Humanity just made it through the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past 20 years, our society has seen multiple notable human outbreaks of infectious diseases, including the avian influenza, zika virus and of course severe acute res...
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the infection of mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). In developing countries, co-infection of Mtb and HIV are common, as HIV could exacerbate TB. Nevertheless, the reverse impact of Mtb infection on HIV development has r...
Re-Emergence of the Past into the Present The earliest outbreak of dengue was reported in Jakarta during the year 1779, Indonesia and the virus causing the disease was identified during the early 20 th century 5 . Dengue has since become a global pr...
Herpes zoster (HZ), also known as shingles, is caused by the reactivation of Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that commonly leads to chickenpox. Normally, VZV remains dormant in the dorsal root ganglia or the sensory ganglia of the cranial nerve after a...
The Importance of Timely Treatment In local clinical settings, Enterobacteriaceae, including both E. coli and K. pneumoniae , exhibiting resistance to cephalosporins (extended-spectrum β-lactamase [ESBL] phenotype) and carbapenems, P. aeruginos...
Consensus Recommendations on COVID-19 Vaccination in Adult Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases by the HKSR Clinical opinions generally advocate that COVID-19 vaccination is a critical measure to contain the current pandemic. Notably, patient...
Different guidelines call for all adults to engage in at least 150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity. It is well-known that regular physical activity reduces the risk of systemic inflammation, which is a major contributor to lun...
A Review on the Impacts of Work from Home Arrangement on Health and Business Operation during COVID-19 Pandemic The development in information technologies facilitates digitalisation and a growing globalising endeavour leading to a significant impro...
With Vaccination , Can We Resist the Evolutionary Force of Viruses ? COVID-19, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been a challenging pandemic in the 21 st century 1 . The highly pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 has ...
Novel Antiviral Mechanism Targeting Pressurised DNA State in Herpesvirus Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a highly contagious viral infection prevalent across the world. With HSV-1 and HSV-2 being the most common types, approximately 90% of people worl...
Is It a True Pathogen? Ureaplasma can live in the mucosa of urogenital tract of healthy adults without causing any symptoms. It was found that up to 80% of sexually mature female have Ureaplasma spp. in their genital tract 2 . It was found in 5 to 1...
World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a large, open-label, randomised-controlled trial involving hospital inpatients to evaluate the effects of remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, and interferon beta-1a on mortality caused by Covid-19. Th...
