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EHI Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (Year 2022-2025)

2025

  1. Wong, W. J., Tan, C. H., Verkaik, M. G., Ng, L. C., Hoffmann, A. A., & Chong, C.-S. (2025). Suppression of Aedes aegypti may not affect sympatric Aedes albopictus populations: Findings from two years of entomological surveillance in Singapore. Scientific Reports, 15(1). [Link]
  2. Li, A., Coffey, L. L., Mohr, E. L., Raper, J., Chahroudi, A., Ausderau, K. K., Aliota, M. T., Friedrich, T. C., Mitzey, A. M., Koenig, M. R., Golos, T. G., Jaeger, H. K., Roberts, V. H. J., Lo, J. O., Smith, J. L., Hirsch, A. J., Streblow, D. N., Newman, C. M., O’Connor, D. H., Ng, L.C., Wongsawat, J. et al. (2025). Role of non-human primate models in accelerating research and developing countermeasures against Zika virus infection. The Lancet Microbe, 101030. [Link]
  3. Ostrowsky, J. T., Katzelnick, L. C., Bourne, N., Barrett, A. D. T., Thomas, S. J., Diamond, M. S., Beasley, D. W. C., Harris, E., Wilder-Smith, A., Leighton, T., Mehr, A. J., Moua, N. M., Ulrich, A. K., Cehovin, A., Fay, P. C., Golding, J. P., Moore, K. A., Osterholm, M. T., Lackritz, E. M., Ng, L.C., Wongsawat, J. et al. (2025). Zika virus vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: a priority agenda for research and development. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(7), e402–e415. [Link] 
  4. Lackritz, E. M., Ng, L.C., Marques, E. T. A., Rabe, I. B., Bourne, N., Staples, J. E., Méndez-Rico, J. A., Harris, E., Brault, A. C., Ko, A. I., Beasley, D. W. C., Leighton, T., Wilder-Smith, A., Ostrowsky, J. T., Mehr, A. J., Ulrich, A. K., Velayudhan, R., Golding, J. P., Fay, P. C., Wongsawat, J. et al. (2025). Zika virus: advancing a priority research agenda for preparedness and response. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(7), e390–e401. [Link]
  5. Peeling, R. W., Fongwen, N. T., Guzman, M. G., Méndez-Rico, J. A., Avumegah, M. S., Jaenisch, T., Lackritz, E. M., Waldorf, K. M. A., Barrett, A. D., Beasley, D. W., Bennie, J. Y., Bourne, N., Brault, A. C., Cehovin, A., Coelho, C., Diamond, M. S., Emperador, D., Faria, N. R., Fay, P. C., Ng, L.C., Wongsawat, J. et al. (2025). Specimen and data sharing to advance research and development on Zika virus. The Lancet Microbe, 101057. [Link]
  6. Lim, J. T., Mailepessov, D., Chong, C. S., Dickens, B., Lai, Y. L., Ng, Y., Lu, D., Lee, C., Tan, L. Y., Chain, G., Ho, S. H., Chang, C.-C., Ma, P., Bansal, S., Lee, V., Sim, S., Tan, C. H., & Ng, L. C. (2025). Adjacent spillover efficacy of Wolbachia for control of dengue: emulation of a cluster randomised target trial. BMC Medicine, 23(1), 184. [Link]
  7. Mailepessov, D., Ong, J., & Aik, J. (2025). Influence of air pollution and climate variability on dengue in Singapore: a time-series analysis. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 13467. [Link]
  8. Sun, Y., Zhang, J., Zheng, K., Yamada, H., Khan, J., Bouyer, J., Deng, L., Li, M., Wu, Y., Zheng, X., Wu, Z., & Zhang, D. (2025). Threshold-dependent improvement in sex separation efficiency by NaCl pretreatment of larval-pupal mixtures in mass-reared Aedes albopictus. Pest Management Science, 81(12), 7845-7853. [Link]
  9. Wee, L. E., Tan, W. Z., Chow, J. Y., Lim, J. T., Chiew, C., Chia, P. Y., Ng, L. C., Amanullah, M. R., Yapj, J., Yeo, K. K., Chan, M. Y. Y., Hausenloy, D. J., Leo, Y. S., Lye, D. C., & Tan, K. B. (2025). Cardiovascular complications in acute dengue infection: a population-based cohort study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac, 16(64), 101713 [Link]
  10. Lok, S.-M., Fibriansah, G., Ng, T.-S., Lim, X.-N., Shebanova, A., Ng, C. L., Tan, S. L., Tan, A., Shi, J., & Crowe Jr., J. (2025). Ultrapotent human antibodies lock E protein dimers central region of diverse DENV3 morphological variants. Nature communications, 16(1), 9182. [Link]
  11. Wee, L. E., Tan, W. Z., Chow, J. Y., Lim, J. T., Chiew, C., Chia, P. Y., Dickens, B., Ng, L. C., Ong, B., Leo, Y. S., Lye, D. C., & Tan, K. B. (2025). Neurological events associated with acute dengue infection: a population-based study. JAMA neurology, 83(2), 171–180. [Link]
  12. Ding, H., Torno, M., Vhongphayloth, K., Ng, G., Tan, D., Sng, W., Ho, K., Randrianambinintsoa, F. J., Depaquit, J., & Tan, C. H. (2025). Hidden in plain sight: discovery of sandflies in Singapore and description of four species new to science. Parasites & Vectors, 18, 402. [Link]
  13. Yeo, Z. Y., Hapuarachchi, H. C., Ong, J., Yeo, G., Koo, C., Ng, L. C., & Loh, D. (2025). Inferring the hidden and long-range dengue transmission routes in Singapore. Mach. Learn.: Health, 1, 015015. [Link]
  14. Chng, K. K., Liew, J. W.-K., Ang, S. C., Zulkifli, M. F., Chong, C.-S., Tan, C. H., & Lu, D. (2025). Enhanced mosquito male separation for optimised sterile insect technique and incompatible insect technique programmes. Scientific Reports, 15, 42818. [Link]
  15. Finch, E., Chang, C.-C., Kucharski, A., Sim, S., Ng, L.-C., & Lowe, R. (2025). Climate variation and serotype competition drive dengue outbreak dynamics in Singapore. Nature communications, 16(1), 11364. [Link]
  16. Wee, L. E., Lim, J. T., Tay, A. T., Dickens, B., Ma, P., Chiew, C., Chia, P. Y., Leo, Y. S., Ng, L. C., Lye, D. C., & Tan, K. B. (2025). Risk of dengue following prior SARS-CoV-2 infection: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 64, 101727.  [Link]
  17. Aviso, M., Tay, W. D.-A., Farwin, A., Durrance-Bagale, A., Lam, S. T., Nagashima-Hayashi, M., Jacob-Chow, B., Marzouk, M., Liew, J. W. K., Clapham, H., & Howard, N. (2025). "Basically a PR exercise…": a qualitative study of expert perspectives on 'performative versus evidence-informed' dengue vector control in the Asia-Pacific region.  BMJ global health, 10(11), e019723. [Link]

2024

  1. Fortuna, C., Severini, F., Marsili, G., Toma, L., Amendola, A., Venturi, G., Argentini, C., Casale, F., Bernardini, I., Boccolini, D., Fiorentini, C., Hapuarachchi, H. C., Montarsi, F., & Di Luca, M. (2024). Assessing the Risk of Dengue Virus Local Transmission: Study on Vector Competence of Italian Aedes albopictus. Viruses, 16(2), 176. [Full Text]                                            
  2. Wong, J. C., Tay, M., Hapuarachchi, H. C., Lee, B., Yeo, G., Maliki, D., Lee, W., Mohamed Suhaimi, N.-A., Chio, K., Tan, W. C., & Ng, L. C. (2024). Case report: Zika surveillance complemented with wastewater and mosquito testing. eBioMedicine, 101, 105020. [ Full Text]                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  3. Zhang, D., Maiga, H., Li, Y., Bakhoum, M. T., Wang, G., Sun, Y., Damiens, D., Mamai, W., Bimbilé Somda, N. S., Wallner, T., Bueno-Masso, O., Martina, C., Kotla, S. S., Yamada, H., Lu, D., Tan, C. H., Guo, J., Feng, Q., Zhang, J., Bouyer, J., et al. (2024). Mating harassment may boost the effectiveness of the sterile insect technique for Aedes mosquitoes. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1980.  [Full Text]                                                                                                                                                               
  4. Durrance-Bagale, A., Hoe, N., Lai, J., Liew, J. W., Clapham, H., & Howard, N. (2024). Dengue vector control in high-income, City Settings: A scoping review of approaches and methods. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(4), e0012081. [Full Text]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  5. Mamai, W., Bueno-Masso, O., Wallner, T., Nikièma, S. A., Meletiou, S., Deng, L., Balestrino, F., Yamada, H. & Bouyer, J. (2024) Efficiency assessment of a novel automatic mosquito pupae sex separation system in support of area-wide male-based release strategies. Scientific Reports 14: 9170. [Full Text]                                                                                                                                                                           
  6. Mailepessov, D., Ong, J., Nasir, M. Z., Aik, J., Woo, M., Zhao, X., Tey, H. L., & Yew, Y. W. (2024). Association between exposure to ambient air pollution, meteorological factors and atopic dermatitis consultations in Singapore—a stratified nationwide time-series analysis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 10320. [Link]
  7. Chem, Y. K., Yenamandra, S. P., Chong, C. K., Mudin, R. N., Wan, M. K., Tajudin, N., Bakar, R. S. A., Yamin, M. A., Yahya, R., Chang, C., Koo, C., Ng, L. C., & Hapuarachchi, H. C. (2024). Molecular epidemiology of dengue in Malaysia: 2015–2021. Frontiers in Genetics, 15, 1368843. [Full Text]
  8. Tay, M., Lee, B., Ismail, M. H., Yam, J., Maliki, D., Gin, K. Y., Chae, S. R., Ho, Z. J. M., Teoh, Y. L., Ng, L. C., & Wong, J. C. C. (2024). Usefulness of aircraft and airport wastewater for monitoring multiple pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 variants. J Travel Med, 31(5). [Link]
  9. Jin, S., Tay, M., Ng, L. C., Wong J. C. C, & Cook, A. R. (2024). Combining wastewater surveillance and case data in estimating the time-varying effective reproduction number. The Science of the Total Environment, 928, 172469. [Link]
  10. Wee, L. E., Lim, J. T., Tan, J. Y. J., Malek, M. I. B. A., Chiew, C., Ng, L. C., Chia, P. Y., Leo, Y. S., Lye, D. C. B., & Tan, K. B. (2024). Dengue versus COVID-19: comparing the incidence of cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric and autoimmune complications. Journal of travel medicine, 31(5), taae081. [Link]
  11. Tang, N., Lim, J. T., Dickens, B., Chiew, C., Ng, L. C., Chia, P. Y., Leo, Y. S., Lye, D. C., Tan, K. B., & Wee, L. E. (2024). Effects of Recent Prior Dengue Infection on Risk and Severity of Subsequent SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Open forum infectious diseases, 11(8), ofae397. [Link]
  12. Li, J., Yang, J., Unni, B., Yap, R., Jue Tao Lim, Nazeem, M., Shen, J., Yee, L. T., Ng, L. C., & Sim, S. (2024). A Case-Control Study of Behavioural and Built Environment Determinants of COVID-19 Transmission in Sheltered Markets. Building and Environment, 264, 111909–111909. [Link]
  13. Chow, J. Y., Geng, L., Bansal, S., Dickens, B. S. L., Ng, L. C., Hoffmann, A. A., & Lim, J. T. (2024). Evaluating quasi-experimental approaches for estimating epidemiological efficacy of non-randomised field trials: applications in Wolbachia interventions for dengue. BMC medical research methodology, 24(1), 170. [Link]
  14. Lim, J. T., Mailepessov, D., Chong, C. S., Dickens, B., Lai, Y. L., Ng, Y., Deng, L., Lee, C., Tan, L. Y., Chain, G., Ho, S. H., Chang, C. C., Ma, P., Bansal, S., Lee, V., Sim, S., Tan, C. H., & Ng, L. C. (2024). Assessing Wolbachia-mediated sterility for dengue control: emulation of a cluster-randomized target trial in Singapore. Journal of travel medicine, 31(7), taae103. [Link]
  15. Goh, V. S., Ang, C. C., Low, S. L., Lee, P. X., Setoh, Y. X., & Wong, J. C. (2024). Evaluation of three alternative methods to the plaque reduction neutralizing assay for measuring neutralizing antibodies to dengue virus serotype 2. Virology Journal, 21(1). [Link]
  16. Bansal, S., Lim, J. T., Chong, C., Dickens, B., Ng, Y., Deng, L., Lee, C., Tan, L. Y., Kakani, E. G., Yoong, Y., Du Yu, D., Chain, G., Ma, P., Sim, S., Ng, L. C., & Tan, C. H. (2024). Effectiveness of Wolbachia-mediated sterility coupled with sterile insect technique to suppress adult Aedes aegypti populations in Singapore: a synthetic control study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(9), e617–e628. [Link].
  17. Hill, V., Cleemput, S., Pereira, J. S., Gifford, R. J., Fonseca, V., Tegally, H., Brito, A. F., Ribeiro, G., De Souza, V. C., Brcko, I. C., Ribeiro, I. S., De Lima, I. T. T., Slavov, S. N., Sampaio, S. C., Elias, M. C., Tran, V. T., Kien, D. T. H., Huynh, T., Yacoub, S., Dieng, I., Salvato, R., Wallau, G. L., Gregianini, T. S., Godinho, F. M. S., Vogels, C. B. F., Breban, M. I., Leguia, M., Jagtap, S., Roy, R., Hapuarachchi, C., Mwanyika, G., Giovanetti, M., Alcantara, L. C. J., Faria, N. R., Carrington, C. V. F., Hanley, K. A., Holmes, E. C., Dumon, W., Lima, A. R. J., Oliveira, T., & Grubaugh N. D. (2024). A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus. PLoS Biology, 22(9), e3002834–e3002834. [Link]
  18. Alguridi, H. I., Zaki, E. A., Hapuarachchi, H. C., Almalki, S. A., Alzahrani, A. A., Alsalem, W. S., Alzahrani, F. A., & Altayb, H. N. (2024) Genetic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Chikungunya Virus: A case from Jeddah during the COVID-19 Pandemic. IDCases, 38, e02087–e02087. [Link]
  19. Diaz-Garcia, M. I., Ocasio-Reed, V., Felix, G., Paz-Bailey, G., Ng, L. C., & Barrera, R. (2024). Comparing detections of Aedes Aegypti females using three types of autocidal gravid traps (2024). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 10.2987/24-7195. [Link]

2023

  1. Olmo, R.P., Todjro, Y.M.H., Aguiar, E.R.G.R., de Almeida J.P.P., Ferreira, F.V., Armache, J.N., de Faria I.J.S., Ferreira, A.G.A., Amadou, S.C.G., Silva A.T.S., de Souza, K.P.R., Vilela, A.P.P., Babarit, A., Tan, C.H., Marques, J.T. et al. (2023). Mosquito vector competence for dengue is modulated by insect-specific viruses. Nature Microbiology, 8(1), 135–149. [Full text]

  2. Lee, M.H., Mailepessov, D., Yahya, K. et al. (2023). Air quality, meteorological variability and pediatric respiratory syncytial virus infections in Singapore. Sci Rep 13, 1001. [Full text]

  3. Pollak, N. M., Olsson, M., Ahmed, M., Tan, J., Lim, G., Setoh, Y. X., Wong, J. C., Lai, Y. L., Hobson-Peters, J., Macdonald, J., & McMillan, D. (2023). Rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of the four dengue virus serotypes in clinically relevant matrices. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(1). [ Full text]

  4. Zhang, H., Goh, F.G., Ng, L.C. Yu, C. (2023). Aedes aegypti exhibits a distinctive mode of late ovarian development. BMC Biol 21, 11. [Full text]

  5. Fernandez, S. A., Sun, H., Dickens, B. L., Ng, L. C., Cook, A. R., & Lim, J. T. (2023). Features of the urban environment associated with Aedes aegypti abundance in high-rise public apartments in Singapore: An environmental case-control study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(2). [Full text]

  6. Sankaran, G., Tan, S. T., Shen, J., Gutiérrez, R., Ng, L. C., & Sim, S. (2023). Assessment of indoor air quality in air-conditioned small business units with no mechanical ventilation. Atmospheric Environment, 299, 119645 [ Full text]

  7. Chua, FJD., Kim, S. Y., Hill, E., Cai, J. W., Lee, W. L., Gu, X., Afri Affandi, S. A., Kwok, W. C. G., Ng, W., Leifels, M., Armas, F., Chandra, F., Chen, H., Alm, E. J., Tay, M., Wong, J. C. C., Ng,  L. C., Wuertz, S., Thompson, J. R. (2023). Co-incidence of BA.1 and BA.2 at the start of Singapore's Omicron wave revealed by Community and University Campus wastewater surveillance. Science of the Total Environment, 875. [ Full text]

  8. Neves, E. S., Ng, C. T., Pek, H. B., Goh, V. S., Mohamed, R., Osman, S., Ng, Y. K., Kadir, S. A., Nazeem, M., She, A., Sim, G., Aik, J., Ng, L. C., Octavia, S., Fang, Z., Wong, J. C., Setoh, Y. X. (2023). Field trial assessing the antimicrobial decontamination efficacy of gaseous ozone in a public bus setting. Science of The Total Environment, 876, 162704. [ Full text]

  9. Marimuthu, K., Wong, JCC, Lim, P. L., Octavia, S., Huan, X., Ng, Y. K., Yang, J. J., Sutjipto, S., Linn, K. Z., Setoh, Y. X., Ong, C. H., Griffiths, J., Farhanah, S., Cheok, T. S., Sulaiman, N. A., Congcong, S. B., Neves, E. S., Loo, L. H., Hakim, L., Sim, S., Lim, M., Nazeem, M., Ng, L. C et al. (2023). Viable mpox virus in the environment of a patient room. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 131, 40–45. [Full text]

  10. Ooi, C.H., Phang, W.K., Liew, J.W.K., Atroosh, W.M., Lau Y.L. (2023). Profiling the imported human malaria in Sarawak, Malaysia in 2011–2019. Trop Med International Health 28(6): [Full text]

  11. Sy, A. K., Koo, C., Privaldos, K. J. R., Quinones, M. A. T., Igoy, M. A. U., Villanueva, S., Ng, L.C., Hapuarachchi, H. C., et al. (2023). Genetic Diversity and Dispersal of DENGUE Virus among Three Main Island Groups of the Philippines during 2015-2017. Viruses, 15(5). [Full text]

  12. Ho, S. H., Lim, J. T., Ong, J., Hapuarachchi, H. C., Sim, S., & Ng, L. C. (2023). Singapore’s 5 decades of Dengue Prevention and control—implications for global dengue control. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(6). [Full text]

  13. Pramasivan S, Low V.L, Jeyaprakasam N.K, Liew J.W.K., Ngui R, Vythilingam I. (2023) Cryptic Diversity and Demographic Expansion of Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria Vectors in Malaysia. Genes. 14(7):1369. [Full text]

  14. Jeyaprakasam N.K., Low V.L., Pramasivan S, Liew J.W.K., Wan-Sulaiman W.Y., Vythilingam I. (2023). High transmission efficiency of the simian malaria vectors and population expansion of their parasites Plasmodium cynomolgi and Plasmodium inui. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 17(6): e0011438. [Full text]

  15. Wallau, G. L., & Global Arbovirus Researchers United (2023). Arbovirus researchers unite: expanding genomic surveillance for an urgent global need. The Lancet. Global health, 11(10), e1501–e1502. [ Full text]

  16. Sankaran, G., Tan, S. T., Yap, R., Chua, M. L., Ng, L. C., & George, S. (2023). Characterization of size-differentiated airborne particulate matter collected from indoor environments of childcare facilities. Chemosphere, 340, 139670. [Full text]

  17. Wong, Y. H., Lim, J. T., Griffiths, J., Lee, B., Maliki, D., Thompson, J., Wong, M., Chae, S.-R., Teoh, Y. L., Ho, Z. J., Lee, V., Cook, A. R., Tay, M., Wong, J. C., & Ng, L. C. (2023). Positive association of SARS-COV-2 RNA concentrations in wastewater and reported COVID-19 cases in Singapore – a study across three populations. Science of The Total Environment, 902, 166446. [Full text]

  18. HB Pek, SA Kadir, S Arivalan, S Osman, R Mohamed, LC Ng, JCC Wong, S Octavia. (2023). Screening for Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamase E. coli in Recreational Beach Waters in Singapore. Future Microbiology [Full text]

  19. Pramasivan, S., Ngui, R., Jeyaprakasam, N.K., Liew, J.W.K., Vythilingam, I. (2023). Spatial analyses of Plasmodium knowlesi vectors with reference to control interventions in Malaysia. Parasites Vectors 16, 355. [Full text]

  20. Senaratna, K. Y., Bhatia, S., Giek, G. S., Lim, C. M., Gangesh, G. R., Peng, L. C., Wong, J. C., Ng, L. C., & Gin, K. Y.-H. (2023). Estimating covid-19 cases on a university campus based on wastewater surveillance using machine learning regression models. Science of The Total Environment, 906, 167709. [Full text]

  21. Zhang, H., Trueman, E., Hou, X., Chew, D.X., Deng, L., Liew, J., Chia, T.,  Xi, Z.Y., Tan, C.H., Cai, Y. (2023) Different Mechanisms of X-ray Irradiation-induced Male and Female Sterility in Aedes aegypti. BMC Biology 21, 274. [Full text]

  22. Ng, W. J., Kwok, G., Hill, E., Chua, F. J., Leifels, M., Kim, S. Y., Afri Affandi, S. A., Ramasamy, S. G., Nainani, D., Cheng, D., Tay, M., Wong, J. C., Ng, L.-C., Wuertz, S., & Thompson, J. R. (2024). Longitudinal wastewater-based surveillance for SARS-COV-2 in high-density student dormitories in Singapore. ACS ES&T Water, 4(2), 355–367. [ Full text]

  23. Lim, J. T., Bansal, S., Chong, C. S., Dickens, B., Ng, Y., Deng, L., Lee, C., Tan, L. Y., Chain, G., Ma, P., Sim, S., Tan, C. H., Cook, A. R., & Ng, L. C. (2024). Efficacy of Wolbachia-mediated sterility to reduce the incidence of dengue: A synthetic control study in Singapore. The Lancet Microbe. [ Full text]

2022

  1. Ong J, Soh S, Ho SH, Seah A, Dickens BS, et al. (2022) Fine-scale estimation of effective reproduction numbers for dengue surveillance. PLOS Computational Biology 18(1): e1009791 [Full text]

  2. Oh HY, Humaidi M, Chan QY, Yap G, Ang KY, Tan J, Ng LC, Mailepessov D. (2022). Association of rodents with man-made infrastructures and food waste in Urban Singapore. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 12:1. [ Full text]

  3. Tan, S.T., Mohamed, N., Ng, L. C., Aik, J. (2022). Air quality in underground metro station commuter platforms in Singapore: A cross-sectional analysis of factors influencing commuter exposure levels. Atmospheric Environment, 273, 118962.[ Full text]

  4. Soh, S., Loo, L. H., Jamali, N., Maiwald, M., & Aik, J. (2022). Climate variability and seasonal patterns of paediatric parainfluenza infections in the tropics: An ecological study in Singapore. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 239, 113864. [ Full Text]

  5. Griffiths J, Yeo HL, Yap G, Mailepessov D, Johansson P, Low HT, Siew CC, Lam P, Ng LC. (2022). Survey of rodent-borne pathogens in Singapore reveals the circulation of Leptospira spp., Seoul hantavirus, and Rickettsia typhi. Scientific Report, 12, 2692. [Full text]

  6. Mailepessov D, Arivalan S, Kong M, Griffiths J, Low SL, Chen H, Hapuarachchi HC, Gu X, Lee WL, Alm EJ, Thompson J, Wuertz S, Gin K, Ng LC, Wong JCC. (2022). Development of an efficient wastewater testing protocol for high-throughput country-wide SARS-CoV-2 monitoring. Science of The Total Environment, 154024. [ Full text]

  7. Chua C, Humaidi M, Neves ES, Mailepessov D, Ng LC, Aik J. (2022). VKORC1 mutations in rodent populations of a tropical city-state as an indicator of anticoagulant rodenticide resistance. Scientific Reports, 12, 4553. [Full text]

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