Publications
1. Lee RSH#, Cheng SMS, Zhao J, Tsoi AYS, Lau KKM, Chan CHC, Li JKC, Hui DSC, Peiris M*, Yen HL*. Cross-Reactive Antibody Responses to Coronaviruses Elicited by SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Vaccination. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024;18(5):e13309. Cross‐Reactive Antibody Responses to Coronaviruses Elicited by SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection or Vaccination - Lee - 2024 - Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses - Wiley Online Library
2. Yen HL#, Sit THC#, Brackman CJ, Chuk SSY, Gu H, Tam KWS, Law PYT, Leung GM, Peiris M, Poon LLM*; HKU-SPH study team. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant (AY.127) from pet hamsters to humans, leading to onward human-to-human transmission: a case study. Lancet. 2022;12;399(10329): 1070-1078. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant (AY.127) from pet hamsters to humans, leading to onward human-to-human transmission: a case study - The Lancet
3. Perera RAPM#, Ko R, Tsang OTY, Hui DSC, Kwan MYM, Brackman CJ, To EMW, Yen HL, Leung K, Cheng SMS, Chan KH, Chan KCK, Li KC, Saif L, Barrs VR, Wu JT, Sit THC, Poon LLM, Peiris M*. Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test for Detection of Antibody in Human, Canine, Cat, and Hamster Sera. J Clin Microbiol. 2021;59(2):e02504-20. Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test for Detection of Antibody in Human, Canine, Cat, and Hamster Sera | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
4. Cheng KL#, Wu J#, Shen WL, Wong AYL, Guo Q, Yu J, Zhuang X, Su W, Song T, Peiris M, Yen HL*, Lau EHY*. Avian Influenza Virus Detection Rates in Poultry and Environment at Live Poultry Markets, Guangdong, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(3):591-595. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/3/19-1391_article
5. Wei J#, Zhou J, Liu Y, Wu J, Jin T, Li Y*, Yen HL*. A novel partial lid for mechanical defeatherers reduced aerosol dispersion during processing of avian influenza virus infected poultry. PLoS One. 2019;14(5):e0216478. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216478
6. Su W#, Kinoshita R, Gray J, Ji Y, Yu D, Peiris JSM, Yen HL*. Seroprevalence of dogs in Hong Kong to human and canine influenza viruses. Vet Rec Open. 2019;6(1):e000327. Seroprevalence of dogs in Hong Kong to human and canine influenza viruses - PubMed
7. Wu J#, Ke C#, Lau EHY, Song Y, Cheng KL, Zou L, Kang M, Song T*, Peiris M, Yen HL*. Influenza H5/H7 Virus Vaccination in Poultry and Reduction of Zoonotic Infections, Guangdong Province, China, 2017-18. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(1). https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-1259_article
8. Wei J#, Zhou J#, Cheng KL, Wu J, Zhong Z, Song Y, Ke C, Yen HL*, Li Y*. Assessing the risk of downwind spread of avian influenza virus via airborne particles from an urban wholesale poultry market. Build Environ. 2018; 127:120-126. Risk Assessment for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6/H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4 Viruses - Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
9. Zhou J#, Wu J#, Zeng X#, Huang G, Zou L, Song Y, Gopinath G, Zhang X, Kang M, Lin J, Cowling BJ, Lindsley WG, Ke C, Peiris JSM, Yen HL. Isolation of H5N6, H7N9, and H9N2 avian influenza viruses from air sampled at live poultry markets in China, 2014-2015. Eurosurveillance. 2016;21(35). Eurosurveillance | Isolation of H5N6, H7N9 and H9N2 avian influenza A viruses from air sampled at live poultry markets in China, 2014 and 2015
10. Wu J#, Lau EH#, Xing Q, Zou L, Zhang H, Yen HL, Song Y, Zhong H, Lin J, Kang M, Cowling BJ, Huang G, Ke C*. Seasonality of avian influenza A(H7N9) activity and risk of human A(H7N9) infections from live poultry markets. J Infect. 2015;71(6):690-3. Seasonality of avian influenza A(H7N9) activity and risk of human A(H7N9) infections from live poultry markets - Journal of Infection
11.Philippon DAM, Wu P, Cowling BJ, Lau EHY. Avian influenza human infections at the human-animal interface. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020;222(4):528-537.
12. Wang W, Artois J, Wang X, Kucharski AJ, Pei Y, Tong X, Virlogeux V, Wu P, Cowling BJ, Gilbert M, Yu H. Effectiveness of live poultry market interventions on human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020;26(5):891-901
13. Wang X, Wu P, Pei Y, Tsang TK, Gu D, Wang W, Zhang J, Horby PW, Uyeki TM, Cowling BJ, Yu H. Assessment of human-to-human transmissibility of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus across 5 waves by analyzing clusters of case patients in mainland China, 2013–2017. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019; 68(4):623-631.
14. Liao Q, Wu P, Wing Tak Lam W, Cowling BJ, Fielding R. Trajectories of public psycho-behavioural responses relating to influenza A(H7N9) over the winter of 2014-15 in Hong Kong. Psychology and Health 2019;34:162-180.
15. Virlogeux V, Feng L, Tsang TK, Jiang H, Fang VJ, Qin Y, Wu P, Wang X, Zheng J, Lau EHY, Peng Z, Yang J, Cowling BJ, Yu H. Evaluation of animaltohuman and humantohuman transmission of influenza A (H7N9) virus in China, 2013–15. Scientific Reports 2018;8:522
16. Wang X, Jiang H, Wu P†, Uyeki TM, Feng L, Lai S, Wang L, Hu X, Xu K, Chen E, Wang X, He J, Kang M, Zhang R, Zhang J, Wu J, Hu S, Zhang H, Liu X, Fu W, Ou J, Wu S, Qin Y, Zhang Z, Shi Y, Zhang J, Artois J, Fang VJ, Zhu H, Guan Y, Gilbert M, Horby PW, Leung GM, Gao GF, Cowling BJ, Yu H. Epidemiology of avian influenza A H7N9 virus in human beings across five epidemics in mainland China, 2013–17: an epidemiological study of laboratory-confirmed case series. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2017;17(8):822–832.
17. Jiang H, Wu P†, Uyeki TM, He J, Deng Z, Xu W, Lv Q, Zhang J, Wu Y, Tsang TK, Kang M, Zheng J, Yang B, Qin Y, Feng L, Fang VJ, Gao GF, Leng GM, Yu H, Cowling BJ. Preliminary epidemiologic assessment of human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, China. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017;65(3):383-388.
18. Wu P, Peng Z, Fang VJ, Feng L, Tsang TK, Jiang H, Lau EHY, Yang J, Zheng J, Qin Y, Li Z, Leung GM, Hongjie Yu, Cowling BJ. Human infections with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013-2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016;22(6):964-972.
19. Liao Q, Wu P*, Lam WW, Fang VJ, Wu JT, Leung GM, Fielding R, Cowling BJ. Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January-February 2014. Journal of Public Health 2016;38(1)34-43. https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/38/1/34/2363647
20. Lai S, Qin Y, Cowling BJ, Ren X, Wardrop NA, Gilbert M, Tsang TK, Wu P, Feng L, Jiang H, Peng Z, Zheng J, Liao Q, Li S, Horby PW, Farrar JJ, Gao GF, Tatem AJ, Yu H. Global epidemiology of avian influenza A H5N1 virus infection in humans, 1997–2015: a systematic review of individual case data. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2016;16(7):e108-118.
1. Ma ES-K, Wong S-C, Cheng VC-C, Chen H, Wu P. Impact of COVID-19 on assessing global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet 2025 (in press)
2. Ma ES-K, Wong S-C, Cheng VC-C, Chen H, Wu P. Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic in combating antimicrobial resistance — experience of Hong Kong, China. Microorganisms 2024; 12(12):2635. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/12/2635
3. Chui SLC, Lai SW, Pang CC, Tsui CK, Tun HM, Chan SKO, Wu P*. Knowledge, perception, and behaviours related to antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in community-dwelling individuals in Hong Kong. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2025;31(3):102583. Knowledge, perception, and behaviours related to antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in community-dwelling individuals in Hong Kong - PubMed
4. Chan OSK, Lam W, Zhao S, Tun H, Liu P, Wu P. Why prescribe antibiotics? A systematic review of knowledge, tension, and motivation among clinicians in low-, middle- and high-income countries. Social Science and Medicine 2024;345:116600. Why prescribe antibiotics? A systematic review of knowledge, tension, and motivation among clinicians in low-, middle- and high-income countries - PubMed
5. Chan OSK, Wu P, Cowling BJ, Lee E, Yeung M, St-Hilaire S, Tun HM, Wernli D, Lam WWT, Prescribing antibiotics prudently - A survey of policy implementation drivers among physicians and veterinarians. One Health 2024;18:100752. Prescribing antibiotics prudently-A survey of policy implementation drivers among physicians and veterinarians - PubMed
6. Blais EJ, Wu P. The impact of age, disease severity, and vaccination status on antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 2023;12:1-2. Full article: The impact of age, disease severity, and vaccination status on antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
7. Blais EJ, Zhang W, Lin Y, Chui CSL, Cheng VCC, Cowling BJ, Wu P*. Antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a population-based study in Hong Kong. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 2023;3(1):e205. Antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a population-based study in Hong Kong | Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambridge Core
8. Ariyawansa S, Gunawardana KN, Hapudeniya MM, Manelgamage NJ, Karunarathne CR, Madalagama RP, Ubeyratne KH, Wickramasinghe D, Tun HM, Wu P, Lam TTY, Chan OSK. One Health Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance: Challenges and Successes of Implementing Surveillance Programs in Sri Lanka. Antibiotics (Basel). 2023;12(3):446. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/3/446
9. Fan M, Wong S-C, Yu Q, Li PH, Wu P, Chan EWY, Wong ICK, Run HM, Cowling BJ, Cheng VCC, Chui CSL. Epidemiology and risk factors for Carbapenemase-producing producing enterobacteriaceae carriage in the hospital: a population-based nested case-control study. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2023;33:242-248. Epidemiology and risk factors for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae carriage in the hospital: A population-based nested case-control study - PubMed
10. Chan OSK, Baranger-Ete M, Lam WWT, Wu P, Yeung M, Lee E, Bond H, Swan O, Tun HM. A Retrospective study of antimicrobial resistant bacteria associated with feline and canine urinary tract infection in Hong Kong SAR, China-a case study on implication of first-line antibiotics use. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022;11(9):1140. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/9/1140
11. Chan OSK, Tun HM, Uchea C, Wu P, Fukuda K. What and where should the next antimicrobial resistance policies focus on? Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2022;31:149-151. What and where should the next antimicrobial resistance policies focus on? - PubMed
12. Chan C-L, Wai H K-F, Wu P, Lai SW, Chan OSK, Tun HM. A universal LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous detection of antibiotic residues in animal and environmental samples. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022;11(7):845. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/7/845
13. Chan YQ, Chen K, Chua GT, Wu P, Tung KTS, Tsang HW, Lung D, Ip P, Chui CSL. Risk factors for carriage of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in community dwelling-children in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAC Antimicrobial Resistance. 2022;4(2):dlac036. https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/article/4/2/dlac036/6563927
14. Chui CSL, Cowling BJ, Lim WW, Hui CKM, Chan EW, Wong ICK, Wu P. Patterns of inpatient antibiotic use among public hospitals in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2015. Drug Safety 2020;43(6):595–606. Patterns of Inpatient Antibiotic Use Among Public Hospitals in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2015 | Drug Safety
15. Lim WW, Wu P*, Ni K, Bong HS, Wong JYT, Fang VJ, Cowling BJ. Determinants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevalence in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2019;16:17-27. Determinants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevalence in the Asia-Pacific region: A systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed
16. Ryu S, Cowling BJ, Wu P, Olesen S, Fraser C, Sun DS, Lipsitch M, Grad YH. Case-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance with full susceptibility profiles. JAC Antimicrobial Resistance 2019;1(3):dlz070. https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/article/1/3/dlz070/5651390
17. Lee CF, Cowling BJ, Shuo F, Aso H, Wu P, Fukuda K, Seto WH. The Impact of antibiotic stewardship programs in Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2018;73(4):844-851. https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/73/4/844/4774949
1. Avian influenza risk perception and live poultry purchase in Guangzhou, China, 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01157.x
2. What causes H5N1 avian influenza? Lay perceptions of H5N1 aetiology in South East and East Asia What causes H5N1 avian influenza? Lay perceptions of H5N1 aetiology in South East and East Asia | Journal of Public Health | Oxford Academic
3. Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30-June 7, 2013 Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30-June 7, 2013 - PubMed
4. Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014 Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014 | Journal of Public Health | Oxford Academic
5. Community vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative synthesis from an ecological perspective Community vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative synthesis from an ecological perspective - PubMed
6. Drivers of global media attention and representations for antimicrobial resistance risk: an analysis of online English and Chinese news media data, 2015-2018. Drivers of global media attention and representations for antimicrobial resistance risk: an analysis of online English and Chinese news media data, 2015–2018 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | Full Text
7. Climate change scepticism and its impacts on individuals’ engagement with climate change mitigation and adaptation to heat in Hong Kong: a two-wave population-based study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102251
8. Testing the effects of health benefit, environmental benefit and co-benefit priming for promoting sustainable food choice and their psychological mechanisms: a randomized controlled trial combined with eye tracking https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102485
9. Shaping sustainable healthy diets discourse on Facebook: A multi-region investigation of urban stakeholders’ communication, social networks and public engagement https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.105944
10. Can we prime sustainable food choices? A randomized controlled trial nested within a discrete choice experiment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2025.04.021
1. Chan, O, Hong, XY, Lam, W, Fukuda, K, Tun, HM, Zuo, G, Zhou, X, Liu, P, Wernli, D, Grépin, KA. (2022) “Unpacking multi-level governance of antimicrobial resistance policies: the case of Guangdong, China”. Health Policy and Planning, 37(9): 1148-1157. https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/37/9/1148/6647687
2. Song, M, Deng, Z, Chan, O, Grépin, KA. (2022) “Understanding the Implementation of Antimicrobial Policies: Lessons from the Hong Kong Strategy and Action Plan.” Antibiotics, 11(5): 636. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/5/636