https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/ Published infectious-disease literature filtered to Hong Kong, China. en Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:02:01 GMT https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1002-14651858-cd012023-pub3-623f5813/ https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1002-14651858-cd012023-pub3-623f5813/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Findings align with routine first-line clinical provision of hearing aids to adults seeking help for hearing difficulties, while signalling ongoing uncertainty around benefits for mental health and cognition. AIDS Noise-induced hearing loss Treatment Climate and environment Systematic review https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1016-s1473-3099-21-00146-8-4d20c0b2/ https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1016-s1473-3099-21-00146-8-4d20c0b2/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT The findings suggest pooled nasal and throat swabs, and to a slightly lesser extent saliva and nasal swabs, are clinically acceptable alternatives to nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing in ambulatory settings, while throat swabs alone appear insufficient. SARS COVID-19 Diagnostics Outbreak investigation Systematic review https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1016-s1473-3099-19-30297-x-692c94da/ https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1016-s1473-3099-19-30297-x-692c94da/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT Findings suggest emerging non-vaccine serotypes may be shaped by local antibiotic-selective pressures, highlighting the need for continued genomic surveillance to inform future vaccine design. Invasive pneumococcal disease Genomic epidemiology Antimicrobial resistance Surveillance Vaccination Genomic study https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid2412-180937-ce6d55e0/ https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid2412-180937-ce6d55e0/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT The report indicates that routine hepatitis E tests may fail to identify HEV-C infection and identifies possible relevance for evaluation of unexplained hepatitis. It also describes HEV-C as a potential concern for blood product safety, without providing population-level risk estimates. Hepatitis E Treatment Genomic epidemiology Diagnostics One Health Genomic study https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1017-s0950268818000444-b346227c/ https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1017-s0950268818000444-b346227c/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT The paper provides pre-universal-vaccination baseline context for varicella and zoster in Hong Kong. It may help readers understand age-specific disease patterns relevant to vaccination policy discussions. Zoster Varicella Transmission dynamics Vaccination Surveillance Journal article