Research for the control of emerging or important acute microbial infections with public health threat to HKSAR
Grant Data
Project Title
Research for the control of emerging or important acute microbial infections with public health threat to HKSAR
Principal Investigator
Professor Yuen, Kwok Yung
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Ho Pak Leung
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Sridhar Siddharth
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Yeung Man Lung
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Kao Richard Yi Tsun
(Co-Investigator)
Professor WOO Patrick Chiu Yat
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Zhao Hanjun
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Yuan Shuofeng
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Chu Hin
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Chan Jasper Fuk Woo
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Cheng Chi Chung Vincent
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Kok Kin Hang
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Huang Jiandong
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Jin Dong-Yan
(Co-Investigator)
Professor To Kelvin Kai Wang
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Zhou Jie
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Lau Susanne Kar Pui
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
60
Start Date
2021-01-01
Amount
28000000
Conference Title
Research for the control of emerging or important acute microbial infections with public health threat to HKSAR
Presentation Title
Keywords
antiviral, diagnostics, emerging, infections, pathogenesis, vaccine
Discipline
Others - Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
CID-HKU1
Grant Type
Commissioned Research on Control of Infectious Diseases (Phase IV)
Funding Year
2020
Status
On-going
Objectives
Guagndong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is haunted by seasonal influenza, entero/rhino-viruses and dengue virus, and also antibiotic resistance, with occasional disruptions by emerging virus infections such as avian influenza A(H5N1, H7N9) viruses, 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, SARS and the potential threats of MERS coronaviurses, zika virus.