BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerged disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which spread globally in early 2003, affecting over 30 countries. We have used molecular epidemiology to define the patterns of spread of the virus in Hong Kong and beyond. METHODS The case definition of SARS was based on that recommended by WHO. We genetically sequenced th...

OBJECTIVES To review the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in Hong Kong. DESIGN Questionnaire study and review of previous presentations at the Hong Kong Urological Association meetings. SETTING Urology centres in the public sector, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Thirteen public urology centres replied to the questionnaire survey. Thirty-two papers on benign prostatic hyperplasia present...

5 A considerable amount of solid wastes is generated every year from construction and demolition (C&D) 6 activities in Hong Kong. The C&D waste can be classified into inert and non-inert wastes, in which the 7 inert waste is normally disposed of in public fills as reclamation materials, and the non-inert part is dumped 8 at landfills. Under the current waste generation trend, all landfills and ...

1School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guang Zhou 510006, China 3Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa 4Center for Advanced Drug Research and Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA 5Department of Cli...

1Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 2Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, 91023 Erlangen, Germany 3Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong 4Department of Medical Oncology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand 5Head and Neck Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard ...

Surveillance of amantadine and oseltamivir resistance among influenza viruses was begun in Hong Kong in 2006. In 2008, while both A/Brisbane/59/2007-like and A/Hong Kong/2652/2006-like viruses (H1N1) were cocirculating, we detected amantadine and oseltamivir resistance among A/Hong Kong/2652/2006-like viruses (H1N1), caused by genetic reassortment or spontaneous mutation.

Some of the recent communicable disease problems in Hong Kong are summarised to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of how Hong Kong currently controls and prevents communicable diseases. Suggestions on how Hong Kong could improve the control and prevention of communicable diseases are made.

1 Department of Neuroscience, University Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China 3Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital and Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong 4Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

precipitation using acetamide Yuhui Shen1, Hongquan Zhang2, Lianfu Deng1 ,Weibin Zhang1 ,Ting Wang 3,Haobo Pan3 , Lu, W W3 . 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China 2 Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China 3 Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, C...

BACKGROUND In recent years there has been a steady influx of immigrants into Hong Kong from Mainland China, where breastfeeding patterns differ. Studies in other regions have found substantial differences in breastfeeding rates between native-born and immigrant mothers. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with breastfeeding initiation in Hong Kong born and Mainland China...