Research

Latest Publications


  1. Kwan TH, Chan DPC, Wong NS, Lee SS. Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus transmission networks among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. HK Med J. 2024;30(suppl 3):20-22.
  2. Chan CP, Lee SS, Kwan TH, Wong SYS, Yeoh EK, Wong NS. Population Behavior Changes Underlying Phasic Shifts of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Settings Across 3 Omicron Epidemic Waves in Hong Kong: Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024 Jun;10:e51498.
  3. Lau LHW, Lee MP, Wong BCK, Kwong TS, Hui WM, Chan JMC, Lee SS. HIV-related public stigma in the era of “Undetectable = Untransmittable”: a population-based study in Hong Kong. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:1517. [ePub 6 June 2024]
  4. Wong NS, Chan DP, Chung SL, Kwan TH, Lee KC, Kwan CK, Lee SS. Self-sampled multi-anatomic site testing for uncovering the community burden of undiagnosed Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in men who have sex with men. Infection. 2024 Apr;52(2):491-502.
  5. Wong NS, Chan DP, Kwan TH, Lui GC, Lee KC, Lee SS. Dynamicity of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Usage Pattern and Association with Executed Adherence in MSM: An Implementation Study in Hong Kong. AIDS Behav. 2024 Apr;28(4):1327-1344.
  6. Wong NS, Tang W, Miller WC, Ong JJ, Lee SS. Expanded HIV testing in non-key populations – the neglected strategy for minimising late diagnosis. Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jan;138, 38-40.
  7. Sharma A, Gupta B, Petersen E, Lee SS, Zumla A. Enhancing preparedness for reducing transmission and globalisation of Antimicrobial Resistance at the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2025, the world's largest recurring religious mass gathering. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Dec:137:79-81.
  8. Petersen E, Lee SS, Blumberg L, Levison ME. Antimicrobial resistance – a global problem in need of global solutions. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Dec:137, 73-74.
  9. Haider N, Asaduzzaman M, Hassan MN, Rahman M, Sharif AR, Ashrafi SAA, Lee SS, Zumla A. Bangladesh's 2023 Dengue outbreak – age/gender-related disparity in morbidity and mortality and geographic variability of epidemic burdens. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Nov;136:1-4.
  10. Lau LHW, Wong NS, Leung CC, Chan CK, Tai L-B, Lau AKH, Lin C, Lee SS. Association of ambient PM2.5 concentration with tuberculosis reactivation diseases – an integrated spatio-temporal analysis. IJID Regions. 2023 Sep; 8: 145-152.
  11. Lee SS, Bockarie MJ, Al-Tawfig JA. Was the public health emergency status of mpox ended too soon? Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Sep; 134: 301-302.
  12. Lee SS, Sakuma Y, Tucker JD. Charting the course of biomedical STI prevention – can it be hastened? Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Sep;134:123-125.
  13. Kwan TH, Wong NS, Yeoh EK, Lee SS. Shifts of SARS-CoV-2 exposure settings in the transmission clusters of 2 consecutive epidemic waves in Hong Kong. Int J Environ Health Res. 2023 Sep;33(9):911-923.
  14. Hui DS, Yung L, Chan KKP, Ng SS, Lui G, Ko FW, Chan TO, Yiu K, Li Y, Chan MTV, Yen HL. Risk of air and surface contamination during application of different noninvasive respiratory support for patients with COVID-19. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Aug:133:60-66.
  15. Wong NS, Wong BC, Lee MP, Tsang OT, Cheung DKF, Sit AY, Wong SY, Lee SS. Mpox vaccination for men who have sex with men and their differential risk of exposure and infection. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Aug 1;19(2):2252263.
  16. Chung SL, Wong NS, Ho KM, Lee SS. Coinfection and repeat bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STI) - retrospective study on male attendees of public STI clinics in an Asia Pacific city. Epidemiol Infect. 2023 Jun 9;151:e101.