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Species | Shui Shan LeeSummaryAffiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Country: China Publications
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Virtual versus physical channel for sex networking in men having sex with men of sauna customers in the City of Hong KongShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
PLoS ONE 7:e31072. 2012..The aim of the study is to explore the impacts of partner sourcing through internet and related channels on exposure risk to sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV...- Social network methodology for studying HIV epidemiology in men having sex with menShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
J Infect Public Health 2:177-83. 2009..The overall practice of unprotected sex has, however, remained the same. The study demonstrated how the application of social network analysis could enrich the epidemiologic description of HIV infection in the population... - Use of the Internet for sex partnership in men who have sex with men before HIV infectionS S Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
Public Health 125:433-5. 2011..77, P < 0.01), better educated, more likely to have a regular sex partner, and have undergone regular HIV testing (Chi square = 5.57, P < 0.05). These characteristics could be used for planning public health interventions... - A humble service that has delivered public health goodS S Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Public Health 121:884-6. 2007 - The phenomenon of missing doses in a cohort of HIV patients with good adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapyS S Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Int J STD AIDS 18:167-70. 2007..019). There was no association between missing doses and clinical staging or the regimens. The study revealed that missing doses may occur despite report of almost complete adherence, which, in the long run, could be a cause for concern... - The spatial context of clinic-reported sexually transmitted infection in Hong KongShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
BMC Infect Dis 10:275. 2010..Spatial distribution is often a neglected aspect of STI research, the description of which may enhance epidemiologic surveillance and inform service development... - Reconstruction of epidemic curves for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 at city and sub-city levelsShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Virol J 7:321. 2010..Our study illustrated how an epidemic curve could be reconstructed using regularly collected surveillance data, which would be useful in informing intervention at local levels... - Assessing the spatial distribution of methadone clinic clients and their access to treatmentNgai sze Wong
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
Harm Reduct J 7:14. 2010..Though the distribution of methadone users could have been shaped by the location of clinic, it can also be concluded that methadone clinics at convenient locations are needed if maintenance is a key determinant of service effectiveness... - Multilevel analysis of HIV related risk behaviors among heroin users in a low prevalence communityHuizhen Li
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
BMC Public Health 9:137. 2009..This study explores the relative importance of individual and community level characteristics in the practice of HIV-related risk behaviors in IDU in Hong Kong where the HIV prevalence has remained low at below 1%... - The effects of widespread methadone treatment on the molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users in Hong KongDenise P C Chan
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
J Med Virol 83:1187-94. 2011..Overall, there was no suggestion of outbreaks of HCV. The extensive use of methadone may have protected Hong Kong from the emergence of HCV clusters among injection drug users... - High genetic diversity of HIV-1 viruses in Macao, ChinaYi Tan
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T Hong Kong, China
J Infect 61:164-72. 2010..To investigate the molecular epidemiology of recently diagnosed HIV-1 infection in Macao for better understanding the epidemiology in this Chinese city, in context of its relationship with other countries in Asia and the rest of the world... - Exploring determinants of acceptance of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination in nursesKin Wang To
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Am J Infect Control 38:623-30. 2010..Efforts are needed to address concerns about vaccination risk and to incorporate H1N1 vaccination in standard infection control practice with policy support... - Molecular epidemiology of HCV monoinfection and HIV/HCV coinfection in injection drug users in Liuzhou, Southern ChinaYi Tan
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
PLoS ONE 3:e3608. 2008..Access to harm reduction measures is opening up opportunities for improving the HIV/HCV profiling of IDU in China, where IDUs account for a significant proportion of the two infections especially in the southern part of the country... - Surveillance of febrile patients in a district and evaluation of their spatiotemporal associations: a pilot studyKin Wing Choi
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
BMC Public Health 10:84. 2010..By studying the spatiotemporal associations of febrile patients, it may allow early detection of case clustering that indicates imminent threat of infectious disease outbreaks in the community... - An exploratory study on the social and genotypic clustering of HIV infection in men having sex with menShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
AIDS 23:1755-64. 2009..To explore the clustering of HIV infected men having sex with men (MSM) using social network approach in conjunction with the phylogenetic relationship of the virus strains... - Development of an HIV clinical cohort database for enhancing epidemiologic surveillance in Hong KongShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, 2 F School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
Asia Pac J Public Health 23:408-18. 2011..There was a gradual rise of HIV positive men having sex with men in the cohort, notably after 2002, an observation also made in other Asian countries... - Impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome and the perceived avian influenza epidemic on the increased rate of influenza vaccination among nurses in Hong KongDennise K P Tam
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:256-61. 2008..To determine the rate of influenza vaccination and the factors associated with the vaccination's acceptance among nurses in Hong Kong... - An unusual cluster of HIV-1 B/F recombinants in an Asian populationRoss K K Leung
Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Int J Infect Dis 14:e294-8. 2010..In conclusion, human activity, including travel over long distances and injection drug usage have fueled the spread of HIV and have provided a platform for recombination, which may otherwise have taken years to happen... - Full genome analysis of an emerging cluster of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B infection in Hong KongStephen K W Tsui
Centre for Microbial Genomics and Proteomics, Hong Kong SAR
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 26:117-22. 2010..Several unique mutations on vif in these three isolates were also identified... - Alcohol use among entrants to a Hong Kong UniversitySian Griffiths
School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 5 F School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Alcohol Alcohol 41:560-5. 2006..This study of first year entrants to one of the major universities in Hong Kong describes the pattern of their alcohol consumption, their binge drinking, alcohol abuse, and dependence... - Public knowledge, attitudes and behavior on antibiotic use: a telephone survey in Hong KongJ H S You
Centre for Pharmacoeconomics Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, Hong Kong
Infection 36:153-7. 2008..This study aimed to examine public knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding antibiotic use in the community of Hong Kong... - Measuring the geographic coverage of methadone maintenance programme in Hong Kong by using geographic information system (GIS)Tak Ting P Pang
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Int J Health Geogr 7:5. 2008.... - The clustering and transmission dynamics of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 cases in Hong KongShui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
J Infect 63:274-80. 2011..Human influenza A (H1N1) 2009 has caused severe epidemics in many countries, but its dynamics in spatial and temporal contexts have so far been poorly appreciated... - High prevalence of HCV in a cohort of injectors on methadone substitution treatmentKrystal C K Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong
J Clin Virol 41:297-300. 2008..In Hong Kong, methadone treatment is widely accessible. Injecting drug users (IDU) have a relatively low risk behavioural profile and low HIV prevalence (0.3%). The corresponding Hepatitis C (HCV) level, however, is unclear... - Knowledge of avian influenza (H5N1) among poultry workers, Hong Kong, ChinaJean H Kim
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Emerg Infect Dis 17:2319-21. 2011..The main barriers to preventive practices were low perceived benefits and interference with work. Poultry workers require occupation-specific health promotion... - Pharmacokinetics of plasma efavirenz and CYP2B6 polymorphism in southern ChineseKin Wang To
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Ther Drug Monit 31:527-30. 2009..05). The EFV pharmacokinetics of TT genotype differed significantly from GG and GT genotypes. Accumulation of EFV may potentially occur over time, causing toxicity in TT and GT genotypes... - Impact of SARS on avian influenza preparedness in healthcare workersD K P Tam
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Infection 35:320-5. 2007..The similarity of SARS and avian influenza prompted us to examine the relationship between SARS experience and preparedness on a potential avian influenza outbreak... - Epidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis E infection and their determinants in adult Chinese community in Hong KongK H Wong
Special Preventive Programme, Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong
J Med Virol 72:538-44. 2004..001). The increasing proportion of susceptible population to enterically transmitted viral hepatitis has implications to future prevention and control programmes, including vaccination strategies... - Lack of ageing cohort effect among sexually acquired HIV infections in Hong KongK H Wong
Special Preventive Programme, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR
Int J STD AIDS 14:42-5. 2003..Albeit capturing largely prevalent infections, reported HIV/AIDS data could be tapped for understanding the evolving epidemic pattern to better evaluate and target current prevention programmes... - Clinical utility of genotyping resistance test on determining the mutation patterns in HIV-1 CRF01_AE and subtype B patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Hong KongW C Yam
Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
J Clin Virol 35:454-7. 2006..HIV-1 genotypic resistance test (GRT) has been widely used to monitor HIV infection but only few reports revealed the mutation patterns of non-B HIV-1 subtypes... - Universal decline in mortality in patients with advanced HIV-1 disease in various demographic subpopulations after the introduction of HAART in Hong Kong, from 1993 to 2002K C W Chan
Integrated Treatment Centre, Special Preventive Programme, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong
HIV Med 7:186-92. 2006..Notwithstanding confounding variables, one reason for the universal decline may be that there was no major disparity in access to HIV care across community groups... - Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms in Behçet's disease and rheumatic diseases with vasculitisJ U Kim
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan University, Kangnung, South Korea
Ann Rheum Dis 62:1083-7. 2003.... - The prevalence of atopy and atopic diseases in Behçet's diseaseH K Chang
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University, 16 5 Anseo dong, Cheonan, Chungcheong Nam Do, 330 715, South Korea
Clin Exp Rheumatol 21:S31-4. 2003.... - Exploring differences in response to treatment with peginterferon alpha 2a (40kD) and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C between genotypes 2 and 3J Powis
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Viral Hepat 15:52-7. 2008..027). There is significant interaction between cirrhosis and genotype 3 leading to a poor antiviral response in such patients requiring an alternate management strategy. This finding should be confirmed in a larger population... - Cell cycle aberrations by alpha-synuclein over-expression and cyclin B immunoreactivity in Lewy bodiesS S Lee
Genetic Pharmacology Unit, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1406, Bethesda, MD 20892-1406, USA
Neurobiol Aging 24:687-96. 2003..These changes in cell cycle proteins are also associated with ectopic expression of cyclin B in Lewy bodies... - Associations of lead biomarkers and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and vitamin D receptor genotypes with hematopoietic outcomes in Korean lead workersS S Lee
Institute of Industrial Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Chonan, Korea
Scand J Work Environ Health 27:402-11. 2001.... - Coronavirus infection in an AIDS patientAndrew T Y Wong
AIDS 18:829-30. 2004 - Current pattern and course of acute hepatitis B virus infection in Hong KongC F Ho
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 19:602-3. 2004 - The lack of epidemiological link between the HIV type 1 infections in Hong Kong and Mainland ChinaW L Lim
Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 20:259-62. 2004..The molecular findings did not suggest an epidemiological link between HIV infection in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Hong Kong's longstanding and extensive methadone treatment network may have contributed to the phenomenon... - Effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the RANTES promoter region in healthy and HIV-infected indigenous ChineseX Y Zhao
Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Eur J Immunogenet 31:179-83. 2004..Results suggest that -403G may be associated with increased susceptibility to HIV infection, while -28G may be associated with advanced disease progression. The impact of SNPs on HIV infection appears to be unique in Chinese... - Access to appropriate information on HIV is important in maximizing the acceptance of the antenatal HIV antibody testK Lee
Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong
AIDS Care 17:141-52. 2005..19-5.93). A high uptake rate (99.6%) reflects that most had the test done eventually despite some initial uncertainty. It is concluded that access to appropriate HIV information was important to maximize the acceptance of the programme... - Twenty years of clinical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Hong KongK H Wong
Integrated Treatment Centre, Special Preventive Programme, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Med J 12:133-40. 2006..Research on clinical HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong is not only beneficial to the planning of patient care, but also enables the formulation of treatment guidelines and provides a reference for other countries... - Family physicians' experiences, behaviour, and use of personal protection equipment during the SARS outbreak in Singapore: do they fit the Becker Health Belief Model?N C Tan
SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore
Asia Pac J Public Health 18:49-56. 2006..The vulnerability and severity of SARS to healthcare workers were verified by the hospital experience. Perceived effectiveness of PPE amongst the family physicians outweighed the barriers of shortage, cost and discomfort of the PPE... - Evaluation of an in-house genotyping resistance test for HIV-1 drug resistance interpretation and genotypingJ H K Chen
Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
J Clin Virol 39:125-31. 2007..However, it is not commonly used in some developing countries in Asia and Africa due to its high running cost... - Rapid spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a new hospital in the broad-spectrum antibiotic eraS S Lee
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 896 Pyeongchon dong, Dongan Gu, Anyang si, Gyeonggi do 431 070, South Korea
J Infect 55:358-62. 2007..However, there has been no report on this issue. We investigated how fast MRSA has spread and become endemic in a hospital opened in the broad-spectrum antibiotic era... - Histological benefits of virological response to peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy in patients with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis or compensated cirrhosisG T Everson
Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 27:542-51. 2008..Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus and advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis are at risk for disease progression and hepatic decompensation... - Universal antenatal human immunodeficiency virus testing in Hong Kong: consensus statementP L Ho
Consensus Meeting Group on Universal Antenatal HIV Testing, Center of Infection, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Med J 7:421-7. 2001..Data from local studies was also presented and discussed. The timing, potential problems, and cost issues involved in testing all pregnant women in Hong Kong for human immunodeficiency virus were then considered...