Prof. Gilman Siu

Department of Health Technology and Informatics,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Email: khsiu@polyu.edu.hk

Qualifications

2010 Ph.D., Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2006 B.Sc., Biomedical Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Wong, R. C. W., Cheung, I. Y. Y., Lai, C. K. C., Yuk, M. T., Chow, V. C. Y., Leung, J. S. L., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2025). Potential use of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy as a rapid screening tool for investigating nosocomial outbreaks of ST-80 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. Journal of Hospital Infection, 155, 161-169.
2. Xie, Y. J., Tian, L., Deng, Y., Yang, L., Cheung, K., Li, Y., ... & Leung, A. Y. M. (2024). Use of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model in Piloting Vaccine Promotion and Infection Self-Protection: Intervention Development and Effectiveness Examination. Vaccines, 12(9), 979.
3. Kwok, C. T. K., Yu, R. C. W., Hau, P. T., Cheung, K. Y. C., Ng, I. C. F., Fung, J., ... & Seto, S. W. (2024). Characteristics and pathogenicity of Vibrio alginolyticus SWS causing high mortality in mud crab (Scylla serrata) aquaculture in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 14, 1425104.
4. Chow, N., Long, T., Lee, L. K., Wong, I. T. F., Lee, A. W. T., Tam, W. Y., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2024). Transmission Patterns of Co-Circulation of Omicron Sub-Lineages in Hong Kong SAR, China, a City with Rigorous Social Distancing Measures, in 2022. Viruses, 16(6), 981.
5. Meng, J., Liu, J. Y. W., Yang, L., Wong, M. S., Tsang, H., Yu, B., ... & Shum, D. H. (2024). An AI-empowered indoor digital contact tracing system for COVID-19 outbreaks in residential care homes. Infectious Disease Modelling, 9(2), 474-482.
6. Lee, A. W. T., Ng, I. C. F., Wong, E. Y. K., Wong, I. T. F., Sze, R. P. P., Chan, K. Y., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2024). Comprehensive identification of pathogenic microbes and antimicrobial resistance genes in food products using nanopore sequencing-based metagenomics. Food Microbiology, 121, 104493.
7. Tafess, K., Ng, T. T. L., Tam, K. K. G., Leung, K. S. S., Leung, J. S. L., Lee, L. K., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2024). Genetic mechanisms of co-emergence of INH-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains during the standard course of antituberculosis therapy. Microbiology spectrum, 12(4), e02133-23.
8. Yip, C. C. Y., Poon, J. H. C., Leung, K. H., Chan, W. M., Ip, J. D., Chu, A. W. H., ... & To, K. K. W. (2024). Development and Evaluation of an In-House Real-Time RT-PCR Targeting nsp10 Gene for SARS-CoV-2 Detection. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(6), 3552.
9. Lao, H. Y., Wong, L. L. Y., Hui, Y., Ng, T. T. L., Chan, C. T. M., Lo, H. W. H., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2024). The clinical utility of Nanopore 16S rRNA gene sequencing for direct bacterial identification in normally sterile body fluids. Frontiers in microbiology, 14, 1324494.
10. Chiu, K. H. Y., Yip, C. C. Y., Poon, R. W. S., Leung, K. H., Li, X., Hung, I. F. N., ... & Yuen, K. Y. (2023). Correlations of Myeloperoxidase (MPO), Adenosine deaminase (ADA), C–C motif chemokine 22 (CCL22), Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA expression in the nasopharyngeal specimens with the diagnosis and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Emerging microbes & infections, 12(1), 2157338.
11. Wu, W. G., Shum, M. H. H., Wong, I. T. F., Lu, K. K., Lee, L. K., Leung, J. S. L., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2023). Probable airborne transmission of Burkholderia pseudomallei causing an urban outbreak of melioidosis during typhoon season in Hong Kong, China. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 12(1), 2204155.
12. Bekele, D., Aragie, S., Alene, K. A., Dejene, T., Warkaye, S., Mezemir, M., ... & Tafess, K. (2023). Spatiotemporal distribution of tuberculosis in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia: a Hotspot Analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8(9), 437.
13. Ng, T. T. L., Su, J., Lao, H. Y., Lui, W. W., Chan, C. T. M., Leung, A. W. S., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2023). Long-read sequencing with hierarchical clustering for antiretroviral resistance profiling of mixed human immunodeficiency virus quasispecies. Clinical chemistry, 69(10), 1174-1185.
14. Lee, A. W. T., Chan, C. T. M., Wong, L. L. Y., Yip, C. Y., Lui, W. T., Cheng, K. C., ... & Siu, G. K. H. (2023). Identification of microbial community in the urban environment: The concordance between conventional culture and nanopore 16S rRNA sequencing. Frontiers in microbiology, 14, 1164632.
15. Su, J., Lui, W. W., Lee, Y., Zheng, Z., Siu, G. K. H., Ng, T. T. L., ... & Luo, R. (2023). Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis enrichment in metagenomic samples using ONT adaptive sequencing and amplicon sequencing for identification and variant calling. Scientific reports, 13(1), 5237.
16. Chan, W., Chow, F. W. N., Tsang, C. C., Liu, X., Yao, W., Chan, T. T. Y., ... & Woo, P. C. Y. (2022). Induction of amphotericin B resistance in susceptible Candida auris by extracellular vesicles. Emerging microbes & infections, 11(1), 1900-1909.

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