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EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2018-2021)

2018

  1. Tan, C.H., Tan, L.K., Hapuarachchi, H.C., Lai, Y.L., Wong, P.S.J., Yap, G., Mak, K.W., Wong, W.Y., Leo, Y.S. Wong, M.C., Ng, L.C. (2018). Viral and antibody kinetics, and mosquito infectivity of an imported case of Zika fever due to Asian genotype (American strain) in Singapore. Viruses; 10(44). [Full Text]
  2. Seidahmed, O.M.E., Lu, D., Chong, C.S., Ng, L.C., Eltahir, E.A.B. Patterns of urban housing shape dengue distribution in Singapore at neighborhood and country scales. (2018). GeoHealth; doi:10.1002/2017GH000080. [Full Text]
  3. Aik, J., Newall, A.T., Ng, L.C., Kirk, M.D., Heywood, A.E. (2018). Use of the letter-based grading information disclosure system and its influence on dining establishment choice in Singapore - A cross sectional study. Food Control; 90:105-112. [Full Text]
  4. Xu, H.Y., Fu, X., Lim, C.L., Ma, S., Lim, T.K., Tambyah, P.A., Habibullah, M.S., Lee, G.K.K., Ng, L.C., Goh, K.T., Goh, R.S.M., Lee, L.K.H. (2018). Weather Impact on Heat-Related Illness in a Tropical City State, Singapore. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences; 8(1). [Full Text]
  5. Rajarethinam, J., Ang, L.W., Ong, J., Ycasas, J., Hapuarachchi, H.C., Yap, G., Chong, C.S., Lai, Y.L., Cutter, J., Ho, D., Lee, V., Ng, L.C. (2018). Dengue in Singapore from 2004 to 2016: Cyclical epidemic patterns dominated by serotypes 1 and 2. Am J Trop Med Hyg; doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0819. [Full Text]
  6. Ong, J., Liu, X., Rajarethinam, J., Kok, S.Y., Liang, S., Tang, C.S., Cook, A.R., Ng LC, Yap, G. (2018). Mapping dengue risk in Singapore using Random Forest. PLoS Negl Trop Dis; 18;12(6). [Full Text]
  7. Zwe, Y.H., Chia, V.Y.T.; Aung, K.T., Gutiérrez, R.A., Ng, L.C. (2018). Prevalence, sequence types, antibiotic resistance and, gyrA mutations of Salmonella isolated from retail fresh chicken meat in Singapore. Food Control; 90:233. [Full Text]
  8. Aik, J., Heywood, A.E., Newall, A.T., Ng, L.C., Kirk, M.D., Turner, R. (2018) Climate variability and salmonellosis in Singapore – A time series analysis. Science of the Total Environment; 639: 1261-1267. [Full Text]
  9. Koo, C., Tien, W.P., Xu, H., Ong, J., Rajarethinam, J., Lai, Y.L., Ng, L.C., Hapuarachchi, H.C. (2018) Highly selective transmission success of dengue virus type 1 lineages in a dynamic virus population: An evolutionary and fitness perspective. iScience; 6: 38-51. [Full Text]
  10. Liang, S.H., Hapuarachchi, H.C., Rajarethinam, J., Koo, C., Tang, C.S., Chong, C.S., Ng, L.C., Yap, G. (2018) Construction sites as an important driver of dengue transmission: Implications for disease control. BMC Infectious Diseases; 18:382. [Full Text]
  11. Chuang; L.,Aung, K.T., Kang, J., Lim, M., Kang, C., Gutierrez, R.A., Yap, J. (2018) A Case Note on Legionnaires’ Disease Caused by Serogroup 1, Sequence Type ST496 in Singapore. Annals Academy of Medicine; 47 (5). [Full Text]
  12. Hartantyo, S.H.P., Chau, M.L., Fillon, L., Ahmad, Z., Kang, J., Aung, K.T., Gutierrez, R.A. (2018) Sick pets as potential reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Singapore. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control; 7:106. [Full Text]
  13. Smith, A.W., Hombach, J., Ferguson, N., Selgelid, M., Brien, K., Vannice, K., Barrett, A., Ferdinand, E., Flasche, S., Guzman, M., Novaes, H.M.,Ng, L.C., Smit, P.G., Tharmaphornilas, P., Yoon, I.K., Cravitto, A., Farrar, J., Nolan, T.M. (2018) Deliberations of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization on the use of CYD-TDV dengue vaccine. Lancet Infect Dis;  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30494-8.  [Full Text]
  14. Lam-Phua, S.G., Yeo, H., Lee, R., Chong, C.S., Png, A.B., Foo, S.Y., Liew, C., Ng, L.C., Tang, C.S., Rueda, L.M., Pecor, J.E., Harrison, B.A.  (2018) Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Singapore: Updated Checklist and New Records. Journal of Medical Entomology;56(1):103. [Full Text]
  15. Zwe, Y.H., Goh, Z.H.E.,Chau, M.L., Aung, K.T., Yuk, H-G. Survival of an emerging foodborne pathogen – Group B Streptococcus (GBS) serotype III sequence type (ST) 283 – under simulated partial cooking and gastric fluid conditions. The Korean Society of Food Science and Technology 2018; 28 (3): 939 [Full Text]
  16. Chen, Y.,Ong, J., Rajarethinam, J., Yap, G., Ng, L.C., Cook, R.C. (2018) Neighbourhood level real-time forecasting of dengue cases in tropical urban Singapore. BMC Medicine. 16(1), 129 [Full Text] 
  17. Ong, J., Yap, G., C, Hapuarachchi., Chong, C.S., Tan, L.K., Koo, C., Tan, C.S., Ng, L.C. (2018) Review of the Dengue Situation in Singapore. Epidemiology News Bulletin; 44(2):43. [Full Text]
  18. Ng, L.C., Pang, S.C. (2018) Risk of Anopheles sinensis as an Emerging Malaria Vector in Singapore. Epidemiological News Bulletin. 44(4). [Full Text]
  19. Aung, K.T., Chau, M.L., Mak, K.W., Lim, N., Oh, J.Q., Kang, J.S.L., Lim, Y.H., Goh, T.L.V., Yap, H.M, Gutiérrez, R.A., Ng, L.C. (2018) Microbiological assessment of chicken meat sold at chicken rice stalls in Singapore. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 49 (6): 1043-1952. [Full Text]
2019

  1. Achee, N.L., Grieco, J.P., Vatandoost, H., Seixas, G., Pinto, J., Ng, L.C., Martins, A.J., Juntarajumnong, W., Corbel, V., Gouagna, C., David, J.P., Logan, J.G., Orsborne, J., Marois, E., Devine, G.J., Vontas, J.  (2019) Alternative Strategies for Mosquito-borne Arbovirus Control. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 13(1):e0006822. [Full Text]
  2. Siyao, G., Moon, F.Y.T., Aung, K.T., Seow, K.S.L., Ng, L.C., Purbojati, R.W., Drautz-Moses, D-I., Schuster, S.C.，Schlundt, J. (2019) Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistant Escherchia coli isolated from ready-to-eat food in Singapore using disk diffusion, broth microdilution and whole genome sequencing methods. Food Control. 99: 89-97. [Full Text]
  3. Ong, J., Liu, X., Rajarethinam, J., Yap, G., Ho, D., Ng, L.C. (2019) A novel entomological index, Aedes aegypti Breeding Percentage, reveals the geographical spread of the dengue vector in Singapore and serves as a spatial risk indicator for dengue. Parasites and Vectors; 12(17). [Full Text]
  4. Kasai, S., Caputo, B., Tsunoda, T., Cuong, T.C., Maekawa, Y., Phua-Lam, S.G., Pichler, V., Itokawa, K., Murota, K, Komagata, Yoshisa, C., Chung, H.H., Bellini, R., Tsuda, Y., Teng, H.J., Filho, J.L., Alves, L.C., Ng, L.C., Minakawa, N., Yen, N.T., Phong, T.V., Sawabe, K., Tomita, T. (2019) First detection of a Vssc allele V1016G conferring a high level of insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus collected from Europe (Italy) and Asia (Vietnam), 2016: a new emerging threat to controlling arboviral diseases. Euro Surveill; 24(5) [Full Text]
  5. Jia, S., Sankaran, G., Wang, B., Shang, H., Tan, S.T., Yap, H.M., Shen, J., Gutierrez, R.A., Fang, W., Liu, M., Chang, V., Ng, L.C., Fang, M. (2019) Exposure and risk assessment of volatile organic compounds and airborne phthalates in Singapore’s Child Care Centers. Chemosphere; 224: 85-92.  [Full Text]
  6. Rajarethinam, J., Ong, J., Lim, S.H., Tay, Y.H., Bounliphone, W., Chong, C.S., Yap, G., Ng, L.C. (2019) Using Human Movement Data to Identify Potential Areas of Zika Transmission: Case Study of the Largest Zika Cluster in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 16:808. Full Text]
  7. Yeo, G., Wang, Y., Chong, S.M., Humaidi, M., Lim, X.F., Mailepessov, D., Chan, S., How, C.B., Lin, Y.N., Huangfu, T., Fernandez, C.J., Hapuarachchi, H.C., Yap, G. (2019). Characterization of Fowlpox virus in chickens and bird-biting mosquitoes: a molecular approach to investigating Avipovirus transmission. Journal of General Virology; 100(5):838. [Full Text]
  8. Yap, M., Chau, M.L., Hartantyo, S.H.P., Oh, J.Q., Aung, K.T., Gutierrez, R.A., Ng, L.C. (2019) Microbial Quality and Safety of Sushi Prepared with Gloved or Bared Hands: Food Handlers’ Impact on Retail Food Hygiene and Safety, Journal of Food Protection; 82 (4): 615-622. [Full Text]
  9. Wee, S., Alli-Shaik, A., Kek, R., Swa, H., Tien, W.P., Lim, V., Leo, Y.S., Ng, L.C., Hapuarachchi, H.C., Gunaratne, J. (2019) Multiplex targeted mass spectrometry assay for one-shot flavivirus diagnosis. PNAS; 116(14):6754. [Full Text]
  10. Chua, J., Ng, L.C., Lee, V., Ong, M., Lim, E.L., Lim, H.C., Ooi, C.K., Tyebally, A.T., Seow, E., Chen, M. (2019) Utility of Spatial Point-Pattern Analysis Using Residential and Workplace Geospatial Information to Localise Potential Outbreak Sources. American Journal of Epidemiology; 188(5):940. [Full Text]
  11. Yap, G., Lim, X.F., Chan, S., How, C.B., Humaidi, M., Yeo, G., Mailepessov, D., Kong, M., Lai, Y.L., Okumura, C., Ng, L.C. (2019) Serological evidence of continued Japanese encephalitis virus transmission in Singapore nearly three decades after end of pig farming. Parasites & Vectors; 12(1):244. [Full Text]
  12. Mahmud, M.A.F., Mutalip, M.H.A., Lodz, N.A., Muhammad, E.N., Yoep, N., Hashim, M.H., Paiwai, F., Rajarethinam, J., Aik, J., Muhammad, N.A. (2019) Environmental management for dengue control; a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open; 9(5). [Full Text]
  13. Karunasena, V.M., Marasinghe, M., Koo, C., Amarasinghe, S., Senaratne, A.S., Hasantha, R., Hewavitharana, M., Hapuarachchi, C., Herath, H.D.B., Wickremasinghe, R., Mendis, K.N., Fernando, D., Ranaweera, D. (2019) The first introduced malaria case reported from Sri Lanka after elimination: implications for preventing the re-introduction of malaria in recently eliminated countries. Malaria Journal; 18:210. [Full Text]
  14. Yeo, H.Q., Tan, C.H., Chong, C.S., Lam-Phua, S.G. (2019) Identification key to the genera of adult female mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Singapore. Zootaxa; 4624 (3): 407. [Full Text]
  15. Corbel, V., Durot, C., Achee, N.L., Chandre, F., Coulibaly, M.B., David, J.P., Devine, G.J., Dusfour, I., Fonseca, D.M., Griego, J., Juntarajumnong, W., Lenhart, A., Kasai, S., Martins, A.J., Moyes, C., Ng, L.C., Pinto, J., Pompon, J.F., Muller, P., Raghavendra, K., Roiz, D., Vatandoost, H., Vontas, J., Weetman, D. (2019) Second WIN International Conference on “Integrated approaches and innovative tools for combating insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses”, October 2018, Singapore. Parasites & Vectors; 12:331. [Full Text] 
  16. Barkham, T., Zadoks, R., Azmai, M.N.A., Baker, S., Bich, V.T.N., Chalker, V., Chau, M.L., Dance, D., Deepak, R.N., Doorn, H.R., Gutierrez, R.A., Holmes, M., Huong, L.N.P., Koh, T.H., Martins, E., Mehershahi, K., Newton, P., Ng, L.C., Phuoc, N.N., Sangwichian, O., Sawatwong, P., Surin, U., Tan, T.Y., Tang, W.Y., Thuy, N.V., Turner, P., Vonsouvath, M,, Zhang, D., Whistler, T., Chen, S.L. (2019) One hypervirulent clone, sequence type 283, accounts for a large proportion of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from humans and diseased tilapia in Southeast Asia PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(6): e0007421. [Full Text]
  17. Wong, C.C., Thean, S.M., Ng, Y.M., Joanne, K., Ng, T.Y., Chau, M.L., Koh, T.H., Chan, K.P. (2019) Seroepidemiology and genotyping of hepatitis E virus in Singapore reveal rise in number of cases and similarity of human strains to those detected in pig livers. Zoonoses Public Health; 00:1-10. [Full Text]    
  18. Ong, J., Aik, J., Koo, C., Hapuarachchi, C., Ng, L.C. (2019) Review of the 2018 Dengue Situation and Outlook for 2019. Epidemiology News Bulletin; 45(2):39-43. [Full Text]
  19. Lin, Y.N., Fong, R., Leo, J., Wong, W.K., Ye, A., Chan, P.P., Chong, N., Lim, G., Octavia, S., Lin, M., Li, H.L., Manogaran, V., Aung, K.T. (2019) Distribution of Salmonella spp. along the food chain in Singapore 2008 – 2016. Epidemiology News Bulletin. 45(2):44-54. [Full Text]
  20. Tan, L.K., Low, S.L., Sun, H., Shi, Y., Liu, L., Lam, S., Tan, H.H., Ang, L.W., Wong, W.Y., Chua, R., Teo, D., Ng, L.C., Cook, A.R. (2019) Force-of-infection and True Infection Rate of Dengue in Singapore: Implications for dengue control and management. American Journal of Epidemiology; 188(8): 1529-1538. [Full Text]
  21. Guo SY, Tay M, Aung KT, Lee K, Yang Z, Ng LC & Schlundt J.(2019) Conjugative IncX 1 plasmid harboring colistin resistance gene mcr-5.1 in E.coli isolated from chicken rice retailed in Singapore. American Society for Microbiology; 63(11). [Full Text]
  22. Aung, K.T., Chen, H.J., Chau, M.L., Yap, G., Lim, X.F., Humaidi, M., Chua, C., Yeo, G., Oh, J.Q., Manogaran, V., Hapuarachchi, C., Maiwald, M., Wen, S.T., Barkham, T., Koh, T.H., Gutierrez, R.A., Schlundt, J. &  Ng. L.C. (2019) Salmonella in Retail Food and Wild Birds in Singapore – Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Sequence Types. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 16(21): 4235. [Full Text]
  23. Guo, S., Aung, K.T., Tay, Y.F., Lee, G.S., Ng, L.C. & Schlundt, J. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Proteus mirabilis with multidrug resistance isolated from raw chicken in Singapore: Genotypic and phenotypic analysis. (2019) Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance; 19: 252-254. [Full Text]             
  24. Chao, M.L., Maiwald, M., Tee, N.W.S., Yap, M., Hartantyo, S.H.P., Aung, K.T., Ranka K, Phua, K.B., Guitierrez, R.A., Barkham, T. & Ng, L.C.  (2019) Survey of pathogens in pediatric diarrhea patients attending a women’s and children’s hospital in Singapore. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health; 50(4): 729-741. [Full Text]
  25. Aik, J., Neo, Z. W., Rajarethinam, J., Chio, K., Lam, W. M., & Ng, L.C. (2019). The effectiveness of inspections on reported mosquito larval habitats in households: A case-control study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases;13(6): e0007492. [Full Text]
  26. Tan, L.K., Wong, W.Y., Yang, H.T., Huber, R., Bond, P., Ng, L.C., Maurer-Stroh, S. & Hapuarachchi, C. (2019) Flavivirus Cross-Reactivity to Dengue Nonstructural Protein 1 Antigen Detection Assays. Diagnostics; 10(11): E11. [Full Text]
  27. Kong, M., Yap, G., Yeo, G., Lim, X.F., Mailepessov, D., Humaidi, M. & Ng, L.C. (2019) Occupational Exposure of Animal Handlers to Rodent-borne Pathogens. Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs; (2019) 7:289. [Full Text]
  28. Chia, J. Y., Tay, Y. P., Poh, D., Tay, B. H., Koh, E., Teo. J., Yap, H. M., Lim, M., Soh, L. T., Lee, Y. K. & Lee, C. K. (2019) Development and evaluation of a rapid on-site water pathogen detection system for water quality monitoring. BioRxiv; doi: 10.1101/731778. [Full Text]
  29. Prem, K., Lau, M.S.Y., Tam, C.C., Ho, M.Z.J., Ng, L.C. & Cook, A.R.  Inferring who-infected-whom-where in the 2016 Zika outbreak in Singapore – a spatio-temporal model. (2019) Journal of the Royal Society of Interface; doi:10.1098/rsif.2018.0604. [Full Text]
  30. Miot, E.F., Aubry, F., Dabo, S., Mendenhall, I.H., Marcombe, S., Tan, C.H., Ng, L.C., Failloux, A.B., Pompon, J., Brey, P.T. & Lambrechts, L.  A peridomestic Aedes malayensis population in Singapore can transmit yellow fever virus. (2019)  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 13(10): e0007783. [Full Text]
2020

  1. Sangkaew, S., Tan, L.K., Ng, L.C., Ferguson, N. & Dorigatti, I. Using cluster analysis to reconstruct dengue exposure patterns from cross-sectional serological studies in Singapore. (2020) Parasites & Vectors; 13:32. [Full Text]
  2. Aung, K.T., Chau, M., Managaran, V., Oh, J.Q., Yap, M., Ng, L.C. & Gutierrez, R.A. (2020) Serotype, sequence type and antibiogram profile of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from retail food in Singapore (2010-2016). Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 51(1): 46 - 52. [Full Text]
  3. Yan, G, Lee, C.K., Lam, L., Yan, B., Chua, Y.X., Lim, A., Phang, K.F., Kew, G.S., Teng, H., Ngai, C.H., Lin, L., Foo, R.M., Pada, S., Ng, L.C. & Tambyah, P. (2020) Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore. The Lancet; doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30158-4. [Full Text]
  4. Oh, A., Manogaran, V., Selvaraj R., Ng, L.C. & Aung, K.T. (2020) Research note microbiological quality assessment of deli meat sold in Singapore. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health; 51(2). [Full text]
  5. Chen, P., Fu, X., Ma, S., Xu, H.Y., Zhang, W., Xiao, G., Goh, S.M.R., Xu, G., & Ng, L.C. (2020) Early dengue outbreak detection modelling based on dengue incidences in Singapore during 2012 to 2017. Wiley Statistics in Medicine; 39(15): 2101 - 2114. [Full text]
  6. Lee P.X., Ting, H.R.D., Boey, P.H.C., Tan, T.X.E., Chia, Z.H.J., Ong, L.C., Chua, Y.L., Hapuarachchi, C., Ng, L.C., Alonso, S. (2020) Relative contribution of nonstructural protein 1 in dengue pathogenesis. Journal of Experimental Medicine; 217 (9). [Full text]
  7. Ong, J., Chong, C.S., Yap, G., Lee, C., Razak, M.A.A., Chiang, S., Ng, L.C. (2020) Gravitrap deployment for adult Aedes aegypti surveillance and its impact on dengue cases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 14(8). [Full text]
  8. Sim, S., Ng, L.C., Lindsay, S.W., Wilson, A.L. (2020) A greener vision for vector control: The example of the Singapore dengue control programme. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 14(8). [Full text]
  9. Rajarethinam, J., Ong, J., Neo, Z., Ng, L., & Aik, J. (2020). Distribution and seasonal fluctuations of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus larval and pupae in residential areas in an urban landscape. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 14(4), e0008209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008209 [Full text]
  10. Aik, J., Chua, R., Jamali, N., & Chee, E. (2020). The burden of acute conjunctivitis attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution in Singapore and its exacerbation during South-East Asian haze episodes. Science Of The Total Environment; 740, 140129. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140129 [Full text]
  11. Aik, J., Ong, J., & Ng, L. C. (2020). The effects of climate variability and seasonal influence on diarrhoeal disease in the tropical city-state of Singapore–A time-series analysis. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health; 227, 113517. [Full text] 
  12. Aik, J., Turner, R. M., Kirk, M. D., Heywood, A. E., & Newall, A. T. (2020). Evaluating food safety management systems in Singapore: A controlled interrupted time-series analysis of foodborne disease outbreak reports. Food Control; 117,107324. [Full text]
  13. Soh, S., & Aik, J. (2021). The abundance of Culex mosquito vectors for West Nile Virus and other flaviviruses: A time-series analysis of rainfall and temperature dependence in Singapore. Science of The Total Environment; 754, 142420. [Full text]
  14. Lim, J. T., Chew, L. Z. X., Choo, E. L. W., Dickens, B. S. L., Ong, J., Aik, J., Ng, L. C., Cook, A. R. (2020). Increased dengue transmissions in Singapore attributable to SARS-CoV-2 social distancing measures. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.  [Full text]
  15. Lim, J.T., Dickens, B. S. L., Chew, L. Z. X., Choo, E. L. W., Koo, J. R., Aik, J., Ng, L. C., Cook, A. R. (2020). Impact of SARS-CoV-2 interventions on dengue transmission. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14(10): e0008719. [Full text]
  16. Withanage, G. P., Hapuarachchi H. C., Viswakula, S. D., Gunawardena, Y., & Hapugoda, M. (2020). Entomological surveillance with viral tracking demonstrates a migrated viral strain caused dengue epidemic in July, 2017 in Sri Lanka. PLoS ONE; 15(5): e0231408. [Full text]
  17. Filipović, I., Hapuarachchi, H. C., Tien, W., Razak, M., Lee, C., & Tan, C. et al. (2020). Using spatial genetics to quantify mosquito dispersal for control programs. BMC Biology; 18(1). doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00841-0 [Full text]
  18. Ong, K., Khor, W., Quek, J., Low, Z., Arivalan, S., & Humaidi, M., Chua C. et al. (2020). Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance Traits of Escherichia coli from Wild Birds and Rodents in Singapore. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 17(15), 5606. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155606 [Full text]
  19. Aung, K. T., Khor, W., Octavia, S., Ye, A., Leo, J., & Chan, P., Ng L. C. et al. (2020). Distribution of Salmonella Serovars in Humans, Foods, Farm Animals and Environment, Companion and Wildlife Animals in Singapore. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health; 17(16), 5774. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165774 [Full text]
  20. Lim, J. T., Dickens, B. S., Haoyang, S., Ng, L. C., & Cook, A. R. (2020). Inference on dengue epidemics with Bayesian regime switching models. PLOS Computational Biology; 16(5), e1007839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007839 [Full text]
  21. Ng, S., Zhang, H., Ng, L. C., Ji, L., & Cai, Y. (2020). Induced Hatching of Quiescent Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Eggs by Labile Glutathione-Stabilizable Compounds from Yeast Extract, Journal of Medical Entomology. [Full text]
  22. Chau, M. L., Kang, J. S. L., Aung, K. T., Mak,  K. W., Hartantyo,  S. H. P., Yap, H. M. and Ng, L. C. (2020). Determining Optimal Cleaning Frequency and Methods for Wooden and Plastic Chopping Boards. Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health; 51(4):1-8.
  23. Li, Y., Baton, L., Zhang, D., Bouyer, J., Ng, L., Tan, C., Parker, A., & Hoffmann, A. (2021). The necessity of combining incompatible and sterile insect techniques to control mosquitoes.  Nature. [Full text]
  24. Yap, G., Mailepessov, D., Lim, X. F., Chan, S., How, C. B., Humaidi, M., Yeo, G., Chong, C. S., Lam-Phua, S. G., Lee, R., Okumura, C., Vythilingam, I., & Ng, L. C. (2020). Detection of Japanese Encephalitis virus in Culex mosquitoes in Singapore. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; 103(3), 1234–1240.[Full text]
  25. Guo, S., Aung, K., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Tay, M., Seow, K., Zhong, Y. & Ng, L.C. et al. (2020). Prevalence and genomic analysis of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in retail raw meats in Singapore. Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy; 76(3), 601-605. [Full text]
  26. Rajarethinam, J., Aik, J., & Tian, J. (2020). The Influence of South East Asia Forest Fires on Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Singapore: An Ecological Study Using Random Forest and Vector Autoregressive Models. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 17(24), 9345. [Full text]

2021

  1. Low, S., Leo, Y., Lai, Y., Lam, S., Tan, H., Wong, J. & Ng, L. C. et al. (2021). Evaluation of eight commercial Zika virus IgM and IgG serology assays for diagnostics and research. PLOS ONE;16(1), e0244601. [Full text]
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  23. Hapuarachchi, H. C., Wong, W., Koo, C., Tien, W., Yeo, G., & Rajarethinam, J. Ng, LC. et al. (2021). Transient transmission of Chikungunya virus in Singapore exemplifies successful mitigation of severe epidemics in a vulnerable population. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases, 110, 417-425. [Full text]

  24. The Project Wolbachia – Singapore Consortium & Ng, LC. (2021). Wolbachia-mediated sterility suppresses Aedes aegypti populations in the urban tropics. [Pre print]

  25. Lim, J.T., Dickens, B.S., Tan, K.W., Koo, J.R., Seah, A., Ho, S.H., Ong, J., Rajarethinam, J., Soh, S., Cook, A.R. and Ng, L.C. (2021). Hyperendemicity associated with increased dengue burden. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. [Full text]

  26. Soh, L. T., Ong, Z., Vasquez, K., Chen, I., Li, X., Niah, W., Panchapakesan, C., Sim, S., Ng, L.C., et al. (2021). A Household-Based Survey to Understand Factors Influencing Awareness, Attitudes and Knowledge towards Wolbachia-Aedes Technology. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11997. MDPI AG. [Full text]

  27. Soh, S., Ho, S.H., Seah, A., Ong, J., Dickens, B.S., Tan, K.W., Koo, J.R., Cook, A.R., Tan, K.B., Sim, S., Ng, L.C., Lim, J.T. (2021). Economic impact of dengue in Singapore from 2010 to 2020 and the cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia interventions. PLOS Global Public Health 1(10): e0000024. [Full text]

  28. Lim WY, Tan GSE, Htun HL, Phua HP, Kyaw WM, Guo H, Cui L, Mak TM, Poh BF, Wong JCC, Setoh YX, Ang BSP, Chow ALP. (2021). First nosocomial cluster of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in a major acute care hospital in Singapore: investigations and outbreak response. Journal of Hospital Infections, 122:27-34. [Full text]