Cohort Study and Systematic Review

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Ongoing transmission of avian influenza A viruses in Hong Kong despite very comprehensive poultry control measures: A prospective seroepidemiology study

scientific article

Oral SARS-CoV-2 inoculation establishes subclinical respiratory infection with virus shedding in golden Syrian hamsters

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Outbreak of intestinal infection due to Rhizopus microsporus.

scientific article published on 29 July 2009

Pathogenesis of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection and the implication on management

scientific article published on 28 April 2010

Pathogenicity, immunogenicity, and protective ability of an attenuated SARS-CoV-2 variant with a deletion at the S1/S2 junction of the spike protein

Pathogenicity, transmissibility, and fitness of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in Syrian hamsters

scientific article published on 22 July 2022

Performance of at-home self-collected saliva and nasal-oropharyngeal swabs in the surveillance of COVID-19

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Phaeoacremonium parasiticum invasive infections and airway colonization characterized by agar block smear and ITS and β-tubulin gene sequencing.

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Phylogenomic analysis of COVID-19 summer and winter outbreaks in Hong Kong: An observational study

Pneumococcal native aortic valve endocarditis with mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm, paraspinal and iliopsoas abscesses and pneumonia revealing a multiple myeloma

scientific article published on 3 March 2011

Positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of disseminated pyomyositis due to PVL-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Predisposing Factors, Microbial Characteristics, and Clinical Outcome of Microbial Keratitis in a Tertiary Centre in Hong Kong: A 10-Year Experience ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Predominance of pHK01-like incompatibility group FII plasmids encoding CTX-M-14 among extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Hong Kong, 1996-2008.

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Prevention of nosocomial transmission of norovirus by strategic infection control measures

scientific article published in March 2011

Prevention of nosocomial transmission of swine-origin pandemic influenza virus A/H1N1 by infection control bundle.

scientific article

Prioritizing genes responsible for host resistance to influenza using network approaches

scientific article

Proactive infection control measures to prevent nosocomial transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a non-endemic area

scientific article published on December 2013

Productive replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in monocyte-derived dendritic cells modulates innate immune response.

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Prostaglandin E2-mediated impairment of innate immune response to A(H1N1)pdm09 infection in diet-induced obese mice could be restored by paracetamol

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications of human rhinovirus infection in critically ill patients.

scientific article

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of antibody response after dose sparing intradermal 2009 H1N1 vaccination

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Quantitative metabolomics of urine for rapid etiological diagnosis of urinary tract infection: evaluation of a microbial-mammalian co-metabolite as a diagnostic biomarker.

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Quasispecies of the D225G substitution in the hemagglutinin of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus from patients with severe disease in Hong Kong, China

scientific article

Recombinant influenza A virus hemagglutinin HA2 subunit protects mice against influenza A(H7N9) virus infection.

scientific article published on 24 January 2015

Repurposing of Miltefosine as an Adjuvant for Influenza Vaccine

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Rhinovirus - From bench to bedside

scientific article

Rhinovirus respiratory tract infection in hospitalized adult patients is associated with TH2 response irrespective of asthma

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Robust SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal turbinates after treatment with systemic neutralizing antibodies

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shows less efficient replication and fusion activity when compared with delta variant in TMPRSS2-expressed cells

article by Hanjun Zhao et al published 24 December 2021 in Emerging microbes & infections

SARS-CoV-2 exploits host DGAT and ADRP for efficient replication

scientific article

SARS-CoV-2 induces a more robust innate immune response and replicates less efficiently than SARS-CoV in the human intestines: an ex vivo study with implications on pathogenesis of COVID-19

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

SARS-CoV-2 nsp13, nsp14, nsp15 and orf6 function as potent interferon antagonists

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

SARS-CoV-2 shedding and seroconversion among passengers quarantined after disembarking a cruise ship: a case series

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

SARS-CoV-2 spike D614G variant exhibits highly efficient replication and transmission in hamsters

scientific article

SARS-CoV-2: What Can Saliva Tell Us?

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

SMRT sequencing revealed the diversity and characteristics of defective interfering RNAs in influenza A (H7N9) virus infection.

scientific article published in January 2019

SREBP-dependent lipidomic reprogramming as a broad-spectrum antiviral target

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Saliva viral load better correlates with clinical and immunological profiles in children with coronavirus disease 2019

Sequential introduction of single room isolation and hand hygiene campaign in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care unit

scientific article

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong and in residents evacuated from Hubei province, China: a multicohort study

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Serum antibody profile of a patient with COVID-19 reinfection

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection by Intranasal or Intratesticular Route Induces Testicular Damage

scientific article published in 2022

Severe macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia associated with macrolide failure.

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Simulation of the clinical and pathological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in golden Syrian hamster model: implications for disease pathogenesis and transmissibility

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

Soluble ACE2-mediated cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 via interaction with proteins related to the renin-angiotensin system

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Sporopachydermia cereana fungaemia in refractory leukaemia presenting as breakthrough infection during micafungin therapy.

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