Publications

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.
Cheng Y, Tran Minh N, Tran Minh Q, Khandelwal S, Clapham HE.
Estimates of Japanese Encephalitis mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and modeling analysis
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 May 25;16(5):e0010361. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010361. eCollection 2022 May.
Soh S, Ho SH, Ong J, Seah A, Dickens BS, Tan KW, Koo JR, Cook AR, Sim S, Tan CH, Ng LC, Lim JT.
Strategies to Mitigate Establishment under the Wolbachia Incompatible Insect Technique
Viruses. 2022 May 24;14(6):1132. doi: 10.3390/v14061132.
Burger EA, Laprise JF, Sy S, Regan MC, Prem K, Jit M, Brisson M, Kim JJ.
Now or later: Health impacts of delaying single-dose HPV vaccine implementation in a high-burden setting
Int J Cancer. 2022 Nov 15;151(10):1804-1809. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34054. Epub 2022 May 24.
Goh FT, Chew YZ, Tam CC, Yung CF, Clapham H.
A country-specific model of COVID-19 vaccination coverage needed for herd immunity in adult only or population wide vaccination programme
Epidemics. 2022 Jun;39:100581. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100581. Epub 2022 May 20.
Tan RKJ, Koh WL, Le D, Banerjee S, Chio MT, Chan RKW, Wong CM, Tai BC, Wong ML, Cook AR, Chen MI, Wong CS.
Effect of a Popular Web Drama Video Series on HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Singapore: Community-Based, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial
J Med Internet Res. 2022 May 6;24(5):e31401. doi: 10.2196/31401.
Mao Y, Tan KXQ, Seng A, Wong P, Toh SA, Cook AR.
Stratification of Patients with Diabetes Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring Profiles and Machine Learning
Health Data Sci. 2022 Apr 27;2022:9892340. doi: 10.34133/2022/9892340. eCollection 2022.
Koo JR, Cook AR, Lim JT, Tan KW, Dickens BL.
Modelling the Impact of Mass Testing to Transition from Pandemic Mitigation to Endemic COVID-19
Viruses. 2022 May 5;14(5):967. doi: 10.3390/v14050967.
Kingkaew P, Budtarad N, Khuntha S, Barlow E, Morton A, Isaranuwatchai W, Teerawattananon Y, Painter C.
A model-based study to estimate the health and economic impact of health technology assessment in Thailand
Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2022 May 4;38(1):e45. doi: 10.1017/S0266462322000277.
Park M, Tan KB, Vasoo S, Dickens BL, Lye D, Cook AR.
Estimated Health Outcomes and Costs Associated With Use of Monoclonal Antibodies for Prevention or Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infections
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e225750. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5750.
Sun H, Koo J, Dickens BL, Clapham HE, Cook AR.
Short-term and long-term epidemiological impacts of sustained vector control in various dengue endemic settings: A modelling study
PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Apr 1;18(4):e1009979. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009979. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Zeng Z, Cook AR, Chen JI, van der Eijk Y.
Evaluating the public health impact of partial and full tobacco flavour bans: A simulation study
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022 Mar 1;21:100414. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100414. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Sum KK, Tint MT, Aguilera R, Dickens BSL, Choo S, Ang LT, Phua D, Law EC, Ng S, Tan KM, Benmarhnia T, Karnani N, Eriksson JG, Chong YS, Yap F, Tan KH, Lee YS, Chan SY, Chong MFF, Huang J.
The socioeconomic landscape of the exposome during pregnancy
Environ Int. 2022 May;163:107205. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107205. Epub 2022 Mar 26.
Tan SHX, Pung R, Wang LF, Lye DC, Ong B, Cook AR, Tan KB.
Association of Homologous and Heterologous Vaccine Boosters With COVID-19 Incidence and Severity in Singapore
JAMA. 2022 Mar 22;327(12):1181-1182. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.1922.
Mo Y, Pham TM, Lim C, Horby P, Stewardson AJ, Harbarth S, Scott GM, Cooper BS.
The effect of hand hygiene frequency on reducing acute respiratory infections in the community: a meta-analysis
Epidemiol Infect. 2022 Mar 21;150:e79. doi: 10.1017/S0950268822000516.
Petrunoff NA, Edney S, Yi NX, Dickens BL, Joel KR, Xin WN, Sia A, Leong D, van Dam RM, Cook AR, Sallis JF, Chandrabose M, Owen N, Müller-Riemenschneider F.
Associations of park features with park use and park-based physical activity in an urban environment in Asia: A cross-sectional study
Health Place. 2022 May;75:102790. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102790. Epub 2022 Mar 19.
García-Carreras B, Yang B, Grabowski MK, Sheppard LW, Huang AT, Salje H, Clapham HE, Iamsirithaworn S, Doung-Ngern P, Lessler J, Cummings DAT.
Periodic synchronisation of dengue epidemics in Thailand over the last 5 decades driven by temperature and immunity
PLoS Biol. 2022 Mar 18;20(3):e3001160. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001160. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Teerawattananon Y, Kc S, Chi YL, Dabak S, Kazibwe J, Clapham H, Lopez Hernandez C, Leung GM, Sharifi H, Habtemariam M, Blecher M, Nishtar S, Sarkar S, Wilson D, Chalkidou K, Gorgens M, Hutubessy R, Wibulpolprasert S.
Recalibrating the notion of modelling for policymaking during pandemics
Epidemics. 2022 Mar;38:100552. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100552. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
Quek AML, Ooi DSQ, Teng O, Chan CY, Ng GJL, Ng MY, Yee S, Cheong EW, Weng R, Cook AR, Hartman M, Angeli V, Tambyah PA, Seet RCS.
Zinc and vitamin C intake increases spike and neutralising antibody production following SARS-CoV-2 infection
Clin Transl Med. 2022 Feb;12(2):e731. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.731.
Marzouk M, Alhiraki OA, Aguas R, Gao B, Clapham H, Obaid W, Altaleb H, Almhawish N, Rihawi H, Abbara A, Douedari Y, Hariri M, Howard N; CoMo Consortium.
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in opposition-controlled Northwest Syria: modeling pandemic responses during political conflict
Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Apr;117:103-115. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.062. Epub 2022 Feb 2.
Koo JR, Dickens BL, Jin S, Lim JT, Sun Y, Tan KW, Cook AR.
Testing strategies to contain COVID-19 in migrant worker dormitories
J Migr Health. 2022;5:100079. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100079. Epub 2022 Jan 21.
Ko YK, Furuse Y, Ninomiya K, Otani K, Akaba H, Miyahara R, Imamura T, Imamura T, Cook AR, Saito M, Suzuki M, Oshitani H.
Secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first two waves in Japan: Demographic characteristics and overdispersion
Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar;116:365-373. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.036. Epub 2022 Jan 20.
Ong J, Soh S, Ho SH, Seah A, Dickens BS, Tan KW, Koo JR, Cook AR, Richards DR, Gaw LY, Ng LC, Lim JT.
Fine-scale estimation of effective reproduction numbers for dengue surveillance
PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Jan 20;18(1):e1009791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009791. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Magkos F, Lee MH, Lim M, Cook AR, Chhay V, Loh TP, Chia KS, Baig S, Ang IYH, Tay JYY, Khoo CM, Halter JB, Toh SA.
Dynamic assessment of insulin secretion and insulin resistance in Asians with prediabetes
Metabolism. 2022 Mar;128:154957. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154957. Epub 2021 Dec 21.
Teo AKJ, Prem K, Wang Y, Pande T, Smelyanskaya M, Gerstel L, Chry M, Tuot S, Yi S.
Economic Evaluation of Community Tuberculosis Active Case-Finding Approaches in Cambodia: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 2;18(23):12690. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312690.
Clapham HE, Chia WN, Tan LWL, Kumar V, Lim JM, Shankar N, Tun ZM, Zahari M, Hsu LY, Sun LJ, Wang LF, Tam CC.
Contrasting SARS-CoV-2 epidemics in Singapore: cohort studies in migrant workers and the general population
Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;115:72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.11.043. Epub 2021 Dec 2.
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