Publications

Katsiferis A, Mortensen LH, Khurana MP, Mishra S, Jensen MK, Bhatt S.
Predicting mortality risk after a fall in older adults using health care spending patterns: a population-based cohort study
Age Ageing. 2023 Aug 1;52(8):afad159. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad159.
Tuot S, Sim JW, Nagashima-Hayashi M, Chhoun P, Teo AKJ, Prem K, Yi S.
What are the determinants of antiretroviral therapy adherence among stable people living with HIV? A cross-sectional study in Cambodia
AIDS Res Ther. 2023 Jul 14;20(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s12981-023-00544-w.
Fornace KM, Zorello Laporta G, Vythilingham I, Chua TH, Ahmed K, Jeyaprakasam NK, de Castro Duarte AMR, Amir A, Phang WK, Drakeley C, Sallum MAM, Lau YL.
Simian malaria: a narrative review on emergence, epidemiology and threat to global malaria elimination
Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;23(12):e520-e532. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00298-0. Epub 2023 Jul 13.
Naserrudin NA, Lin PYP, Monroe A, Culleton R, Baumann SE, Sato S, Adhikari B, Fornace KM, Hod R, Jeffree MS, Ahmed K, Hassan MR.
Exploring barriers to and facilitators of malaria prevention practices: a photovoice study with rural communities at risk to Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Sabah, Malaysia
BMC Public Health. 2023 Jul 10;23(1):1316. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16173-x.
Teo AKJ, Morishita F, Islam T, Viney K, Ong CWM, Kato S, Kim H, Liu Y, Oh KH, Yoshiyama T, Ohkado A, Rahevar K, Kawatsu L, Yanagawa M, Prem K, Yi S, Tran HTG, Marais BJ.
Tuberculosis in older adults: challenges and best practices in the Western Pacific Region
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2023 Apr 20;36:100770. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100770. eCollection 2023 Jul.
Luangasanatip N, Painter C, Pan-Ngum W, Saralamba S, Wichaita T, White L, Aguas R, Clapham H, Wang Y, Isaranuwatchai W, Teerawattananon Y.
How to model the impact of vaccines for policymaking when the characteristics are uncertain: A case study in Thailand prior to the vaccine rollout during the COVID-19 pandemic
Vaccine. 2023 Jul 25;41(33):4854-4860. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.06.055. Epub 2023 Jun 20.
Mo Y, Oonsivilai M, Lim C, Niehus R, Cooper BS.
Implications of reducing antibiotic treatment duration for antimicrobial resistance in hospital settings: A modelling study and meta-analysis
PLoS Med. 2023 Jun 15;20(6):e1004013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004013. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Sun Y, Koo JR, Park M, Yi H, Dickens BL, Cook AR.
Use of Bluetooth contact tracing technology to model COVID-19 quarantine policies in high-risk closed populations
Digit Health. 2023 Jun 8;9:20552076231178418. doi: 10.1177/20552076231178418. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.
Choo ELW, Janhavi A, Koo JR, Yim SHL, Dickens BL, Lim JT.
Association between ambient air pollutants and upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia disease burden in Thailand from 2000 to 2022: a high frequency ecological analysis
BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 6;23(1):379. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08185-0.
Lim JT, Choo ELW, Janhavi A, Tan KB, Abisheganaden J, Dickens B.
Density forecasting of conjunctivitis burden using high-dimensional environmental time series data
Epidemics. 2023 Sep;44:100694. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100694. Epub 2023 Jun 3.
Trujillano F, Garay GJ, Alatrista-Salas H, Byrne I, Nunez-Del-Prado M, Chan K, Manrique E, Johnson E, Apollinaire N, Kouame Kouakou P, Oumbouke WA, Tiono AB, Guelbeogo MW, Lines J, Carrasco-Escobar G, Fornace K.
Mapping Malaria Vector Habitats in West Africa: Drone Imagery and Deep Learning Analysis for Targeted Vector Surveillance
Remote Sens (Basel). 2023 May 26;15(11):2775. doi: 10.3390/rs15112775.
Lee KY, Dabak SV, Kong VH, Park M, Kwok SLL, Silzle M, Rachatan C, Cook A, Passanante A, Pertwee E, Wu Z, Elkin JA, Larson HJ, Lau EHY, Leung K, Wu JT, Lin L.
Effectiveness of chatbots on COVID vaccine confidence and acceptance in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore
NPJ Digit Med. 2023 May 25;6(1):96. doi: 10.1038/s41746-023-00843-6.
Lim NW, Lim JT, Dickens BL.
Border Control for Infectious Respiratory Disease Pandemics: A Modelling Study for H1N1 and Four Strains of SARS-CoV-2
Viruses. 2023 Apr 16;15(4):978. doi: 10.3390/v15040978.
Lison A, Banholzer N, Sharma M, Mindermann S, Unwin HJT, Mishra S, Stadler T, Bhatt S, Ferguson NM, Brauner J, Vach W.
Effectiveness assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
Lancet Public Health. 2023 Apr;8(4):e311-e317. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00046-4.
Katsiferis A, Bhatt S, Mortensen LH, Mishra S, Westendorp RGJ.
Sex differences in health care expenditures and mortality after spousal bereavement: A register-based Danish cohort study
PLoS One. 2023 Mar 22;18(3):e0282892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282892. eCollection 2023.
Ng OT, Koh V, Chiew CJ, Marimuthu K, Thevasagayam NM, Mak TM, Chua JK, Hui Ong SS, Lim YK, Ferdous Z, Khairunnisa Bte Johari A, I-Cheng Chen M, Maurer-Stroh S, Cui L, Pin Lin RT, Tan KB, Cook AR, Leo PY, Lee PVJM.
Erratum to “Impact of delta variant and vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 secondary attack rate among household close contacts” [The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 17 (2021) 100299]
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2023 Apr;33:100748. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100748. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
Wahab MT, Tan RKJ, Cook AR, Prem K.
Impact of including boys in the national school-based human papillomavirus vaccination programme in Singapore: A modelling-based cost-effectiveness analysis
Vaccine. 2023 Mar 17;41(12):1934-1942. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.025. Epub 2023 Feb 14.
Pung R, Clapham HE, Russell TW; CMMID COVID-19 Working Group; Lee VJ, Kucharski AJ.
Relative role of border restrictions, case finding and contact tracing in controlling SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of undetected transmission: a mathematical modelling study
BMC Med. 2023 Mar 16;21(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02802-0.
Teo AKJ, Morishita F, Prem K, Eng S, An Y, Huot CY, Khun KE, Tieng S, Deng S, Tuot S, Yi S.
Where are the missing people affected by tuberculosis? A programme review of patient-pathway and cascade of care to optimise tuberculosis case-finding, treatment and prevention in Cambodia
BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Mar;8(3):e010994. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010994.
Quaye SED, Cheng Y, Tan RKJ, Koo JR, Prem K, Teo AKJ, Cook AR.
Application of the network scale-up method to estimate the sizes of key populations for HIV in Singapore using online surveys
J Int AIDS Soc. 2023 Mar;26(3):e25973. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25973.
Johnson E, Campos-Cerqueira M, Jumail A, Yusni ASA, Salgado-Lynn M, Fornace K.
Applications and advances in acoustic monitoring for infectious disease epidemiology
Trends Parasitol. 2023 May;39(5):386-399. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.01.008. Epub 2023 Feb 24.
Lou J, Lim NW, Cai CGX, Dickens BSL, Huynh VA, Wee HL.
Cost benefit analysis of alternative testing and quarantine policies for travelers for infection control: A case study of Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic
Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 23;11:1101986. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1101986. eCollection 2023.
Cai CGX, Lim NW, Huynh VA, Ananthakrishnan A, Dabak SV, Dickens BSL, Faradiba D, Kc S, Morton A, Park M, Rachatan C, Sittimart M, Wee HL, Lou J, Teerawattananon Y.
Economic Analysis of Border Control Policies during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Modelling Study to Inform Cross-Border Travel Policy between Singapore and Thailand
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 23;20(5):4011. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054011.
Lim JT, Tan KB, Abisheganaden J, Dickens BL.
Forecasting upper respiratory tract infection burden using high-dimensional time series data and forecast combinations
PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Feb 7;19(2):e1010892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010892. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Fernandez SA, Sun H, Dickens BL, Ng LC, Cook AR, Lim JT.
Features of the urban environment associated with Aedes aegypti abundance in high-rise public apartments in Singapore: An environmental case-control study
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Feb 2;17(2):e0011075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011075. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Klim H, William T, Chua TH, Rajahram GS, Drakeley CJ, Carroll MW, Fornace KM.
Quantifying human-animal contact rates in Malaysian Borneo: Influence of agricultural landscapes on contact with potential zoonotic disease reservoirs
Front Epidemiol. 2023 Jan 18;2:1057047. doi: 10.3389/fepid.2022.1057047. eCollection 2022.
Chua TH, Manin BO, Fornace K.
Correction: Life table analysis of Anopheles balabacensis, the primary vector of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sabah, Malaysia
Parasit Vectors. 2023 Jan 10;16(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05631-x.
Flaxman S, Whittaker C, Semenova E, Rashid T, Parks RM, Blenkinsop A, Unwin HJT, Mishra S, Bhatt S, Gurdasani D, Ratmann O.
Assessment of COVID-19 as the Underlying Cause of Death Among Children and Young People Aged 0 to 19 Years in the US
JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2253590. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.53590.
Birth anthropometry among three Asian racial groups in Singapore: proposed new growth charts
Birth anthropometry among three Asian racial groups in Singapore: proposed new growth charts
Arch Dis Child. 2023 May;108(5):367-372. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324693. Epub 2023 Jan 2.
Bénard É, Drolet M, Laprise JF, Jit M, Prem K, Boily MC, Brisson M.
Potential benefit of extended dose schedules of human papillomavirus vaccination in the context of scarce resources and COVID-19 disruptions in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis
Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Jan;11(1):e48-e58. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00475-2.
Mo Y.
Rapid Diagnostics for Antibiotic Resistance: Urgent Need for Strong Clinical Evidence
Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 19;75(12):2076-2078. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac358.
Carrasco-Escobar G, Moreno M, Fornace K, Herrera-Varela M, Manrique E, Conn JE.
The use of drones for mosquito surveillance and control
Parasit Vectors. 2022 Dec 16;15(1):473. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05580-5.
Quek AML, Ng MY, Teng O, Lim NA, Ng GJL, Yang SP, Hartman M, Tambyah PA, Cook AR, Seet RCS.
Stable thyroid function despite regular use of povidone-iodine throat spray for SARS-CoV-2 prophylaxis
Ann Med. 2022 Dec;54(1):3299-3305. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2108132.
Jin S, Lim JT, Dickens BL, Cook AR.
The impact of earlier reopening to travel in the Western Pacific on SARS-CoV-2 transmission
IJID Reg. 2023 Mar;6:135-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.11.013. Epub 2022 Nov 30.
Chua TH, Manin BO, Fornace K.
Life table analysis of Anopheles balabacensis, the primary vector of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sabah, Malaysia
Parasit Vectors. 2022 Nov 24;15(1):442. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05552-9.
Tran QM, Soda J, Siraj A, Moore S, Clapham H, Alex Perkins T.
Expected endpoints from future chikungunya vaccine trial sites informed by serological data and modeling
Vaccine. 2023 Jan 4;41(1):182-192. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.028. Epub 2022 Nov 21.
Soh S, Ho SH, Seah A, Ong J, Richards DR, Gaw LY, Dickens BS, Tan KW, Koo JR, Cook AR, Lim JT.
Spatial Methods for Inferring Extremes in Dengue Outbreak Risk in Singapore
Viruses. 2022 Nov 4;14(11):2450. doi: 10.3390/v14112450.
Pan-Ngum W, Clapham H, Dawa J, Pulliam JRC.
Epidemic SI COVID-19 modeling in LMICs: Accompanying commentary
Epidemics. 2022 Dec;41:100651. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100651. Epub 2022 Oct 31.
Tan RKJ, Cook AR.
Singapore’s HIV disclosure law in the context of progress towards the 90-90-90 goals: A call for greater action in the Western Pacific
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022 Sep 7;29:100588. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100588. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Ng OT, Koh V, Chiew CJ, Marimuthu K, Thevasagayam NM, Mak TM, Chua JK, Ong SSH, Lim YK, Ferdous Z, Johari AKB, Cui L, Lin RTP, Tan KB, Cook AR, Leo YS, Lee VJM.
Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccination and Pediatric Age on Delta Variant Household Transmission
Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e35-e43. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac219.
Ng OT, Marimuthu K, Lim N, Lim ZQ, Thevasagayam NM, Koh V, Chiew CJ, Ma S, Koh M, Low PY, Tan SB, Ho J, Maurer-Stroh S, Lee VJM, Leo YS, Tan KB, Cook AR, Tan CC.
Analysis of COVID-19 Incidence and Severity Among Adults Vaccinated With 2-Dose mRNA COVID-19 or Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines With and Without Boosters in Singapore
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2228900. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.28900.
Jin S, Dickens BL, Quek AM, Hartman M, Tambyah PA, Seet RCS, Cook AR.
Estimating transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 at different intraspatial levels in an institutional outbreak
Epidemics. 2022 Sep;40:100617. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100617. Epub 2022 Jul 22.
Jin S, Dickens BL, Lim JT, Cook AR.
EpiRegress: A Method to Estimate and Predict the Time-Varying Effective Reproduction Number
Viruses. 2022 Jul 20;14(7):1576. doi: 10.3390/v14071576.
Tan SHX, Cook AR, Heng D, Ong B, Lye DC, Tan KB.
Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Omicron in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age
N Engl J Med. 2022 Aug 11;387(6):525-532. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2203209. Epub 2022 Jul 20.
Tarif AB, Ramadan M, Yin M, Sharkas G, Ali SS, Gazo M, Zeitawy A, Alsawalha L, Wu K, Alonso-Garbayo A, Zayed B, Al-Ariqi L, Kheirallah KA, Talaat M, Rashidian A, Simniceanu A, Allegranzi B, Cassini A, Bellizzi S.
Infection prevention and control risk factors in health workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Jordan: A case control study
PLoS One. 2022 Jul 8;17(7):e0271133. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271133. eCollection 2022.
Edney SM, Park SH, Tan L, Chua XH, Dickens BSL, Rebello SA, Petrunoff N, Müller AM, Tan CS, Müller-Riemenschneider F, van Dam RM.
Advancing understanding of dietary and movement behaviours in an Asian population through real-time monitoring: Protocol of the Continuous Observations of Behavioural Risk Factors in Asia study (COBRA)
Digit Health. 2022 Jun 30;8:20552076221110534. doi: 10.1177/20552076221110534. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
Knight GM, Pham TM, Stimson J, Funk S, Jafari Y, Pople D, Evans S, Yin M, Brown CS, Bhattacharya A, Hope R, Semple MG; ISARIC4C Investigators; CMMID COVID-19 Working Group; Read JM, Cooper BS, Robotham JV.
The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020
BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 18;22(1):556. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07490-4.
Boey CPH, Quaye SED, Cook AR, Seow WJ, van der Eijk Y.
Secondhand smoke in the densely populated urban setting: A cross-sectional survey of exposure, knowledge, attitudes, and respiratory symptoms
Indoor Air. 2022 Jun;32(6):e13069. doi: 10.1111/ina.13069.
Marimuthu K, Venkatachalam I, Koh V, Harbarth S, Perencevich E, Cherng BPZ, Fong RKC, Pada SK, Ooi ST, Smitasin N, Thoon KC, Tambyah PA, Hsu LY, Koh TH, De PP, Tan TY, Chan D, Deepak RN, Tee NWS, Kwa A, Cai Y, Teo YY, Thevasagayam NM, Prakki SRS, Xu W, Khong WX, Henderson D, Stoesser N, Eyre DW, Crook D, Ang M, Lin RTP, Chow A, Cook AR, Teo J, Ng OT; Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Singapore (CaPES) Study Group.
Whole genome sequencing reveals hidden transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 1;13(1):3052. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30637-5.
Barlow E, Morton A, Dabak S, Engels S, Isaranuwatchai W, Teerawattananon Y, Chalkidou K.
What is the value of explicit priority setting for health interventions? A simulation study
Health Care Manag Sci. 2022 Sep;25(3):460-483. doi: 10.1007/s10729-022-09594-4. Epub 2022 May 28.
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