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Environmental Health Institute
WHO CC for Reference and Research of Arbovirus and their Associated Vectors
Surveillance and Epidemiology Programme
Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme
Wolbachia-Aedes Mosquito Suppression Strategy
How Does Wolbachia-Aedes Suppression Technology Work?
Egg Microinjection
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
Maternal Transmission of Wolbachia
Mating Competitiveness
Why Wolbachia-Aedes suppression technology?
Wolbachia is Safe and Natural
Male Mosquitoes Do Not Bite or Transmit Disease
Project Wolbachia Only Targets Aedes aegypti
Laying the Foundation for Project Wolbachia
Automation and Partnerships to Scale Capacity
Phase 1 Small-Scale Field Study
Phase 2 Field Study
Phase 3 Field Study
Phase 4 Field Study
Phase 5 Field Study
Field Study to Test Targeted Release Strategy
Multi-site Field Study
Wolbachia-Aedes Release Schedule
Wolbachia Video Series
Frequently Asked Questions
Mosquito Traps
Mosquito Traps for Surveillance and Research
Effectiveness of Mosquito Traps
Source Reduction is Key
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2022)
EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2010-2013)
2013
Lee, R.C.,
Hapuarachchi, H.C.
, Chen, K.C., Hussain, K.M., Chen, H.,
Low, S.L
.,
Ng, L.C.,
Lin, R., Ng, M.M., Chu, J.J. (2013). Mosquito cellular factors and functions in mediating the infectious entry of chikungunya virus.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
7(2): e2050. [
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Hapuarachchi, H.C.,
Oh, H.M., Thein, T.L.,
Pok, K.Y., Lai, Y.L., Tan, L.K., Lee, K.S.,
Leo, Y.S.,
Ng, L.C.
(2013). Clinico-genetic characterisation of an encephalitic dengue virus 4 associated with multi-organ involvement.
Journal of Clinical Virology
; 57(1): 91-94. [
Full Text
]
Lee, C., Vythilingam, I., Chong, C.S., Abdul Razak, M.A., Tan, C.H., Liew, C., Pok, K.Y., Ng, L.C
. (2013).
Gravitraps for the management of dengue clusters in Singapore.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
;
88(5): 888-892. [
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]
Chan, M., Lin, L.,
Yap, G.,
Ng, L.C.,
Leo, Y.S. (2013).
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Singapore.
Annals Academy of Medicine
Singapore
; 42(5): 257-258
.
[
PDF
]
Yap, G., Li, C., Mutalib, A., Lai, Y.L., Ng, L.C.
(2013).
High rates of inapparent dengue in older adults in Singapore.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
; 88(6): 1065-1069. [
Full Text
]
Tan, L.K.,
Lim, S.,
Low, S.L.,
Tan, F.H.,
Ng, L.C.,
Teo, D. (2013).
Evaluation of pathogen reduction systems to inactivate dengue and chikungunya viruses in apheresis platelets suspended in plasma.
Advances in Infectious Diseases
;
3(1): 1-9. [
PDF
]
Wong, P.S.J., Li, M.Z.I., Chong, C.S., Ng, L.C., Tan, C.H.
(2013).
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus
(Skuse): a potential vector of Zika virus in Singapore.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
7(8): e2348.
[
Full Text
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Koo, C
., Nasir A.,
Hapuarachchi H.C., Lee K.S.,
Hasan Z.,
Ng, L.C.,
Khan, E. (2013). Evolution and heterogeneity of multiple serotypes of dengue virus in Pakistan, 2006-2011.
Virology Journal
;
10: 275. [
Full Text
]
Cranston, P.S., Ang, Y.C., Heyzer, A., Lim, R.B.H., Wong, W.H.,
Woodford, J.M.,
Meier, R. (2013). The nuisance midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Singapore's Pandan and Bedok reservoirs.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
; 61(2): 779-793. [
PDF
]
Leo, Y.S., Gan, V., Ng, E.L., Hao, Y.,
Ng, L.C., Pok, K.Y.,
Dimatatac, F. (2013). Utility of warning signs in guiding admission and predicting severe disease in adult dengue.
BMC Infectious Diseases
; 13: 498. [
Full Text
]
Wilder-Smith, A., Earnest, A., Ma, S.,
Ng, LC
. (2013). Haze and dengue: the unanswered questions.
Annals,
Academy of Medicine
;
42(12): 687-688.
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]
Ng, L.C.,
Ho, D. (2013). Challenges of Dengue control.
Annals, Academy of Medicine
; 42(12): 696-697.
[PDF
]
2012
Ng, L.C.,
Vythilingam, I
. (2012).
Vectors of Flaviviruses and Strategies for Control. Chapter 15 of Molecular Virology and Control of Flaviviruses.
Editor: Pei-Yong Shi. Caister Academic Press
ISBN: 978-1-904455-92-9.
[Link]
Lu, D., Koou, S.Y., Png, A.B., Ng, L.C., Phua, S.G
. (2012). A novel mosquito feeding system for routine blood-feeding of
Aedes aegypti
and
Aedes albopictus. Tropical Biomedicine
; 29(1): 169-174.
[PDF]
Cheong, M.S., Ho, J.S.,
Tan, C.H., Wong, P.S., Ng, L.C.,
Toh, C.S. (2012). Development of an electrochemical membrane-based nanobiosensor for ultrasensitive detection of dengue virus.
Analytica Chimica Acta
; 725: 74-80.
[Link]
Li, M.Z., Wong, P.S., Ng, L.C., Tan, C.H.
(2012).
Oral susceptibility of Singapore
Aedes
(Stegomyia)
aegypti
(Linnaeus) to Zika virus.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
6(8): e1792.
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Rai, V.,
Hapuarachchi, H.C., Ng, L.C.,
Soh, S.H., Leo, Y.S., Toh, C.S. (2012). Ultrasensitive cDNA detection of dengue virus RNA using electrochemical nanoporous membrane-based biosensor.
PLoS ONE
; 7(8): e42346. [
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]
Lee, R.M., Phua, S.G., Tan, W.C., Pang, S.C., Vythilingam, I., Ng, L.C.,
Rueda, L.M. (2012). Mosquito fauna of Ubin island, Singapore.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
;
28(3): 248-254. [
PDF
]
Lee, V.J., Chow, A., Zheng, X., Carrasco, L.R., Cook, A.R., Lye, D.C.,
Ng, L.C.,
Leo, Y.S. (2012). Simple clinical and laboratory predictors of chikungunya versus dengue infections in adults.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
6(9): e1786. [
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Hii, Y.L., Rocklöv, J., Wall, S.,
Ng, L.C.,
Tang, C.S., Ng, N. (2012). Optimal lead time for dengue forecast.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
6(10): e1848. [
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Hii, Y.L., Zhu, H., Ng, N.,
Ng, L.C.,
Rocklöv, J. (2012) Forecast of dengue incidence using temperature and rainfall.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
6(11): e1908. [
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]
Lee, K.S., Lo, S., Tan, S.S.Y., Chua, R., Tan, L.K., Xu, H., Ng, L.C.
(2012).
Dengue virus surveillance in Singapore reveals high viral diversity through multiple introductions and
in situ e
volution.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution
;
12(1): 77-85.
[Link]
2011
Tan, C. H., Wong, P.S., Li, M.Z., Vythilingam, I.,
Ng, L.C
. (2011). Evaluation of the dengue NS1 Ag Strip® for detection of dengue virus antigen in
Aedes aegypti
(Diptera: Culicidae).
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
; 11(6): 789-792.
[PDF]
Sumanadasa, S.D.M.,
Lee, C., Lam-Phua, S.G., Lu, D., Chiang, L.P., Koou, S.Y., Tan, C.H., Pang, S.C.,
Maideen, N.,
Ng,
L.C.,
Vythilingam, I.
(2011). Misting of
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti)
to control
Aedes albopictus
in an industrial area – the Singapore experience.
Dengue Bulletin
; 35: 181-193. [
PDF
]
Yap, G
., Kumar, S.B.,
Ng, L.C
. (2011) Use of saliva for early dengue diagnosis.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
5(5): e1046
.
[PDF]
Ler, T.S.,
Ng, L.C., Yap, G.,
Ang, L.W., Tai, J.C., James, L., Goh, K.T. (2011).
Epidemiological characteristics of the 2005 and 2007 dengue epidemics in Singapore - similarities and distinctions.
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
;
2(2): 24-29.
[
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Tan, C.H., Wong, P.S., Li, M.Z., Tan, S.,
Lee, T.K.,
Pang, S.C., Phua, S.G.,
Nasir, M.,
Png, A.B., Koou, S.Y., Deng, L.,
Ng, L.C.
(2011). Entomological investigation and control of a chikungunya cluster in Singapore.
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
11(4): 383-390.
[PDF]
Lim, Y.H., Kek, R., Lim, P.Y., Yap, J., Goh, V., Ng, L.C.
(2011) Environmental surveillance and molecular characterization of
Legionella
in tropical Singapore.
Tropical Biomedicine
;
28(1): 149-159.
[PDF]
Ng, L.C
. (2011).
Challenges in dengue surveillance and control in the Western Pacific region.
Editorial in Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
;
2(2): 1-3.
[Full Text]
Kasai, S.,
Ng, L.C.
,
Lam-Phua, S.G.
, Tang, C.S., Itokawa, K., Komagata, O., Kobayashi, M., Tomita, T. (2011). First detection of a putative knockdown resistance gene in major mosquito vector,
Aedes albopictus
.
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
;
64: 217–221.
[PDF]
Low, J., Ong, A.,
Tan, L.K.
, Chaterji, S., Chow, A., Lim, W.Y., Lee, K.W.,
Chua, R., Tan, W.S.,
Cheung, Y.B., Hibberd, M., Vasudevan, S.,
Ng, L.C.,
Leo, Y.S., Ooi. E.E. (2011). The early clinical features of dengue in adults: challenges for early clinical diagnosis.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
; 5(5): e1191.
[PDF]
Jackson, S. T., Chu, J., Chia, P. Y., Morgan, O. S. C. &
Ng, L.C.
(2011). Dengue Encephalitis. Flavivirus Encephalitis, Daniel Ruzek (Editor)
. InTech Open Access Publisher
ISBN 978-953-307-669-0
[Link]
Wong, P.S., Tan, C.H.,
Lee, V.,
Li, M.Z., Lee, K.S
., Lee, P.J., Singh. B.,
Ng, L.C.
(2011). Molecular epidemiological investigation of
Plasmodium knowlesi
in humans and macaques in Singapore.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
; 11(2): 131-135.
[PDF]
Rai, V., Nyine, Y.T.,
Hapuarachchi, H.C., Yap, H.M., Ng, L.C.,
Li, S.F.Y., Toh, C.S. (2011). Electrochemically amplified molecular beacon biosensor for ultrasensitive DNA sequence-specific detection of
Legionella sp
.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
; 32(1): 133-140.
[Full Text]
Carrasco, L.R., Lee, L.K, Lee, V.J., Ooi, E.E., Shepard, D.S., Thein, T.L., Gan, V., Cook, A.R., Lye, D.,
Ng, L.C.,
Leo, Y.S. (2011). Economic impact of dengue illness and the cost effectiveness of future vaccination programs in Singapore.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
; 5(12): e1426.
[Full Text]
Leo, Y.S.,
Ng, L.C.,
Cutter, J. (2011).
Dengue research in Singapore marking the inaugural ASEAN Dengue Day.
Annals Academy of Medicine
Singapore
;
40(12): 520-523.
[PDF]
Lam, S.K., Burke, D., Capeding, M.R., Chong, C.K., Coudeville, L., Farrar, J., Gubler, D., Hadinegoro, S.R., Hanna, J., Lang, J., Lee, H.L., Leo, Y.S., Luong, C.Q., Mahoney, R., McBride, J., Mendez-Galvan, J.,
Ng, L.C.
, Nimmannitya, S., Ooi, E.E., Shepard, D., Smit, J., Teyssou, R., Thomas, L., Torresi, J., Vasconcelos, P., Wirawan, D.N., Yoksan, S. (2011). Preparing for introduction of a dengue vaccine: recommendations from the 1st Dengue v2V Asia-Pacific Meeting.
Vaccine
; 29(51): 9417-9422. [
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Zarowieck, M., Walton, C., Torres, E., McAlister, E., Htun, P.T., Sumrandee, C., Sochanta, T., Dinh, T.H.,
Ng, L.C.,
Linton, Y.M. (2011). Pleistocene genetic connectivity in a widespread, open-habitat-adapted mosquito in the Indo-Oriental region.
Journal of Biogeography
; 38(7): 1422-1432.
[Full Text]
2010
Lee, K.S., Lai, Y.L., Lo, S.,
Barkham, T, Aw, P., Ooi, P.L.,
Tai, J.C.,
Hibberd, M., Johansson, P.,
Khoo, S.P.,
Ng, L.C.
(2010). Dengue virus surveillance for early warning, Singapore.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
; 16(5): 847-849.
[PDF]
Ooi, E.E., Wilder-Smith, A.,
Ng, L.C.,
Gubler, D.J. (2010). The 2007 dengue outbreak in Singapore.
Epidemiology and Infection
;
138(7): 958-959.
[Link]
Jeffery, J.,
Lee, R., Tan, S.Y., Ng, L.C., Lam-Phua, S.G.
(2010). New mosquito species records (Diptera: Culicidae) from Singapore.
Tropical Biomedicine
;
27(1): 138–142.
[PDF]
Pursem, V.N., Barkham. T.,
Ng, L.C.
, Inoue, M., Manraj, S.S. (2010). Re-emergence of dengue in Mauritius. 2010.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
;
16(4): 716-718.
[PDF]
Lee, V., Ow, S., Heah, H., Tan, M.Y., Lam, P.,
Ng, L.C.
,
Lam-Phua, S.G.,
Qadir, A., Seet, B. (2010). Elimination of mosquito-borne disease risk through integrated combination strategies in a tropical military training island.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
; 82(6): 1024-1029.
[PDF]
Yap, G., Pok, K.Y., Lai, Y.L.,
Hapuarachchi, H.C.,
Chow, A., Leo, Y.S.,
Tan, L.K., Ng, L.C.
(2010). Evaluation of chikungunya diagnostic assays: differences in sensitivity of serology assays in two independent outbreaks.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
;
4(7): e753.
[PDF]
Ng, L.C.,
Hapuarachchi, H.C.
(2010). Tracing the path of chikungunya virus – evolution and adaptation.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution
;
10(7): 876-885. [
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]
Ng, L.C.,
Lee, K.S., Tan, C.H.
, Ooi, P.L.,
Phua, S.G
., Lin, R.,
Pang, S.C.,
Lai, Y.L.,
Solhan, S., Chan, P.P., Wong, K.Y., Ho, S.T.,
Vythilingam, I.
(2010). Entomologic and molecular investigation into
Plasmodium vivax
transmission in Singapore, 2009.
Malaria Journal
; 9: 305.
[PDF]
Vythilingam, I.
(2010).
Plasmodium knowlesi
in humans: a review on the role of its vectors in Malaysia.
Tropical Biomedicine
; 27(1): 1-12.
[PDF]
Hapuarachchi, H.C.,
Bandara, K.B.A.T.,
Sumanadasa, S.D.M.,
Hapugoda, M.D.,
Lai, Y.L., Lee, K.S., Tan, L.K.,
Lin, R.T.P., Ng, L.F.P.,
Bucht, G.,
Abeyewickreme, W.,
Ng, L.C.
(2010).
Re-emergence of chikungunya virus in South-east Asia: virologic evidence from Sri Lanka and Singapore.
Journal of General Virology
; 91: 1067-1076.
[PDF]
Johansson, P.,
Yap, G
., Low, H.T., Siew, C.C.,
Kek, R., Ng, L.C
.,
Bucht, G.
(2010). Molecular characterisation of two hantavirus strains from different rattus species in Singapore.
Virology Journal
; 2(7): 15.
[PDF]
Pok, K.Y., Lai, Y.L
., Sng, J.,
Ng, L.C.
(2010). Evaluation of nonstructural 1 antigen assays for the diagnosis and surveillance of dengue in Singapore.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
;
10(10): 1009-1016.
[PDF]
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