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Pak-Leung Ho is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans the domain of medicine with a focus on epidemiology and infectious diseases, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work includes 154 publications in medicine and 49 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

They have contributed extensively to subfields such as epidemiology, infectious diseases, molecular medicine, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research topics cover antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections research, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, bacterial infections and vaccines, and the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare systems.

Pak-Leung Ho's recent publications include:

  • "The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2" (2020), published in Journal of Infection
  • "Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong" (2020), published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • "Outbreak of a new coronavirus: what anaesthetists should know" (2020), published in British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • "Air and environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)" (2020), published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • "Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging novel coronavirus in China" (2020), published in Journal of Hospital Infection

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng
  • Shuk-Ching Wong
  • Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen
  • Ron Dagan
  • Anne von Gottberg

Pak-Leung Ho's work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Microorganisms (7 publications)
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Hospital Infection (4 publications)
  • Antibiotics (4 publications)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • A cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong.

    Kenneth W. Tsang;Pak L. Ho;Gaik C. Ooi;Wilson K. Yee

  • The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2.

    Vincent Chi Chung Cheng;Shuk Ching Wong;Vivien Wai Man Chuang;Simon Yung Chun So

  • Presenting Vancomycin on Nanoparticles to Enhance Antimicrobial Activities

    Hongwei Gu;P. L. Ho;Edmond Tong;Ling Wang

  • Using biofunctional magnetic nanoparticles to capture vancomycin-resistant enterococci and other gram-positive bacteria at ultralow concentration.

    Hongwei Gu;Pak-Leung Ho;Kenneth W T Tsang;Ling Wang

  • Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong.

    Vincent C C Cheng;Shuk-Ching Wong;Jonathan H K Chen;Cyril C Y Yip

  • Outbreak of a new coronavirus: what anaesthetists should know.

    Philip W.H. Peng;Pak Leung Ho;Susy S. Hota;Susy S. Hota

  • Clinical spectrum of paradoxical deterioration during antituberculosis therapy in non-HIV-infected patients.

    V. C. C. Cheng;P. L. Ho;R. A. Lee;K. S. Chan

  • Emergence of Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Multiply Resistant Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong

    Pak-Leung Ho;Tak-Lun Que;Dominic Ngai-Chong Tsang;Tak-Keung Ng

  • Increasing resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones: results of a Hong Kong multicentre study in 2000

    P. L. Ho;R. W. H. Yung;D. N. C. Tsang;T. L. Que

  • Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study.

    Stephanie W Lo;Rebecca A Gladstone;Andries J van Tonder;John A Lees

  • Risk factors for acquisition of levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: A case-control study

    P. L. Ho;W. S. Tse;Kenneth W. T. Tsang;T. K. Kwok

  • High–Dose Pulse Versus Nonpulse Corticosteroid Regimens in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

    James C. Ho;Gaik C. Ooi;Thomas Y. Mok;Johnny W. Chan

  • FULMINANT COMMUNITY ACQUIRED ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII PNEUMONIA AS A DISTINCT CLINICAL SYNDROME

    Wah-Shing Leung;Chung-Ming Chu;Kay-Yang Tsang;Fu-Hang Lo

  • Bismuth antimicrobial drugs serve as broad-spectrum metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors.

    Runming Wang;Tsz-Pui Lai;Peng Gao;Hongmin Zhang;Hongmin Zhang

  • International genomic definition of pneumococcal lineages, to contextualise disease, antibiotic resistance and vaccine impact

    Rebecca A. Gladstone;Stephanie W. Lo;John A. Lees;Nicholas J. Croucher

  • Using β-lactamase to trigger supramolecular hydrogelation

    Zhimou Yang;Pak-Leung Ho;Gaolin Liang;Kin Hung Chow

  • Inhaled Fluticasone Reduces Sputum Inflammatory Indices in Severe Bronchiectasis

    K. W. T. Tsang;P.-L. Ho;W.-K. Lam;M. S. M. Ip

  • Complete sequencing of pNDM-HK encoding NDM-1 carbapenemase from a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli strain isolated in Hong Kong.

    Pak Leung Ho;Wai U. Lo;Man Kiu Yeung;Chi Ho Lin

  • Bacteremia caused by staphylococci with inducible vancomycin heteroresistance.

    Samson S. Y. Wong;P. L. Ho;Patrick C. Y. Woo;K. Y. Yuen

  • Direct Bacterial Identification in Positive Blood Cultures by Use of Two Commercial Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Systems

    Jonathan H. K. Chen;Pak-Leung Ho;Grace S. W. Kwan;Kevin K. K. She

  • Are susceptibility tests enough, or should laboratories still seek ESBLs and carbapenemases directly?

    David M. Livermore;David M. Livermore;Jenny M. Andrews;Peter M. Hawkey;Pak Leung Ho

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

    Vincent Chi Chung Cheng;Shuk Ching Wong;Veronica Wing Man Chan;Simon Yung Chun So

  • Combining Fluorescent Probes and Biofunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Human Blood

    Jinhao Gao;Lihua Li;Pak-Leung Ho;Gannon C. Mak

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
Vincent C. C. Cheng
Vincent C. C. Cheng University of Hong Kong
Kelvin K. W. To
Kelvin K. W. To University of Hong Kong
Jasper F. W. Chan
Jasper F. W. Chan University of Hong Kong
Samson S. Y. Wong
Samson S. Y. Wong University of Hong Kong
Patrick C. Y. Woo
Patrick C. Y. Woo University of Hong Kong
Herman Tse
Herman Tse University of Hong Kong
Ivan Hung
Ivan Hung University of Hong Kong
Bing Xu
Bing Xu Brandeis University
Yu-Lung Lau
Yu-Lung Lau University of Hong Kong

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