Oral microbiology and infection
Organoid models
Microbiome and resistome dynamics
Biofilm ecology and interactions
Novel microbe discovery
Diagnostics and therapecutics
Benedetti S, Sisti D, Vandini D, Barocci S, Sudano M, Carlotti E, Teng JLL, Zamai L. Circulating ACE2 level and zinc/albumin ratio as potential biomarkers for a precision medicine approach to COVID-19, Advances in Biological Regulation 2023; 89 doi:10.1016/j.jbior.2023.100973
Lok KYW, Teng JLL, El-Nezami H, Tarrant M, Chau PPH, Ip P, Woo PCY. Effect of feeding methods on intestinal microbiota of Chinese infants, Hong Kong Medical Journal 2023; 29(Suppl 3(3)): 43-47
Wernery U, Teng JL, Ma Y, Kinne J, Yeung ML, Lau SK, Woo PC. Usefulness of next-generation sequencing in excluding bovine leukemia virus as a cause of adult camel leucosis in dromedaries, Pathogens 2023; 12(8) doi:10.3390/pathogens12080995
Teng LL, Ma Y, Chen JHK, Luo R, Foo CH, Li TT, Fong JYH, Yao W, Wong YS, Fung KSC, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Streptococcus oriscaviae sp. nov. Infection Associated with Guinea Pigs, Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10(3): e0001422-e0001422 doi:10.1128/spectrum.00014-22
Teng LL, Chan E, Dai ACH, Ng G, Li TT, Lai C, Wu AKL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. In Vitro Susceptibility of Typhoidal, Nontyphoidal, and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Salmonella to Ceftolozane/Tazobactam , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2022; 66 doi:10.1128/AAC.01224-21
Guan TP, Teng JLL, Fong JYH, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Seasonal shift in gut microbiome diversity in wild Sichuan takin (Budorcas tibetanus) and environmental adaptation, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2022; 21: 1283-1291 doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2022.12.035
Lau SK, Li KSM, Teng JL, Joseph Sunitha, Luk HKH, Fung J, Wernery U, Woo PC. Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromographic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antigen Detection Assay, Infectious Microbes & Diseases 2022; 4(4)(4): 175-177 doi:10.1097/IM9.0000000000000105
Lau SKP, HE Z, Tsang CC, CHAN TTY, Luk HKH, Chan E, Li KSM, FUNG J, Chow FWN, Tam AR, Chung TWH, Wong SCY, Que TL, Fung KSC, Lung DC, Wu AKL, Hung IFN, Teng JLL, Wernery U, Hui SW, Martelli P, Woo PCY. A sensitive and specific competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of COVID-19 in animals, Microorganisms 2021; 9: article no. 1019-article no. 1019 doi:10.3390/microorganisms9051019
Teng JLL, Luo R, Tang BSF, Fong JYH, Wang L, Jia L, Wong CKS, Chan E, Leung AWS, Siu GKH, Chiu TH, Fung AMY, Wu AKL, Yeung ML, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. High Prevalence and Mechanism Associated With Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Positive Phenotype in Laribacter hongkongensis, Frontiers in Microbiology 2021; 12: article no. 618894-article no. 618894 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.618894
Tsang CC, Teng LL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Rapid genomic diagnosis of fungal infections in the age of next-generation sequencing, Journal of Fungi 2021; 7(8): article no. 636-article no. 636 doi:10.3390/jof7080636
Yeung ML, Teng JLL, Jia L, ZHANG C, Huang C, Cai JP, Zhou R, Chan KH, Zhao H, Zhu L, Siu KL, Fung SY, Yung S, Chan TM, To KKW, Chan JFW, Cai Z, Lau SKP, Chen Z, Jin DY, Woo PCY, Yuen KY. Soluble ACE2-mediated cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 via interaction with proteins related to the renin-angiotensin system, Cell 2021; 184(8): 2212-2228.e12 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.053
Teng JLL, Wernery U, Wong PC, Chan E, Lee HH, Joseph S, Bai R, Tang Y, Wong EYM, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. High Prevalence of Genogroup I and Genogroup II Picobirnaviruses in Dromedary Camels, Viruses 2021; 13(3): article no. 430-article no. 430 doi:10.3390/v13030430
Teng LL, Fok MN, Lin PK, Chan E, Ma Y, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Substantial Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Hong Kong, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021; doi:10.1093/cid/ciab382
Wernery U, Chan E, Raghavan R, Teng LL, Syriac G, Siu SY, Joseph M, Yeung ML, Jia L, Cai J, Chiu TH, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Development of a sensitive competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of Burkholderia mallei, a Tier 1 select agent, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021; 15: e0010007-e0010007 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010007
Teng LL, Wernery U, Lee HH, FUNG J, Joseph S, Li KSM, Elizabeth SK, FONG YH, Chan KH, Chen H, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Co-circulation of a Novel Dromedary Camel Parainfluenza Virus 3 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in a Dromedary Herd With Respiratory Tract Infections, Frontiers in Microbiology 2021; 12 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.739779
Teng JLL, FONG JYH, Fok KMN, LEE HH, Chiu TH, TANG Y, Ngan AHY, Wong SSY, Que T-L, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Tsukamurella asaccharolytica sp. nov., Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sputi sp. nov., isolated from patients with bacteraemia, conjunctivitis and respiratory infection in Hong Kong, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2020; 70(2): 995-1006 doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003861
Lau SKP, Li KSM, Luk KH, HE Z, Teng JLL, Yuen KY, Ulrich W, Woo PCY. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antibodies in Bactrian and Hybrid Camels from Dubai, mSphere 2020; 5(1): article no. e00898-19 doi:10.1128/mSphere.00898-19
Hung DLL, Teng JLL, Fong JYH, Wang Q, Chen Z, Fung AMY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Severe underlying liver diseases and high mortality associated with Laribacter hongkongensis bacteremia, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2020; 96(2): article no. 114948-article no. 114948 doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.114948
Bunpa S, Chaichana N, Teng JLL, LEE HH, Woo PCY, Sermwittayawong D, Sawangjaroen N, Sermwittayawong N. Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is a potential virulence factor of Vibrio alginolyticus strains isolated from diseased fish, Journal of Fish Diseases 2020; 43(2): 275-284 doi:10.1111/jfd.13120
Teng Jade L L, Fok Kenny M N, Fong Jordan Y H, Que Tak-Lun, Lau Susanna K P, Woo Patrick C Y. First Report of Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis CAPD-related Peritonitis, Infectious Microbes & Diseases 2020; 2(3): 121-123 doi:10.1097/IM9.0000000000000032
Wang L, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Sridhar S, Fu H, Gong W, Li M, Xu Q, He Y, Zhuang H, Woo PCY, Wang L. Transmission of a Novel Genotype of Hepatitis E Virus from Bactrian Camels to Cynomolgus Macaques, Journal of Virology 2019; 93(7): article no. e02014-18 doi:10.1128/JVI.02014-18
Woo PCY, Teng LL, Bai R, Tang Y, Wong AYP, Li KSM, Lam CSF, Fan RYY, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Novel Picobirnaviruses in Respiratory and Alimentary Tracts of Cattle and Monkeys with Large Intra- and Inter-Host Diversity, Viruses 2019; 11(6): article no. 574-article no. 574 doi:10.3390/v11060574
Lau SKP, Wong ACP, Zhang L, Luk HKH, Kwok JSL, Ahmed SS, Cai J, Zhao PSH, Teng LL, Tsui SKW, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Novel Bat Alphacoronaviruses in Southern China Support Chinese Horseshoe Bats as an Important Reservoir for Potential Novel Coronaviruses, Viruses 2019; 11(5): article no. 423-article no. 423 doi:10.3390/v11050423
Churgin SM, Teng LL, Ho JHP, Graydon R, Martelli P, Lee FK, Hui SW, Fong JYH, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. First case report of fatal Nocardia nova infection in yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus) identified by multilocus sequencing, BMC Veterinary Research 2019; 15(1): article no. 4-article no. 4 doi:10.1186/s12917-018-1764-x
Xiong L, Chan E, Teng JLL, Liu S, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Malate-Dependent Carbon Utilization Enhances Central Metabolism and Contributes to Biological Fitness of Laribacter hongkongensis via CRP Regulation, Frontiers in Microbiology 2019; 10: article no. 1991-article no. 1991 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01991
Teng JLL, Wernery U, Lee HH, Joseph S, Fung J, Elizabeth SK, Yeong KY, Kinne J, Chan K-H, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. First Isolation and Rapid Identification of Newcastle Disease Virus from Aborted Fetus of Dromedary Camel Using Next-Generation Sequencing, Viruses 2019; 11(9): article no. 810-article no. 810 doi:10.3390/v11090810
Hung DLL, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Lemierre's Syndrome Associated With Campylobacter rectus Bacteremia, Infectious Microbes & Diseases 2019; 1(1): 27-29 doi:10.1097/IM9.0000000000000004
Martelli P, Teng JLL, Lee F-K, YEONG K-Y, FONG JYH, Hui S-W, Chan K-H, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus Infection in a Captive Giant Panda, Hong Kong, Emerging Infectious Diseases 2019; 25(12): 2303-2306 doi:10.3201/eid2512.191143
Hung Derek L L, Leung Man-Fai, Teng Jade L L, Tse Herman, Lau Susanna K P, Woo Patrick C Y. Streptococcus agalactiae Anterior Cervical Space and Superior Mediastinum Abscess in a Liver Transplant Recipient, Infectious Microbes & Diseases 2019; 1(2): 75-77 doi:10.1097/IM9.0000000000000010
Sridhar S, Chan JFW, Yap YHD, Teng LL, Huang C, Yip CY, Hung FNI, Tang SCW, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Yuen KY. Genotype 4 Hepatitis E Virus Is A Cause Of Chronic Hepatitis In Renal Transplant Recipients In Hong Kong, Journal of Viral Hepatitis 2018; 25(2): 209-213 doi:10.1111/jvh.12799
Chan E, Paolo MARTELLI, Hui SW, Teng LL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. In Vitro Susceptibility Of Ceftolozane-tazobactam Against Burkholderia Pseudomallei, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2018; 62(5) doi:10.1128/AAC.00103-18
Teng LL, Tang Y, Wong SSY, Chiu TH, Zhao ZHE, Chan E, Ngan AHY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Tsukamurella Ocularis Sp. Nov. And Tsukamurella Hominis Sp. Nov., Isolated From Patients With Conjunctivitis In Hong Kong, International Journal Of Systematic And Evolutionary Microbiology 2018; 68: 810-818 doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002589
Lau SKP, Teng LL, Chiu TH, Chan E, Tsang KL, Gianni PANAGIOTOU, Zhai SL, Woo PCY. Differential Microbial Communities Of Omnivorous And Herbivorous Cattle In Southern China, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2018; 16: 54-60 doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2018.02.004
Teng LL, Tang Y, Wong SSY, Fong YH, Zhao ZHE, Wong CP, Chen HKJ, Ngan AKL, Wu KLA, Fung SCK, Que TL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Maldi-tof Ms For Identification Of Tsukamurella Species: Tsukamurella Tyrosinosolvens As The Predominant Species Associated With Ocular Infections, Emerging Microbes & Infections 2018; 7: 80-80 doi:10.1038/s41426-018-0083-4
Guan TP, Teng LL, Yeong KY, You ZQ, Liu H, Wong SSY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Metagenomic Analysis Of Sichuan Takin Fecal Sample Viromes Reveals Novel Enterovirus And Astrovirus, Virology 2018; 521: 77-91 doi:10.1016/j.virol.2018.05.027
Teng LL, Martelli P, Chan WM, Lee HH, Hui SW, Lau CY, Tse H, Yuen KY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Two novel noroviruses and a novel norovirus genogroup in California sea lions, Journal of General Virology 2018; 99: 777-782 doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001071
Tsang CC, Tang YM, Fong YH, Kinne J, Lee HH, Joseph M, Jose S, Schuster RK, Tang Y, Sivakumar S, Chen HKJ, Teng LL, Lau SKP, Wernery U, Woo PCY. Ignatzschineria cameli sp. nov., isolated from necrotic foot tissue of dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) and associated maggots (Wohlfahrtia species) in Dubai, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2018; 68(11): 3627-3634 doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003046
Sridhar S, Yip CCY, Wu S, Cai J, Zhang AJX, Leung KH, Chung TWH, Chan JFW, Chan WM, Teng LL, Au-Yeung RKH, Cheng VCC, Chen H, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Xia NS, Lo CM, Yuen KY. Rat Hepatitis E Virus as Cause of Persistent Hepatitis after Liver Transplant, Emerging Infectious Diseases 2018; 24(12): 2241-2250 doi:10.3201/eid2412.180937
Yeung ML, Jia L, Yip CY, Chan JFW, Teng LL, Chan KH, Cai J, Zhang C, Zhang J, Wong LWM, Kok KH, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Lo JYC, Jin D, Shih SR, Yuen KY. Human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase is an IFN-γ–inducible entry factor for Enterovirus, Journal of Clinical Investigation 2018; 128(11): 5163-5177 doi:10.1172/JCI99411
Teng LL, Tang Y, Chiu TH, Ngan AH, Ngai C, Wong SSY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. The groEL gene is a promising target for species-level identification of Tsukamurella, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2017; 55: 649-653 doi:10.1128/JCM.02260-16
Xiong L, Yang Y, Ye YN, Teng LL, Chan E, Watt RM, Guo FB, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Laribacter hongkongensis anaerobic adaptation mediated by arginine metabolism is controlled by the cooperation of FNR and ArgR, Environmental Microbiology 2017; 19: 1266-1280 doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13657
Sridhar S, Teng LL, Chiu TH, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Hepatitis E Virus Genotypes and Evolution: Emergence of Camel Hepatitis E Variants, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2017; 18: 869:1-19 doi:10.3390/ijms18040869
Sridhar S, Lo SK, Xing FF, Yang J, Ye H, Chan JFW, Teng LL, Huang C, Yip CY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E in Shenzhen, China: a shift toward foodborne transmission of hepatitis E virus infection, Emerging Microbes & Infections 2017; 6: article no. e115-article no. e115 doi:10.1038/emi.2017.107
Teng LL, Yeung ML, Chan E, Jia L, Lin C, Huang Y, Tse H, Wong SSY, Sham PC, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Pacbio But Not Illumina Technology Can Achieve Fast, Accurate And Complete Closure Of The High Gc, Complex Burkholderia Pseudomallei Two-chromosome Genome, Frontiers in Microbiology 2017; 8: 1448-1448 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01448
Teng JLL, Tang Y, Wong SSY, Ngan AHY, Huang Y, Tsang CC, Choi GKY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Tsukamurella hongkongensis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sinensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with keratitis, catheter-related bacteraemia and conjunctivitis in Hong Kong, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2016; 66(1): 391-397 doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000733
Xiong L, Teng LL, Botelho MG, Lo CLR, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Arginine Metabolism in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Cancer Therapy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2016; 17: 363-363 doi:10.3390/ijms17030363
Lau SKP, Chow WN, Foo CH, Curreem SOT, Lo CS, Teng LL, Chen HKJ, Ng RH, Wu AK, Cheung IY, Chau SK, Lung DC, Lee RA, Tse CW, Fung KS, Que TL, Woo PCY. Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteremia is associated with clinically significant infections and high mortality, Scientific Reports 2016; 6: article no. 26045-article no. 26045 doi:10.1038/srep26045
Joseph S, Wernery U, Teng LL, Wernery R, Huang Y, Patteril NA, Chan KH, Elizabeth SK, Fan YY, Lau SKP, Kinne J, Woo PCY. First isolation of West Nile virus from a dromedary camel, Emerging Microbes & Infections 2016; 5(1): article no. e53-article no. e53 doi:10.1038/emi.2016.53
Teng LL, Tang Y, Huang Y, Guo FB, Wei W, Chen JHHK, Wong SSY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Phylogenomic Analyses and Reclassification of Species within the Genus Tsukamurella: Insights to Species Definition in the Post-genomic Era, Frontiers in Microbiology 2016; 7: article no. 1137-article no. 1137 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01137
Yeung ML, Yao Y, Jia L, Chan JFW, Chan KH, Cheung KF, Chen H, Poon KM, Tsang KL, To KKW, Yiu MK, Teng LL, Chu H, Zhou J, Zhang Q, Deng W, Lau SKP, Lau JY, Woo PCY, Chan DTM, Yung SSY, Zheng B, Jin D, Mathieson PW, Qin C, Yuen KY. MERS coronavirus induces apoptosis in kidney and lung by upregulating Smad7 and FGF2, Nature Microbiology 2016; 1: article no. 16004-article no. 16004 doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.4
Sridhar Siddharth, Teng Jade L L, Lau Susanna K P, Woo Patrick C Y. Fatal bacteremic melioidosis in patients with prolonged neutropenia, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2016; 84(3): 258-260 doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.004
Wang J, Teng LL, Zhao D, Ge P, Li B, Woo PCY, Liu CH. The ubiquitin ligase TRIM27 functions as a host restriction factor antagonized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis PtpA during mycobacterial infection, Scientific Reports 2016; 6: 34827-34827 doi:10.1038/srep34827
Tang Y, Teng LL, Cheung CL, Ngan AH, Huang Y, Wong SSY, Yip EK, Ng KH, Que TL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Tsukamurella serpentis sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of Chinese cobras (Naja atra), International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2016; 66: 3329-3336 doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001187
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng LL, Cao KY, Wernery U, Schountz T, Chiu TH, Tsang KL, Wong PC, Wong YM, Yuen KY. New Hepatitis E Virus Genotype in Bactrian Camels, Xinjiang, China, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016; 22: 2219-2221 doi:10.3201/eid2212.160979
Woo PCY, Teng LL, BAI R, Wong YP, Martelli P, Hui SW, Tsang KL, Lau CY, Ahmed SS, Yip CY, CHOI KY, Li KSM, Lam SF, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. High Diversity of Genogroup I Picobirnaviruses in Mammals, Frontiers in Microbiology 2016; 7: 1886-1886 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01886
Lau SKP, Wu AKL, Teng LL, Tse H, Curreem SOT, Tsui SKW, Huang Y, Chen JHK, Lee RA, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Evidence for Elizabethkingia anophelis transmission from mother to infant, Hong Kong, Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015; 21: 232-241 doi:10.3201/eid2102.140623
Lau SKP, Teng LL, Huang Y, Curreem SOT, Tsui SK, Woo PCY. Draft Genome Sequence of Catabacter hongkongensis type strain HKU16T isolated from a patient with bacteremia and intestinal obstruction, Genome Announcements 2015; 3: article no. e00531-15-article no. e00531-15 doi:10.1128/genomeA.00531-15
Xiong L, Teng LL, Watt RM, Liu CH, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Molecular characterization of arginine deiminase pathway in Laribacter hongkongensis and unique regulation of arginine catabolism and anabolism by multiple environmental stresses, Environmental Microbiology 2015; 17(11): 4469-4483 doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12897
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng LL, Tsang KL, Joseph S, Xie J, Jose S, Fan YY, Wernery U, Yuen KY. A novel astrovirus from dromedaries in the Middle East, Journal of General Virology 2015; doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000233
Chen JHK, She KKK, Wong OY, Teng LL, Yam WC, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Cheng VCC, Yuen KY. Use of MALDI Biotyper plus ClinProTools mass spectra analysis for correct identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis/oralis, Journal of Clinical Pathology 2015; 652-656 doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202818
Xiong L, Teng JLL, Watt RM, Kan BIAO, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Arginine deiminase pathway is far more important than urease for acid resistance and intracellular survival in Laribacter hongkongensis: a possible result of arc gene cassette duplication, BMC Microbiology 2014; 14 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-14-42
Chan JFW, Teng JLL, Li IWS, Wong SCY, Leung SSM, Ho PO, To KKW, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Yuen KY. Fatal empyema thoracis caused by Schizophyllum commune with cross-reactive cryptococcal antigenemia, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2014; 52(2): 683-687 doi:10.1128/JCM.02770-13
Teng LL, HO CC, Yeung RSY, Wong YP, Wang H, Chen C, Fung KSC, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Evaluation of 16SpathDB 2.0, an automated 16S rRNA gene sequence database, using 689 complete bacterial genomes, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2014; 78: 105-115
Lau SKP, Tang BSF, Teng LL, Chan TM, Curreem SOT, Fan YY, Ng RHY, Chan JFW, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for identification of clinically significant bacteria that are difficult to identify in clinical laboratories, Journal of Clinical Pathology 2014; 67: 361-366 doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201818
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng LL, Tsang KL, Joseph M, Wong YM, TANG Y, Sivakumar S, Xie J, BAI R, Wernery R, Wernery U, Yuen KY. New hepatitis E virus genotype in camel, the Middle East, Emerging Infectious Diseases 2014; 20: 1044-1048 doi:10.3201/eid2006.140140
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng LL, Tsang KL, Joseph M, Wong YM, TANG Y, Sivakumar S, BAI R, Wernery R, Wernery U, Yuen KY. Metagenomic analysis of viromes of dromedary camel fecal samples reveals large number and high diversity of circoviruses and picobirnaviruses, Virology 2014; 471-473: 117-125 doi:10.1016/j.virol.2014.09.020
Teng JLL, Huang Y, Tse H, Chen JHK, Tang Y, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Phylogenomic and MALDI-TOF MS analysis of Streptococcus sinensis HKU4T reveals a distinct phylogenetic clade in the genus Streptococcus, Genome Biology and Evolution 2014; 6(10): 2930-2943 doi:10.1093/gbe/evu232
Guo F, Xiong L, Teng JLL, Yuen KY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Re-annotation of protein-coding genes in 10 complete genomes of Neisseriaceae family by combining similarity-based and composition-based methods, DNA Research 2013; 20(3): 273-286 doi:10.1093/dnares/dst009
Chen Y, Liang W, Yang S, Wu N, Gao H, Sheng J, Yao H, Wo J, Fang Q, Cui D, Li Y, Yao X, Zhang Y, Wu H, Zheng S, Diao H, Xia S, Zhang Y, Chan KH, Tsoi HW, Teng LL, Song W, Wang P, Lau SY, Zheng M, Chan JFW, To KKW, Chen H, Li L, Yuen KY. Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome, The Lancet 2013; 381(9881): 1916-1925 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60903-4
Tang BSF, Lau SKP, Teng LL, Chan TM, Chan WS, Wong TY, Tong YT, Fan YY, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry for rapid identification of Laribacter hongkongensis, Journal of Clinical Pathology 2013; 66: 1081-1083 doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201651
Liu R, To KKW, Teng JLL, Choi GKY, Mok KY, Law KI, Tso EYK, Fung KSC, Wu TC, Wu AKL, Fung SH, Wong SCY, Trendell-Smith NJ, Yuen KY. Mycobacterium abscessus bacteremia after receipt of intravenous infusate of cytokine-induced killer cell therapy for body beautification and health boosting., Clinical infectious diseases 2013; 57(7): 981-991 doi:10.1093/cid/cit443
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Lam CSF, Lau CCY, Tsang AKL, Lau JHN, Bai R, Teng JLL, Tsang CCC, Wang M, Zheng BJ, Chan KH, Yuen KY. Discovery of seven novel mammalian and avian coronaviruses in the genus Deltacoronavirus supports bat coronaviruses as the gene source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and avian coronaviruses as the gene source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus, Journal of Virology 2012; 86(7): 3995-4008 doi:10.1128/JVI.06540-11
Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Yeung HC, Teng JLL, Wu Y, Bai R, Fan RYY, Chan KH, Yuen KY. Identification and characterization of bocaviruses in cats and dogs reveals a novel feline bocavirus and a novel genetic group of canine bocavirus, Journal of General Virology 2012; 93(7): 1573-1582 doi:10.1099/vir.0.042531-0
Wong SSY, Ngan AHY, Riggs CM, Teng JLL, Choi GKY, Poon RWS, Hui JJY, Low FJ, Luk A, Yuen KY. Brittle tail syndrome is an emerging infection in horses caused by a keratinolytic fungus Equicapillimyces hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov, Veterinary Microbiology 2012; 155(2-4): 399-408 doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.024
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Bai R, Teng JLL, Lee P, Martelli P, Hui SW, Yuen KY. Complete genome sequence of a novel picobirnavirus, otarine picobirnavirus, discovered in California sea lions, Journal of Virology 2012; 86(11): 6377-6378 doi:10.1128/JVI.00686-12
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Yeung JMY, Tse H, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Automated identification of medically important bacteria by 16S rRNA gene sequencing using a novel comprehensive database, 16SpathDB, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011; 49(5): 1799-1809 doi:10.1128/JCM.02350-10
Lam JYW, Wu AKL, Ngai DC, Teng JLL, Wong ESY, Lau SKP, Lee RA, Woo PCY. Three cases of severe invasive infections caused by campylobacter rectus and first report of fatal c. rectus infection, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011; 49(4): 1687-1691 doi:10.1128/JCM.02487-10
Curreem SO, Teng JL, Tse H, Yuen KY, Lau SK, Woo PC. General metabolism of Laribacter hongkongensis: a genome-wide analysis, Cell & Bioscience 2011; 1, article no. 16 doi:10.1186/2045-3701-1-16
Lau SKP, Wong GKM, Tsang AKL, Teng JLL, Fan RYY, Tse H, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Virulence determinants, drug resistance and mobile genetic elements of Laribacter hongkongensis: a genome-wide analysis, Cell & Bioscience 2011; 1, article no. 17 doi:10.1186/2045-3701-1-17
Teng JLL, Yeung MY, Yue G, AuYeung RKH, Yeung EYH, Fung AMY, Tse H, Yuen KY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. In silico analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing based methods for identification of medically important aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, Journal of Medical Microbiology 2011; 60(9): 1281-1286 doi:10.1099/jmm.0.027805-0
Lau SKP, Fan RYY, Wong GKM, Teng JLL, Sze KH, Tse H, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Transport genes and chemotaxis in Laribacter hongkongensis: a genome-wide analysis, Cell & Bioscience 2011; 1, article no. 28 doi:10.1186/2045-3701-1-28
Chan JFW, Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Leung SSM, Tam FCC, Yuen KY. Primary infective spondylodiscitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae and a review of human L. garvieae infections, Infection 2011; 39(3): 259-264 doi:10.1007/s15010-011-0094-8
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Choi GKY, Huang Y, Teng LL, Tsoi HW, Tse H, Yeung ML, Chan KH, Jin DY, Yuen KY. Natural occurrence and characterization of two internal ribosome entry site elements in a novel virus, canine picodicistrovirus, in the picornavirus-like superfamily, Journal of Virology 2011; 86(5): 2797-2808 doi:10.1128/JVI.05481-11
Lau SKP, Fan RYY, Ho TCC, Wong GKM, Tsang AKL, Teng JLL, Chen W, Watt RM, Curreem SOT, Tse H, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Environmental adaptability and stress tolerance of Laribacter hongkongensis: A genome-wide analysis, Cell and Bioscience 2011; 1(1) doi:10.1186/2045-3701-1-22
Wong SSY, Teng JLL, Poon RWS, Choi GKY, Chan KH, Yeung ML, Hui JJY, Yuen KY. Comparative evaluation of a point-of-care immunochromatographic test SNAP 4Dx with molecular detection tests for vector-borne canine pathogens in Hong Kong, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 2011; 11(9): 1269-1277 doi:10.1089/vbz.2010.0265
Tse H, Tsoi HW, Teng JLL, Chen XC, Liu H, Zhou B, Zheng BJ, Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Discovery and genomic characterization of a novel ovine partetravirus and a new genotype of bovine partetravirus, PLoS ONE 2011; 6(9, article no. e25619) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025619
To KKW, Teng JLL, Wong SSY, Ngan AHY, Yuen KY, Woo PCY. Complication of corticosteroid treatment by acute Plasmodium malariae infection confirmed by small-subunit rRNA sequencing, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2010; 48(11): 4313-4316 doi:10.1128/JCM.00463-10
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Lam KKM, Tse CWS, Leung KW, Leung AWS, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. First report of Gordonibacter pamelaeae bacteremia, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2010; 48(1): 319-322 doi:10.1128/JCM.01459-09
Woo PCY, Wong SSY, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Ngan AHY, Zhao DQ, Tse H, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Leptotrichia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Leptotrichia species with the oral cavity as its natural reservoir, Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B 2010; 11(6): 391-401 doi:10.1631/jzus.B1000056
Woo PCY, Fong AHC, Ngan AHY, Tam DMW, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. First report of Tsukamurella keratitis: Association between T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis and ophthalmologic infections, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2009; 47(6): 1953-1956 doi:10.1128/JCM.00424-09
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Tse H, Teng JLL, Curreem SOT, Tsang AKL, Fan RYY, Wong GKM, Huang Y, Loman NJ, Snyder LAS, Cai JJ, Huang JD, Mak W, Pallen MJ, Lok S, Yuen KY. The complete genome and proteome of laribacter hongkongensis reveal potential mechanisms for adaptations to different temperatures and habitats, PLoS Genetics 2009; 5(3) doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000416
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Tsang AKL, Tse H, Tsang VYM, Chan KM, Lee EKY, Chan JKH, Ma SSL, Tam DMW, Chung LMW, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Development of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with freshwater fish-borne gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea, BMC Microbiology 2009; 9, article no. 21 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-21
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Wu JKL, Leung FPS, Tse H, Fung AMY, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Guidelines for interpretation of 16S rRNA gene sequence-based results for identification of medically important aerobic Gram-positive bacteria, Journal of Medical Microbiology 2009; 58(8): 1030-1036 doi:10.1099/jmm.0.008615-0
Lau SKP, Lee LCK, Fan RYY, Teng JLL, Tse CWS, Woo PCY, Yuen KY. Isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, from Chinese tiger frog, International Journal of Food Microbiology 2009; 129(1): 78-82 doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.10.021
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Tsang SNY, Tse CWS, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. The oral cavity as a natural reservoir for Streptococcus sinensis, Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2008; 14(11): 1075-1079 doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02083.x
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Tse H, Yuen KY. Then and now: Use of 16S rDNA gene sequencing for bacterial identification and discovery of novel bacteria in clinical microbiology laboratories, Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2008; 14(10): 908-934 doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02070.x
Woo PCY, Chung LMW, Teng JLL, Tse H, Pang SSY, Lau VYT, Wong VWK, Kam KL, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. In silico analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing-based methods for identification of medically important anaerobic bacteria, Journal of Clinical Pathology 2007; 60(5): 576-579 doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.038653
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Ma SSL, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Characterization of a novel cryptic plasmid, pHLHK26, in Laribacter hongkongensis, New Microbiologica 2007; 30(2): 139-147
Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Fan RYY, Lee RCM, Teng JLL, Yuen Ky. Seasonal and tissue distribution of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, in retail freshwater fish in Hong Kong, International Journal of Food Microbiology 2007; 113(1): 62-66 doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.07.017
Woo PCY, Ma SSL, Teng JLL, Li MWS, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Plasmid profile and construction of a small shuttle vector in Laribacter hongkongensis, Biotechnology Letters 2007; 29(10): 1575-1582 doi:10.1007/s10529-007-9447-x
Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Li NKH, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Ng KHL, Que TL, Yuen KY. Globicatella bacteraemia identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, Journal of Clinical Pathology 2006; 59(3): 303-307 doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.028878
Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Li NKH, Ng KHL, Chau KY, Que TL, Woo PCY, Yuen KY. Bacteremia caused by Solobacterium moorei in a patient with acute proctitis and carcinoma of the cervix, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2006; 44(8): 3031-3034 doi:10.1128/JCM.00555-06
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Lau SKP, Woo GKS, Wong ACY, Wong MKM, Yuen KY. Anaerospora hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel genus and species with ribosomal DNA operon heterogeneity isolated from an intravenous drug abuser with pseudobacteremia, Microbiology and Immunology 2005; 49(1): 31-39 doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03637.x
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Yuen KY. Current status and future directions for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis and traveller's diarrhoea, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2005; 18(5): 413-419 doi:10.1097/01.qco.0000180162.76648.c9
Teng JLL, Woo PCY, Ma SSL, Sit THC, Ng LT, Hui WT, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2005; 43(2): 919-922 doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.919-922.2005
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Clinical, phenotypic, and genotypic evidence for Streptococcus sinensis as the common ancestor of anginosus and mitis groups of streptococci, Medical Hypotheses 2005; 66(2): 345-351 doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2005.03.033
Woo PCY, Ma SSL, Teng JLL, Li MWS, Kao RYT, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Construction of an inducible expression shuttle vector for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, FEMS Microbiology Letters 2005; 252(1): 57-65 doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.08.026
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Que TL, Yung RWH, Luk WK, Lai RWM, Hui WT, Wong SSY, Yau HH, Yuen KY. Association of Laribacter hongkongensis in community-acquired gastroenteritis with travel and eating fish: A multicentre case-control study, Lancet 2004; 363(9425): 1941-1947 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16407-6
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Lau SKP, Wong MKM, Yuen KY. Bacteremia in a patient with colonic carcinoma caused by a novel Sedimentibacter species: Sedimentibacter hongkongensis sp. nov, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2004; 50(2): 81-87 doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.05.005
Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Mok MY, Teng JLL, Tam VKP, Chan KKH, Yuen KY. Characterization of Haemophilus segnis, an Important Cause of Bacteremia, by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2004; 42(2): 877-880 doi:10.1128/JCM.42.2.877-880.2004
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Lau SKP, Tse H, Wong BHL, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis may react with Lancefield group F antiserum, Journal of Medical Microbiology 2004; 53(11): 1083-1088 doi:10.1099/jmm.0.45745-0
Woo PCY, Fung AMY, Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Wong BHL, Wong MKM, Hon E, Tang GWK, Yuen KY. Actinomyces hongkongensis sp. nov. A Novel Actinomyces species Isolated from a Patient with Pelvic Actinomycosis, Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2003; 26(4): 518-522 doi:10.1078/072320203770865819
Teng JLL, Woo PCY, Leung KW, Lau SKP, Wong MKM, Yuen KY. Pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever caused by a novel paenibacillus species: Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov., Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology 2003; 56(1): 29-35 doi:10.1136/mp.56.1.29
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Lum PNL, Leung KW, Wong KL, Li KW, Lam KC, Yuen KY. Analysis of a viridans group strain reveals a case of bacteremia due to lancefield group G alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in a patient with pyomyositis and reactive arthritis, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2003; 41(2): 613-618 doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.613-618.2003
Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Hui WT, Li MWS, Teng JLL, Que TL, Luk WK, Lai RWM, Yung RWH, Yuen KY. Use of cefoperazone MacConkey agar for selective isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2003; 41(10): 4839-4841 doi:10.1128/JCM.41.10.4839-4841.2003
Woo PCY, Zhen H, Cai JJ, Yu J, Lau SKP, Wang J, Teng JLL, Wong SSY, Tse RH, Chen R, Yang H, Liu B, Yuen KY. The mitochondrial genome of the thermal dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei is more closely related to those of molds than yeasts, FEBS Letters 2003; 555(3): 469-477 doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)01307-3
Woo PCY, Fung AMY, Lau SKP, Chan BYL, Chiu SK, Teng JLL, Que TL, Yung RWH, Yuen KY. Granulicatella adiacens and Abiotrophia defectiva bacteraemia characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, Journal of Medical Microbiology 2003; 52(2): 137-140 doi:10.1099/jmm.0.04950-0
Woo PCY, Kuhnert P, Burnens AP, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Que TL, Yau HH, Yuen KY. Laribacter hongkongensis: A potential cause of infectious diarrhea, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2003; 47(4): 551-556 doi:10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00161-5
Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Yuen KY. Identification by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing of Arcobacter butzleri bacteraemia in a patient with acute gangrenous appendicitis, Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology 2002; 55(3): 182-185 doi:10.1136/mp.55.3.182
Woo PCY, Tam DMW, Leung KW, Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Wong MKM, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a patient with infective endocarditis, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2002; 40(3): 805-810 doi:10.1128/JCM.40.3.805-810.2002
Woo PCY, Leung KW, Tsoi HW, Wong SSY, Teng JLL, Yuen KY. Thermo-tolerant Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing: An emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients, Journal of Medical Microbiology 2002; 51(9): 740-746 doi:10.1099/0022-1317-51-9-740
Yuen KY, Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Leung KW, Wong MKM, Lau SKP. Laribacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gram-negative bacterium isolated from a cirrhotic patient with bacteremia and empyema, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2001; 39(12): 4227-4232 doi:10.1128/JCM.39.12.4227-4232.2001
Conference Paper
Sridhar S, Yip CY, Leung KH, Teng LL. Amino acid substitutions in viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase associated with ribavirin non-responsiveness in patients with persistent genotype 4 hepatitis E virus infection., The 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology, 2021 2021;
Lui WW, Leung WS, Leung HCM, Xin Y, Teng LL, Woo PCY, Lam TW, Luo R. MegaPath-Nano: Accurate Compositional Analysis and Drug-level Antimicrobial Resistance Detection Software for Oxford Nanopore Long-read Metagenomics, IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Proceedings 2020; 329-336 doi:10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313313
Tang Y, Huang Y, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Teng JLL. Phylogenomic analysis of streptococcus sinensis HKU4T reveals a novel phylogenetic group in the genus streptococcus, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, ASM Microbe 2016 2016;
Yeung C, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Teng LL, Wu Y, Bai R, Fan RYY, Chan KH, Yuen KY. Discovery and characterization of feline and canine bocaviruses in Hong Kong, 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2015 2015;
Xiong L, Teng JLL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Molecular characterization of the arginine deiminase pathways in Laribacter hongkongensis: unique genetic organisation and regulation by transcriptional regulator ArgR and multiple environmental stresses, Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Stress Response 2014;
Xiong L, Teng JLL, Watt RM, Kan B, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Arginine deiminase pathway is far more important than urease for acid resistance and intracellular survival in Laribacter hongkongensis: a possible result of arc gene cassette duplication, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ECCMID 2013 2013;
Woo PCY, Teng JLL, Tsang AKL, Tse H, Tsang VYM, Chan KM, Lee EKY, Chan JKH, Ma SSL, Tam DMW, Chung LMW, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Development of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with freshwater fish-borne gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea, revealed 'pathogenic' strains, International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008; doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.313
Teng LL, Woo PCY, Ma SSL, Sit HC, Ng LT, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Eco-epidemiology of Laribacter Hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, Research Postgraduate Symposium, RPS 2004 2004;
Woo PCY, Lau SKP, Teng LL, Que TL, Yung RWH, Luk WK, Lai WM, Hui WT, Wong SSY, Yau HH, Yuen KY. Laribacter hongkongensis in fish is associated with gastroenteritis and traveller's diarrhoea, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, ECCMID 2004 2004;
Teng LL, Woo PCY, Leung KL, Wong MKM, Lau SKP, Yuen KY. Laribacter Hongkongensis gen.nov.,sp.nov., A novel gram-negative bacterium isolated from a cirrhotic patient with bacteremia and empyema, Research Postgraduate Symposium, RPS 2003 2003;
Book Chapter
Lau SKP, Teng JLL, Ho CC, Woo PCY. Gene Amplification and Sequencing for Bacterial Identification . Current and Emerging Technologies for the Diagnosis of Microbial Infections. London: Academic Press; 2015:433-464.
Lau SKP, Teng LL, Woo PCY. Bacterial Identification Based on Universal Gene Amplification and Sequencing . Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer; 2013:483-509.
Editorships
2023: Associate Editor. Pathogens.
2021: Guest Editor. Pathogens.
2020: Associate Editor. Frontiers in Microbiology.
0: Guest Editor. Pathogens.
0: Associate Editor. Frontiers in Genetics.
0: Associate Editor. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.
Knowledge Exchange
24 November 2020: Teng Lee Lee, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Kok Kin Hang, Yeung Man Lung, Tsang Chi Ching, Chow Wang Ngai. 2020/21 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2020/21-54: Coronavirus Journey at HKU, IV: Rapid Diagnosis and Mass On-site Screening of COVID-19 ($90,000).
24 June 2019: Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Chi-Chun Ho, Teng Lee Lee, Lee Hwei Huih, Tsang Chi Ching, Chow Wang Ngai Franklin. ssGeneFinder: a webserver for automated pangenomic analysis in target selection for PCR detection and identification of bacteria.
01 June 2019: Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Watt Rory Munro, Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Teng Lee Lee, Tsang Chi Ching, Chow Wang Ngai Franklin. Interdisciplinary KE Project Fund: KE-ID-2018/19-22: Antimicrobials and Infection Control: Emergence Of Drug Resistance & Novel Pathogens (HK$175,000) .
01 June 2019: Kok Kin Hang, Watt Rory Munro, Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Teng Lee Lee, Tsang Chi Ching, Chow Wang Ngai, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat. Interdisciplinary KE Project Fund: KE-ID-2018/19-22: Antimicrobials and Infection Control: Emergence Of Drug Resistance & Novel Pathogens (HK$175,000) .
01 September 2018: Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Kok Kin Hang, Yeung Man Lung, Teng Lee Lee. 2018/19 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2018/19-50: Development of a Transgenic Mouse Model for the study of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ($70,000).
11 November 2017: Teng Lee Lee, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Yeung Man Lung, Chan Elaine, Lau Susanna Kar Pui. 2017/18 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2017/18-40: Learn it the HKU way: Early diagnosis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (HK$70,000).
15 August 2017: Teng Lee Lee, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Yeung Man Lung, Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Kok Kin Hang, Lau Susanna Kar Pui. 2017/18 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2017/18-40: Learn it the HKU way: Early diagnosis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (HK$70,000).
15 August 2017: Teng Lee Lee, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Yeung Man Lung, Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Kok Kin Hang. 2017/18 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2017/18-40: Learn it the HKU way: Early diagnosis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (HK$70,000).
03 August 2017: Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Lau Susanna Kar Pui, To Kelvin Kai Wang, Kok Kin Hang, Yeung Man Lung, Teng Lee Lee, Tsang Chi Ching. 2017/18 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2017/18-40: Learn it the HKU way: Early diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome ($70,000).
08 April 2017: Teng Lee Lee, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Wong Cheuk Pui. Knowledge exchange program for secondary school students and teachers:coronavirus discovery in Hong Kong.
08 April 2017: Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Teng Lee Lee, Wong Cheuk Pui. Knowledge exchange program for secondary school students and teachers: coronavirus discovery in Hong Kong.
08 October 2016: Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Yeung Man Lung, Teng Lee Lee, Li Kenneth Sze Ming, Wong Cheuk Pui, Yeong Kai Yan, Chiu Tsz Ho, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat. Knowledge exchange program for secondary school students: coronavirus discovery in Hong Kong.
24 September 2016: Teng Lee Lee, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Kok Kin Hang. Knowledge exchange program for secondary school students and teachers:coronavirus discovery in Hong Kong.
24 September 2016: Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Teng Lee Lee. Knowledge exchange program for secondary school students and teachers: coronavirus discovery in Hong Kong.
15 August 2016: Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Teng Lee Lee, Yeung Man Lung, Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Kok Kin Hang. 2016/17 KE Impact Project Funding: KE-IP-2016/17-41: Coronavirus discovery in Hong Kong (HK$70,000).
01 January 2016: Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Teng Lee Lee, Tsang Ka Lun, Lee Hwei Huih. 2. 16SpathDB: a comprehensive database for automated identification of medically important bacteria by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
01 January 2014: Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Teng Lee Lee, Tsang Ka Lun, Lee Hwei Huih. 1. CoVDB: a comprehensive database for comoparative analysis of coronavirus genes and genomes. http://covdb.microbiology.hku.hk.
Professional Societies
2023: Member. Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
2023: Member. HIV Medicine Association.
2023: Member. International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM).
2022: Fellow. The Royal College of Pathologists, UK (Specialty: Medical Microbiology).
2022: Member. International Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research.
2022: Member. Royal Society of Biology.
2019: Fellow. Institute of Biomedical Science, UK.
2019: Associate Member. Hong Kong Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences.
2017: Associate Member. Hong Kong Society for Molecular Diagnostic Science.
2016: Registered Medical Laboratory Technologist (Part I). Hong Kong Medical Laboratory Technologists Board, Supplementary Medical Professions Council.
2011: Member. Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America.
Grants
Project Title: Unravelling protein interaction networks of the newly discovered SARS-CoV-2 cell entry mechanism mediated by circulating soluble ACE2 (sACE2): potential therapeutic target for COVID-19 Grant Type: Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant Funding Year: 2021 Amount: HKD1500000 Principal Investigator: Dr Yeung, Man Lung Co-investigator(s): Dr Teng Lee Lee
Project Title: First detection of pandemic clone Salmonella ST34-carrying mcr-3: prevalence and characteristics of multidrug resistant Salmonella isolated from humans and foods in Hong Kong Grant Type: Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant Funding Year: 2021 Amount: HKD1500000 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee Co-investigator(s): Dr Yeung Man Lung, Dr Chan Elaine
Project Title: Ecology, molecular virology and pathogenesis of SARSCoV-2: From bedside to bench and back Grant Type: Theme-based Research Scheme Funding Year: 2021 Amount: HKD31136000 Principal Investigator: Professor Jin, Dong-Yan Co-principal investigator(s): Professor Chen Zhiwei, Professor To Kelvin Kai Wang, Professor Hung Fan Ngai Ivan, Dr Zhou Jie, Dr Kao Richard Yi Tsun, Dr Kok Kin Hang, Professor Sun Hongzhe, Professor Huang Jiandong, Dr Yeung Man Lung, Professor Chen Honglin, Professor Yuen Kwok Yung, Dr Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Professor Tsui Kwok Wing Stephen, Professor Cai Zongwei Co-investigator(s): Dr Chan Chi Ping, Dr Teng Lee Lee, Dr Yuan Shuofeng, Dr Zhao Hanjun, Dr Chu Hin, Dr Zhang Jinxia, Dr Chan Kwok Hung
Project Title: Discovery of a novel SARS-CoV-2 cell entry mechanism mediated by circulating soluble ACE2 (sACE2): potential therapeutic target and risk marker for COVID-19 Grant Type: Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant Funding Year: 2020 Amount: HKD1113540 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee Co-investigator(s): Dr Yeung Man Lung, Dr Chan Elaine, Professor WOO Patrick Chiu Yat
Project Title: Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis and Surveillance of COVID-19 by Fluorescent Lateral Flow Assay Based on the Novel Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Technology Grant Type: Public Sector Trial Scheme Funding Year: 2020 Amount: HKD1666481 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee
Project Title: One-kit-for-multiple-animal rapid serodiagnosis and surveillance of COVID-19 Grant Type: Public Sector Trial Scheme Funding Year: 2020 Amount: HKD1602054 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee
Project Title: Rapid and sensitive colorimetric assays for point-of-care diagnosis of COVID-19 Grant Type: Public Sector Trial Scheme Funding Year: 2020 Amount: HKD2000000 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee
Project Title: Development of an antigen capture assay for melioidosis, a fatal disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei Grant Type: Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant Funding Year: 2018 Amount: HKD992348 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee Co-investigator(s): Dr Chan Elaine, Professor Woo Patrick Chiu Yat
Project Title: Diagnosing Fungal Infections By Artificial Intelligence Grant Type: Midstream Research Programme for Universities (MRP) Funding Year: 2018 Amount: HKD3499997 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee Co-investigator(s): Professor Yiu Siu Ming, Dr Schnieders Dirk, Professor Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Dr Tsang Chi Ching, Professor Woo Patrick Chiu Yat
Project Title: The effect of feeding methods on intestinal microbiota of healthy Chinese infants Grant Type: Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant Funding Year: 2017 Amount: HKD1011232 Principal Investigator: Dr Lok, Yuet Wan Co-investigator(s): Dr El-Nezamy Hani Said, Dr Ip Patrick, Dr Teng Lee Lee, Professor Woo Patrick Chiu Yat, Professor Tarrant Agnes Marie, Dr Chau Pui Hing
Project Title: Molecular Basis for Interspecies Transmission and Pathogenesis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Grant Type: Theme-based Research Scheme Funding Year: 2015 Amount: HKD35620000 Principal Investigator: Professor Woo, Patrick Chiu Yat Co-principal investigator(s): Professor Zheng Bojian, Professor Yuen Kwok Yung, Dr Lau Chi Kong Terrence, Professor Tsui Kwok Wing Stephen, Professor Cai Zongwei, Dr Kao Richard Yi Tsun, Professor Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Professor Chen Honglin, Professor Jin Dong-Yan, Professor Sham Pak Chung Co-investigator(s): Dr Kok Kin Hang, Dr Teng Lee Lee, Dr Tse Herman, Professor To Kelvin Kai Wang, Dr Sze Kong Hung, Dr Zhou Jie, Professor Tanner Julian Alexander, Dr Chan Jasper Fuk Woo, Dr Chu Hin, Dr Lam Yun Wah, Dr Zhang Jinxia, Dr Yeung Man Lung
Project Title: Automated identification of medically important bacteria by 16S rRNA sequencing using a novel comprehensive database 16SpathDB Grant Type: Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Mini Grants Funding Year: 2011 Amount: HKD74735 Principal Investigator: Dr Teng, Lee Lee Co-investigator(s): Professor Lau Susanna Kar Pui, Professor Woo Patrick Chiu Yat
Invited Lectures and Keynote Speeches
26 July 2023: Development of a novel assay for serodiagnosis of Burkholderia infection. .
01 January 2015: Microbial Genomics and Infectious Diseases. .
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