Publications

Cook AR, Dickens BL, Wilder-Smith A.
Differential Household Attack Rates Mirror the Ability to Control Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e1166-e1167. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1842.
Lim JT, Maung K, Tan ST, Ong SE, Lim JM, Koo JR, Sun H, Park M, Tan KW, Yoong J, Cook AR, Dickens BSL.
Estimating direct and spill-over impacts of political elections on COVID-19 transmission using synthetic control methods
PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 May 27;17(5):e1008959. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008959. eCollection 2021 May.
Dickens BSL, Lim JT, Low JW, Lee CK, Sun Y, Nasir HBM, Akramullah FABM, Yan G, Oon J, Yan B, Sun L, Cook AR, Tambyah PA, Chai LYA.
Simple “Rule-of-6” Predicts Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 18;72(10):1861-1862. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa938.
Mo Y, West TE, MacLaren G, Booraphun S, Li AY, Kayastha G, Lau YH, Chew YT, Chetchotisakd P, Tambyah PA, Limmathurotsakul D, Cooper B.
Reducing antibiotic treatment duration for ventilator-associated pneumonia (REGARD-VAP): a trial protocol for a randomised clinical trial
BMJ Open. 2021 May 13;11(5):e050105. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050105.
Le Bert N, Clapham HE, Tan AT, Chia WN, Tham CYL, Lim JM, Kunasegaran K, Tan LWL, Dutertre CA, Shankar N, Lim JME, Sun LJ, Zahari M, Tun ZM, Kumar V, Lim BL, Lim SH, Chia A, Tan YJ, Tambyah PA, Kalimuddin S, Lye D, Low JGH, Wang LF, Wan WY, Hsu LY, Bertoletti A, Tam CC.
Highly functional virus-specific cellular immune response in asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
J Exp Med. 2021 May 3;218(5):e20202617. doi: 10.1084/jem.20202617.
Watson OJ, Alhaffar M, Mehchy Z, Whittaker C, Akil Z, Brazeau NF, Cuomo-Dannenburg G, Hamlet A, Thompson HA, Baguelin M, FitzJohn RG, Knock E, Lees JA, Whittles LK, Mellan T, Winskill P; Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team; Howard N, Clapham H, Checchi F, Ferguson N, Ghani A, Beals E, Walker P.
Leveraging community mortality indicators to infer COVID-19 mortality and transmission dynamics in Damascus, Syria
Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 22;12(1):2394. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22474-9.
Tan KW, Koo JR, Lim JT, Cook AR, Dickens BL.
Importance of Geospatial Heterogeneity in Chronic Disease Burden for Policy Planning in an Urban Setting Using a Case Study of Singapore
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 21;18(9):4406. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094406.
Seet RCS, Quek AML, Ooi DSQ, Sengupta S, Lakshminarasappa SR, Koo CY, So JBY, Goh BC, Loh KS, Fisher D, Teoh HL, Sun J, Cook AR, Tambyah PA, Hartman M.
Positive impact of oral hydroxychloroquine and povidone-iodine throat spray for COVID-19 prophylaxis: An open-label randomized trial
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 May;106:314-322. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.035. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
Ling ML, Cook AR, Marimuthu K, Pada S, Ang B, Thoon KC, Foo ML, Ong XY, Young A, Fisher D.
A practical approach to defining aerosol-generating procedures
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Aug;43(8):1083-1084. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.184. Epub 2021 Apr 19.
Marimuthu K, Mo Y, Ling ML, Hernandez-Koutoucheva A, Fenlon SN, Bertrand D, Lye DC, Ang BSP, Perencevich E, Ng OT, Cooper BS, Nagarajan N, Chen SL, Barkham T.
Household transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a prospective cohort study
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 Apr 13;76(5):1299-1302. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa561.
Mao Y, Tan YR, Thein TL, Chai YAL, Cook AR, Dickens BL, Lew YJ, Lim FS, Lim JT, Sun Y, Sundaram M, Soh A, Tan GSE, Wong FPG, Young B, Zeng K, Chen M, Ong DLS.
Identifying COVID-19 cases in outpatient settings
Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Apr 5;149:e92. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000704.
Tan KW, Quaye SED, Koo JR, Lim JT, Cook AR, Dickens BL.
Assessing the Impact of Salt Reduction Initiatives on the Chronic Disease Burden of Singapore
Nutrients. 2021 Apr 1;13(4):1171. doi: 10.3390/nu13041171.
Tan RKJ, Wang Y, Prem K, Harrison-Quintana J, Teo AKJ, Kaur N, Cook AR, Chen MI, Wong CS
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Condoms, or Both? Insights on Risk Compensation Through a Discrete Choice Experiment and Latent Class Analysis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
Value Health. 2021 May;24(5):714-723. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.11.023. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
Murhekar MV, Clapham H.
COVID-19 serosurveys for public health decision making
Lancet Glob Health. 2021 May;9(5):e559-e560. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00057-7. Epub 2021 Mar 8.
Lim JT, Dickens BL, Ong J, Aik J, Lee VJ, Cook AR, Ng LC.
Decreased dengue transmission in migrant worker populations in Singapore attributable to SARS-CoV-2 quarantine measures
J Travel Med. 2021 Feb 23;28(2):taaa228. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa228.
Lim JT, Chew LZX, Choo ELW, Dickens BSL, Ong J, Aik J, Ng LC, Cook AR.
Increased Dengue Transmissions in Singapore Attributable to SARS-CoV-2 Social Distancing Measures
J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 13;223(3):399-402. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa619.
Tan IB, Tan C, Hsu LY, Dan YY, Aw A, Cook AR, Lee VJ.
Prevalence and Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Migrant Workers in Singapore
JAMA. 2021 Feb 9;325(6):584-585. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.24071.
Li X, Mukandavire C, Cucunubá ZM, Echeverria Londono S, Abbas K, Clapham HE, Jit M, Johnson HL, Papadopoulos T, Vynnycky E, Brisson M, Carter ED, Clark A, de Villiers MJ, Eilertson K, Ferrari MJ, Gamkrelidze I, Gaythorpe KAM, Grassly NC, Hallett TB, Hinsley W, Jackson ML, Jean K, Karachaliou A, Klepac P, Lessler J, Li X, Moore SM, Nayagam S, Nguyen DM, Razavi H, Razavi-Shearer D, Resch S, Sanderson C, Sweet S, Sy S, Tam Y, Tanvir H, Tran QM, Trotter CL, Truelove S, van Zandvoort K, Verguet S, Walker N, Winter A, Woodruff K, Ferguson NM, Garske T; Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium.
Estimating the health impact of vaccination against ten pathogens in 98 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2030: a modelling study
Lancet. 2021 Jan 30;397(10272):398-408. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32657-X.
Clapham HE, Cook AR.
Face masks help control transmission of COVID-19
Lancet Digit Health. 2021 Mar;3(3):e136-e137. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00003-0. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
Sun H, Dickens BL, Richards D, Ong J, Rajarethinam J, Hassim MEE, Lim JT, Carrasco LR, Aik J, Yap G, Cook AR, Ng LC.
Spatio-temporal analysis of the main dengue vector populations in Singapore
Parasit Vectors. 2021 Jan 11;14(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04554-9.
Kumar MS, Kamaraj P, Khan SA, Allam RR, Barde PV, Dwibedi B, Kanungo S, Mohan U, Mohanty SS, Roy S, Sagar V, Savargaonkar D, Tandale BV, Topno RK, Kumar CPG, Sabarinathan R, Kumar VS, Bitragunta S, Grover GS, Lakshmi PVM, Mishra CM, Sadhukhan P, Sahoo PK, Singh SK, Yadav CP, Dinesh ER, Karunakaran T, Govindhasamy C, Rajasekar TD, Jeyakumar A, Suresh A, Augustine D, Kumar PA, Kumar R, Dutta S, Toteja GS, Gupta N, Clapham HE, Mehendale SM, Murhekar MV.
Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus infection in India, 2017: a cross-sectional population-based serosurvey
Lancet Microbe. 2021 Jan;2(1):e41-e47. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30175-0.
Pung R, Cook AR, Chiew CJ, Clapham HE, Sun Y, Li Z, Dickens BL, Ma S, Mak K, Tan CC, Heng D, Chen MI, Lee VJ.
Effectiveness of Containment Measures Against COVID-19 in Singapore: Implications for Other National Containment Efforts
Epidemiology. 2021 Jan;32(1):79-86. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001257.
Zhong Y, Clapham HE, Aishworiya R, Chua YX, Mathews J, Ong M, Wang J, Murugasu B, Chiang WC, Lee BW, Chin HL.
Childhood vaccinations: Hidden impact of COVID-19 on children in Singapore
Vaccine. 2021 Jan 29;39(5):780-785. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.054. Epub 2020 Dec 26.
Tuot S, Teo AKJ, Chhoun P, Mun P, Prem K, Yi S.
Risk factors of HIV infection among female entertainment workers in Cambodia: Findings of a national survey
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 21;15(12):e0244357. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244357. eCollection 2020.
Sun H, Dickens BL, Jit M, Cook AR, Carrasco LR.
Mapping the cryptic spread of the 2015-2016 global Zika virus epidemic
BMC Med. 2020 Dec 17;18(1):399. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01845-x.
Jit M, Prem K, Benard E, Brisson M.
From cervical cancer elimination to eradication of vaccine-type human papillomavirus: Feasibility, public health strategies and cost-effectiveness
Prev Med. 2021 Mar;144:106354. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106354. Epub 2020 Dec 10.
Lim JT, Han Y, Dickens BSL, Choo ELW, Chew LZX, Cook AR.
Revealing two dynamic dengue epidemic clusters in Thailand
BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 4;20(1):927. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05666-4.
Gorny AW, Bagdasarian N, Koh AHK, Lim YC, Ong JSM, Ng BSW, Hooi B, Tam WJ, Kagda FH, Chua GSW, Yong M, Teoh HL, Cook AR, Sethi S, Young DY, Loh T, Lim AYT, Aw AK, Mak KSW, Fisher D.
SARS-CoV-2 in migrant worker dormitories: Geospatial epidemiology supporting outbreak management
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;103:389-394. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.148. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
Wilder-Smith A, Cook AR, Dickens BL.
Institutional versus home isolation to curb the COVID-19 outbreak – Authors’ reply
Lancet. 2020 Nov 21;396(10263):1632-1633. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32171-1. Epub 2020 Nov 6.
Sun Y, Otomaru H, Quaye SED, Somani J, Bagdasarian N, Beh DLL, Fisher DA, Cook AR, Dickens BL.
Scenarios to Manage the Demand for N95 Respirators for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2020 Nov 5;13:2489-2496. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S275496. eCollection 2020.
Saing CH, Prem K, Uk P, Chann N, Chhoun P, Mun P, Tuot S, Yi S.
Prevalence and social determinants of psychological distress among people who use drugs in Cambodia
Int J Ment Health Syst. 2020 Nov 4;14(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s13033-020-00411-5.
Ng OT, Marimuthu K, Koh V, Pang J, Linn KZ, Sun J, De Wang L, Chia WN, Tiu C, Chan M, Ling LM, Vasoo S, Abdad MY, Chia PY, Lee TH, Lin RJ, Sadarangani SP, Chen MI, Said Z, Kurupatham L, Pung R, Wang LF, Cook AR, Leo YS, Lee VJ.
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and transmission risk factors among high-risk close contacts: a retrospective cohort study
Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;21(3):333-343. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30833-1. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
Lim JT, Dickens BSL, Chew LZX, Choo ELW, Koo JR, Aik J, Ng LC, Cook AR.
Impact of sars-cov-2 interventions on dengue transmission
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Oct 29;14(10):e0008719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008719. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Tuan-Anh T, Tuyen HT, Minh Chau NN, Toan ND, Triet TH, Triet LM, Trang NHT, To NTN, Bartholdson Scott J, The HC, Thanh DP, Clapham H, Baker S.
Pathogenic Escherichia coli Possess Elevated Growth Rates under Exposure to Sub-Inhibitory Concentrations of Azithromycin
Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Oct 26;9(11):735. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9110735.
Park SH, Nicolaou M, Dickens BSL, Yang Q, Tan KW, van Dam RM.
Ethnicity, Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Status, and Obesity: The Singapore Multiethnic Cohort
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Dec;28(12):2405-2413. doi: 10.1002/oby.22995. Epub 2020 Oct 16.
Cook AR, Clapham HE.
Towards better contact-tracing in the UK
Lancet Digit Health. 2020 Dec;2(12):e630-e631. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30245-4. Epub 2020 Oct 14.
Saing CH, Prem K, Uk P, Chhoun P, Chann N, Tuot S, Mun P, Yi S.
Risk factors associated with HIV and hepatitis C virus co-infection among people who inject drugs in Cambodia
Int J Drug Policy. 2020 Oct 14;86:102974. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102974. Online ahead of print.
Lim JT, Han Y, Sue Lee Dickens B, Ng LC, Cook AR.
Time varying methods to infer extremes in dengue transmission dynamics
PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 Oct 12;16(10):e1008279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008279. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Ong SC, Yap JX, Tay TYF, Mo Y, Loon SC, Koh V.
Considerations in the use of slit lamp shields to reduce the risk of respiratory virus transmission in coronavirus disease 2019
Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2020 Sep;31(5):374-379. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000690.
Pung R, Park M, Cook AR, Lee VJ.
Age-related risk of household transmission of COVID-19 in Singapore
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 Mar;15(2):206-208. doi: 10.1111/irv.12809. Epub 2020 Sep 29.
Han E, Tan MMJ, Turk E, Sridhar D, Leung GM, Shibuya K, Asgari N, Oh J, García-Basteiro AL, Hanefeld J, Cook AR, Hsu LY, Teo YY, Heymann D, Clark H, McKee M, Legido-Quigley H.
Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe
Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1525-1534. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32007-9. Epub 2020 Sep 24.
Chua AQ, Tan MMJ, Verma M, Han EKL, Hsu LY, Cook AR, Teo YY, Lee VJ, Legido-Quigley H.
Health system resilience in managing the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Singapore
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Sep;5(9):e003317. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003317.
Lim JM, Tun ZM, Kumar V, Quaye SED, Offeddu V, Cook AR, Lwin MO, Jiang S, Tam CC.
Population anxiety and positive behaviour change during the COVID-19 epidemic: Cross-sectional surveys in Singapore, China and Italy
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 Jan;15(1):45-55. doi: 10.1111/irv.12785. Epub 2020 Sep 5.
Lim JT, Dickens BSL, Choo ELW, Chew LZX, Koo JRH, Tam C, Park M, Cook AR.
Revealing regional disparities in the transmission potential of SARS-CoV-2 from interventions in Southeast Asia
Proc Biol Sci. 2020 Aug 26;287(1933):20201173. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1173. Epub 2020 Aug 26.
Lim JT, Dickens BSL, Cook AR.
Modelling the epidemic extremities of dengue transmissions in Thailand
Epidemics. 2020 Dec;33:100402. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100402. Epub 2020 Aug 22.
Sun H, Dickens BL, Cook AR, Clapham HE.
Importations of COVID-19 into African countries and risk of onward spread
BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 13;20(1):598. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05323-w.
Lim JT, Dickens BL, Cook AR, Khoo AL, Dan YY, Fisher DA, Tambyah PA, Chai LYA.
The costs of an expanded screening criteria for COVID-19: A modelling study
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov;100:490-496. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.025. Epub 2020 Aug 12.
Thompson RN, Hollingsworth TD, Isham V, Arribas-Bel D, Ashby B, Britton T, Challenor P, Chappell LHK, Clapham H, Cunniffe NJ, Dawid AP, Donnelly CA, Eggo RM, Funk S, Gilbert N, Glendinning P, Gog JR, Hart WS, Heesterbeek H, House T, Keeling M, Kiss IZ, Kretzschmar ME, Lloyd AL, McBryde ES, McCaw JM, McKinley TJ, Miller JC, Morris M, O'Neill PD, Parag KV, Pearson CAB, Pellis L, Pulliam JRC, Ross JV, Tomba GS, Silverman BW, Struchiner CJ, Tildesley MJ, Trapman P, Webb CR, Mollison D, Restif O.
Key questions for modelling COVID-19 exit strategies
Proc Biol Sci. 2020 Aug 12;287(1932):20201405. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1405. Epub 2020 Aug 12.
Voo TC, Clapham H, Tam CC.
Ethical Implementation of Immunity Passports During the COVID-19 Pandemic
J Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 4;222(5):715-718. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa352.
Dickens BL, Koo JR, Lim JT, Park M, Quaye S, Sun H, Sun Y, Pung R, Wilder-Smith A, Chai LYA, Lee VJ, Cook AR.
Modelling lockdown and exit strategies for COVID-19 in Singapore
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2020 Aug;1:100004. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100004. Epub 2020 Aug 1.
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