EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2002-2005)

2005

1. Goh, K.T., Ng, D.L.K., Yap, J., Ma, S., Ooi, E.E. (2005). Surveillance, prevention, and control of Legionellosis in a tropical city-state. American Journal of Infection Control;33(5): 286-291. [Full Text]
2. Seet, R.C.S., Ooi, E.E., Wong, H.B., Paton, N.I. (2005). An outbreak of primary dengue infection among migrant chinese workers in Singapore characterised by prominent gastrointestinal symptoms and a high proportion of symptomatic cases. Journal of Clinical Virology;33(4): 336-340. [Full Text]
3. Leong, W.F., Tan, H.C., Ooi, E.E., Koh, D.R., Chow, V.T.K. (2005). Microassay and real-time RT-PCR analyses of differential human gene expression patterns induced by severe actue respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus infection of Vero Cells. Microbes and Infection; 7(2): 248-259. [Full Text]
4. He, Q., Manopo, I., Lu, L., Leung, B.P., Chng, H.H., Ling, A.E., Chee, L.L., Chan, S., Ooi, E.E., Sin, Y.L., Ang, B., Kwang, J. (2005). Novel immunofluorescence assay using recombinant nucleocapsid-spike fusion protein as antigen to detect antibodies against severe actue respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology; 12(2): 321-328. [PDF]
5. Tan, H.K., Ng, L.C. (2005). Aedes mosquito surveillance, control and research in Singapore. Epidemiological News Bulletin;31(3): 62-65. [PDF]
6. Yap, J. (2004). Best maintenance practices: the way to upkeep good indoor air quality in air-conditioned buildings. Facility Management Today, Trade Link Media Pte Ltd, Singapore; 21-23.
7. Liew, C., Curtis, C.F. (2004). Horizontal and vertical dispersal of dengue vector mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, in Singapore. Medical and Veterinary Entomology; 18(4): 351-360. [Full Text]
8. Ting, S.H.L., Tan, H.C., Wong, W.K., Ng, M.L., Chan, S.H., Ooi, E.E. (2004). Seroepidemiology of neutralising of antibodies to Japanese encephalitis in Singapore: continued transmission despite abolishment of pig farming? Acta Tropica 92(3): 187-191. [Full Text]
9. Ng, L.F.P., Hibberd, M.L., Ooi, E.E., Tang K.F., Neo, S.Y., Tan, J., Murthy, K.R., Vega, V.B., Chia, J.M., Liu, E.T., Ren, E.C. (2004). A human in vitro model system for investigating genome-wide host responses to SARS coronavirus infection. BMC Infectious Diseases;4: 34. [PDF]
10. Vega, V.B., Ruan, Y., Liu, J., Lee, W.H., Wei, C.L., Se-Thoe, S.Y., Tang, K.F., Zhang, T., Kolatkar, P.R., Ooi, E.E., Ling, A.E., Stanton, L.W., Long, P.M., Liu, E.T. (2004). Mutational dynamics of the SARS coronavirus in cell culture and human populations isolated in 2003. BMC Infectious Diseases;4: 32. [PDF]
11. Fielding, B.C., Tan, Y.J., Shuo, S., Tan, T.H.P., Ooi, E.E., Lim, S.G., Hong, W., Goh, P.Y. (2004). Characterisation of a unique group-specific protein (U122) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Virology;78(14): 7311-7318. [PDF]
12. Tan, E.L.C., Ooi, E.E., Lin, C.Y., Tan, H.C., Ling, A.E., Lim, B., Stanton, L.W. (2004). Inhibition of SARS coronavirus infection in vitro with clinically approved antiviral drugs. Emerging Infectious Diseases; 10(4): 581-586. [PDF]
13. Tan, Y.J., Teng, E., Shen, S., Tan, T.H.P., Goh, P.Y., Fielding, B.C., Ooi, E.E., Tan, H.C., Lim, S.G., Hong, W. (2004). A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus protein, U274, is transported to the cell surface and undergoes endocytosis. Journal of Virology; 78(13): 6723-6734. [PDF]
14. Lu, L., Manopo, I., Leung, B.P., Chng, H.H., Ling, A.E., Chee, L.L., Ooi, E.E., Chan, S.W., Kwang J. (2004). Immunological characterisation of the spike protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology;42(4): 1570-1576. [PDF]

2004

1. Yap, J. (2004). Best maintenance practices: the way to upkeep good indoor air quality in air-conditioned buildings. Facility Management Today, Trade Link Media Pte Ltd, Singapore; 21-23.
2. Liew, C., Curtis, C.F. (2004). Horizontal and vertical dispersal of dengue vector mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, in Singapore. Medical and Veterinary Entomology; 18(4): 351-360. [Full Text]
3. Ting, S.H.L., Tan, H.C., Wong, W.K., Ng, M.L., Chan, S.H., Ooi, E.E. (2004). Seroepidemiology of neutralising of antibodies to Japanese encephalitis in Singapore: continued transmission despite abolishment of pig farming? Acta Tropica 92(3): 187-191. [Full Text]
4. Ng, L.F.P., Hibberd, M.L., Ooi, E.E., Tang K.F., Neo, S.Y., Tan, J., Murthy, K.R., Vega, V.B., Chia, J.M., Liu, E.T., Ren, E.C. (2004). A human in vitro model system for investigating genome-wide host responses to SARS coronavirus infection. BMC Infectious Diseases;4: 34. [PDF]
5. Vega, V.B., Ruan, Y., Liu, J., Lee, W.H., Wei, C.L., Se-Thoe, S.Y., Tang, K.F., Zhang, T., Kolatkar, P.R., Ooi, E.E., Ling, A.E., Stanton, L.W., Long, P.M., Liu, E.T. (2004). Mutational dynamics of the SARS coronavirus in cell culture and human populations isolated in 2003. BMC Infectious Diseases;4: 32. [PDF]
6. Fielding, B.C., Tan, Y.J., Shuo, S., Tan, T.H.P., Ooi, E.E., Lim, S.G., Hong, W., Goh, P.Y. (2004). Characterisation of a unique group-specific protein (U122) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Virology;78(14): 7311-7318. [PDF]
7. Tan, E.L.C., Ooi, E.E., Lin, C.Y., Tan, H.C., Ling, A.E., Lim, B., Stanton, L.W. (2004). Inhibition of SARS coronavirus infection in vitro with clinically approved antiviral drugs. Emerging Infectious Diseases; 10(4): 581-586. [PDF]
8. Tan, Y.J., Teng, E., Shen, S., Tan, T.H.P., Goh, P.Y., Fielding, B.C., Ooi, E.E., Tan, H.C., Lim, S.G., Hong, W. (2004). A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus protein, U274, is transported to the cell surface and undergoes endocytosis. Journal of Virology; 78(13): 6723-6734. [PDF]
9. Lu, L., Manopo, I., Leung, B.P., Chng, H.H., Ling, A.E., Chee, L.L., Ooi, E.E., Chan, S.W., Kwang J. (2004). Immunological characterisation of the spike protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology;42(4): 1570-1576. [PDF]
10. Chow, P.K.H., Ooi, E.E., Tan, H.K., Ong, K.W., Sil, B.K., Teo, M., Ng, T., Soo, K.C. (2004). Healthcare worker seroconversion in SARS outbreak. Emerging Infectious Diseases; 10(2): 249-250. [PDF]
11. He, Q., Chong, K.H., Chng, H.H., Leung, B., Ling, A.E., Wei, T., Chan, S.W., Ooi, E.E., Kwang, J. (2004). Development of a Western blot assay for detection of antibodies against coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology;11(2): 417-422. [PDF]
12. Tan, Y.J., Goh, P.Y., Fielding, B.C., Shen, S., Chou, C.F., Fu, J. L., Leong, H.N., Leo, Y.S.,Ooi, E.E., Ling, A.E., Lim, S.G., Hong, W. (2004). Profiles of antibody responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus recombinant proteins and their potential use as diagnostic markers. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology;11(2): 362-371. [PDF]
13. Singh, K., Ooi, E.E., Sil, B.K., Saw, S., Sethi, S. (2004). Severe acute respiratory syndrome without respiratory symptoms or abnormal chest radiograph findings. Clinical Infectious Diseases;38: 585-586. [PDF]
14. Ng, L.F.P., Wong, M., Koh, S., Ooi, E.E., Tang, K.F., Leong, H.N., Ling, A.E., Agathe, L.V., Tan, J., Liu, E.T., Ren, E.C., Ng, L.C., Hibberd, M. L. (2004). Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in blood of infected patients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology; 42(1): 347-350. [PDF]
15. Ng, M.L., Lee, J.W.M., Leong, M.L.N., Ling, A.E., Tan, H.C., Ooi, E.E. (2004). Topographic changes in SARS coronavirus-infected cells during late stages of infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases;10(11): 1907-1914. [PDF]
16. Ho, K.Y., Singh, K.S., Habib, A.G., Ong, B.K., Lim, T.K., Ooi, E.E., Sil, B.K., Ling, A.E., Bai, X.L., Tambyah, P.A. (2004). Mild illness associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: lessons from a prospective seroepidemiologic study of health-care workers in a teaching hospital in Singapore. The Journal of Infectious Diseases; 189(4): 642-647. [PDF]

2003

1. Kaur, J.S., Lai, Y.L., Giger, A. D. (2003) Learning and memory in the mosquito Aedes aegypti shown by conditioning against oviposition deterrence. Medical and Veterinary Entomology;17(4): 457-460. [Full Text]
2. Ng, M.L., Tan, S.H., See, E.E., Ooi, E.E., Ling, A.E. (2003). Proliferative growth of SARS coronavirus in Vero E6 cells. Journal of General Virology;84(12): 3291-3303. [PDF]
3. Ng, M.L., Tan, S.H., See, E.E., Ooi, E.E., Ling, A.E. (2003). Early events of SARS coronavirus infection in Vero cells. Journal of Medical Virology;71(3): 323-331. [Full Text]
4. Ooi, E.E., Goh, K.T., Wang, D.N.C. (2003). Effect of increasing age on the trend of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever in Singapore. International Journal of Infectious Diseases; 7: 231-232. [PDF]
5. Liu, Y., Lee, M.A., Ooi, E.E., Mavis, Y., Tan, A.L., Quek, H.H. (2003). Molecular Typing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from various countries in Asia by a multiplex PCR assay on variable-number tandem repeats. Journal of Clinical Microbiology;41(9): 4388-4394. [PDF]

2002

1. Chung, Y.K., Pang, F.Y. (2002). Dengue virus infection rate in field populations of female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Singapore. Tropical Medicine and International Health;7(4): 322-330. [Full Text]