Publications by authors named "Jordan Yik Hei Fong"
Impact of diet on the gut mycobiome of Hong Kong Chinese infants.
Comput Struct Biotechnol J
February 2025
Despite extensive research on the gut bacteriome during infancy and its correlation with various chronic diseases, the influence of diet on gut mycobiome development in infants remains unexplored. To address this significant research gap, we conducted a study on 70 healthy Hong Kong Chinese infants who were either directly breastfed, expressed milk-fed, or formula-fed. Our analysis revealed that formula-fed infants had higher fungal diversity and composition in their gut mycobiome compared to those in breastfed and expressed milk-fed infants.
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- A group of multi-drug resistant bacteria is linked to bacterial eye infections such as conjunctivitis and keratitis, but details on how these infections develop are not well understood.
- A study using New Zealand White rabbits established a model to investigate how biofilm formation by these bacteria contributes to keratitis, leading researchers to explore gene sequences for potential virulence factors involved in this process.
- The identification of a gene encoding a mycolyltransferase was found to play a significant role in the infection, indicating that targeting this gene could offer new treatment options for ocular infections.
Since the emergence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012, there have been a surge in the discovery and evolutionary studies of viruses in dromedaries. Here, we investigated a herd of nine dromedary calves from Umm Al Quwain, the United Arab Emirates that developed respiratory signs. Viral culture of the nasal swabs from the nine calves on Vero cells showed two different types of cytopathic effects (CPEs), suggesting the presence of two different viruses.
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