Search Results - "LEUNG, Polly H. M"

Self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers to prevent Ebola transmission by Suen, Lorna K P, Guo, Yue Ping, Tong, Danny W K, Leung, Polly H M, Lung, David, Ng, Mandy S P, Lai, Timothy K H, Lo, Kiki Y K, Au-Yeung, Cypher H, Yu, Winnie

“…Healthcare workers (HCWs) use personal protective equipment (PPE) in Ebola virus disease (EVD) situations. However, preventing the contamination of HCWs and…”
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Investigation of antifungal and antibacterial effects of fabric padded with highly stable selenium nanoparticles by Yip, Joanne, Liu, Liwei, Wong, Ka-Hing, Leung, Polly H. M., Yuen, Chun-Wah Marcus, Cheung, Mei-Chun

“…ABSTRACT In this article, highly stable selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) were padded onto fabric to obtain, for the first time, antifungal and antibacterial…”
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections: Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development by Jiang, Zhulin, Li, Shuihong, Zhu, Cuiming, Zhou, Runjie, Leung, Polly H M

“…is a major causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia which can lead to both acute upper and lower respiratory tract inflammation, and extrapulmonary…”
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Effects of Sub-Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of Imipenem and Colistin on Expression of Biofilm-Specific Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Genes in Acinetobacter baumannii Sequence Type 1894 by Shenkutie, Abebe Mekuria, Zhang, Jiaying, Yao, Mianzhi, Asrat, Daniel, Chow, Franklin W. N., Leung, Polly H. M.

“…Antibiotics at suboptimal doses promote biofilm formation and the development of antibiotic resistance. The underlying molecular mechanisms, however, were not…”
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Ultrasensitive detection of E. coli O157:H7 with biofunctional magnetic bead concentration via nanoporous membrane based electrochemical immunosensor by Chan, Ka Yiu, Ye, Wei Wei, Zhang, Yu, Xiao, Li Dan, Leung, Polly H.M., Li, Yi, Yang, Mo

“…In this paper, biofunctional magnetic beads were investigated for bacterial cells concentration in a nanoporous alumina membrane based immunosensor for…”
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A New Antimicrobial Agent: Poly (3‐hydroxybutyric acid) Oligomer by Ma, Linlin, Zhang, Ziheng, Li, Jun, Yang, Xingxing, Fei, Bin, Leung, Polly H. M., Tao, Xiaoming

“…In this work, it is first reported that the poly (3‐hydroxybutyric acid) (PHB) oligomer with a few degrees of polymerization possesses effective antibacterial…”
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Differential expression of virulence genes in Legionella pneumophila growing in Acanthamoeba and human monocytes by Mou, Qianqian, Leung, Polly H. M.

“…Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, is widely distributed throughout natural and artificial water systems and can replicate…”
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Characterization of Mucosa-Associated Microbiota in Matched Cancer and Non-neoplastic Mucosa From Patients With Colorectal Cancer by Leung, Polly H M, Subramanya, Rao, Mou, Qianqian, Lee, Katherine Ting-Wei, Islam, Farhadul, Gopalan, Vinod, Lu, Cu-Tai, Lam, Alfred King-Yin

“…Colonic microbiota play important roles in the development of colorectal cancer. We aim to characterise the mucosa-associated microbiota in the tumour as well…”
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Mechanistic Study of Synergistic Antimicrobial Effects between Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) Oligomer and Polyethylene Glycol by Zhang, Ziheng, Li, Jun, Ma, Linlin, Yang, Xingxing, Fei, Bin, Leung, Polly H. M., Tao, Xiaoming

“…Extended from our previous finding that poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) oligomer is an effective antimicrobial agent against gram-positive bacteria,…”
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Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using a gold nanoparticle-based colourimetric polymerase chain reaction assay by CHAN, Wai-Sing, TANG, Bone S. F, BOOST, Maureen V, CHIT CHOW, LEUNG, Polly H. M

“…We report the use of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) for direct colourimetric polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…”
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Inflammasome Activation-Induced Hypercoagulopathy: Impact on Cardiovascular Dysfunction Triggered in COVID-19 Patients by Gedefaw, Lealem, Ullah, Sami, Leung, Polly H M, Cai, Yin, Yip, Shea-Ping, Huang, Chien-Ling

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most devastating infectious disease in the 21st century with more than 2 million lives lost in less than a year. The…”
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Development of a high specificity typing method for the detection of herpes simplex virus by Chen, Zhu, Zhao, Kaixuan, Tan, Boyu, Tong, Zengrui, He, Ziyu, Luo, Xiaofang, Cai, Lei, Wang, Hanming, Leung, Polly H. M., Chow, Franklin Wang-Ngai, Chen, Hui, Deng, Yan

“…Herpes disease is caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV). It has become one of the global health problems. This paper reports a method for HSV type testing…”
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Synergistic antibacterial activity between penicillenols and antibiotics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Li, Shuihong, Mou, Qianqian, Xu, Xinya, Qi, Shuhua, Leung, Polly H. M.

“…Penicillenol A2 (isolated from deep-sea fungus Penicillium biourgeianum DFFSCS023) has good antibacterial activity against methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus…”
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Controlled release of borneol from nano-fibrous poly(L-lactic acid)/ cellulose acetate butyrate membrane by Li, Li, Luo, Xue, Leung, Polly HM, Law, Helen KW

“…Borneol, one of the commonly used Chinese medicines, can be used to treat many diseases. The main ingredient of natural borneol is d-borneol extracted from the…”
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Microelectrode array biosensor for the detection of Legionella pneumophila by Lei, Kin Fong, Leung, Polly H.M.

“…A microelectrode array biosensor has been developed for the detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 suspended in solution. The biosensor consists of a…”
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One-Step Rapid Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Detecting and Typing Dengue Viruses with GC Tail and Induced Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Techniques for Melting Temperature and Color Multiplexing by Lo, Constance L.H, Yip, Shea Ping, Cheng, Peter K.C, To, Tony S.S, Lim, Wilina W.L, Leung, Polly H.M

“…Dengue fever is an arthropod-borne infection caused by dengue viruses (DVs; DEN-1 to DEN-4). Early diagnosis is critical to prevent severe disease progression…”
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Seroprevalence of dengue in the general population of Hong Kong by Lo, Constance LH, Yip, Shea Ping, Leung, Polly HM

“…Objectives To assess the extent of dengue virus exposure in the population. Methods In this seroepidemiological study, 685 blood samples were collected (from…”
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Guanidine-containing double-network silks with enhanced tensile and antibacterial property by Liu, Chang, Hu, Xin, Zhou, Xiang, Ma, Yan, Leung, Polly H.M., Xin, John H., Fei, Bin

“…The bacterial infection of surgical wounds results in prolonged hospitalization and even death of patients, calling for antibacterial function in modern suture…”
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Impairment of novel non-coding small RNA00203 inhibits biofilm formation and reduces biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii by Shenkutie, Abebe Mekuria, Gebrelibanos, Daniel, Yao, Mianzhi, Bedada Hundie, Gadissa, Chow, Franklin W.N., Leung, Polly H.M.

“…•Impairment of sRNA00203 in a clinical Acinetobacter baumannii substantially inhibited biofilm formation.•Impairment of sRNA00203 sensitized biofilm cells to…”
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An attenuated multiple genetic mutant of Mycoplasma pneumoniae imparts good immuno-protection against M. pneumoniae pneumonia in BALB/c mice by Jiang, Zhulin, Zhou, Runjie, Leung, Polly H.M., Deng, Zhongliang, Li, Shuihong

“…Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is the causative agent of both upper and lower respiratory infections that can lead to pneumonia, extrapulmonary…”
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