Publications

Le Bert N, Chia WN, Wan WY, Teo AKJ, Chong SZ, Tan N, Tan DSC, Chia A, Tan IB, Kunasegaran K, Chua QX, Abdad MY, Ng ASH, Vasoo S, Ang JX, Lee MS, Sun L, Fang J, Zhu F, Cook AR, Aw TC, Huang J, Tam C, Lee FS, Clapham H, Goh EJ, Peou MSS, Tan SP, Ong SK, Wang LF, Bertoletti A, Hsu LY, Ong BC.
Widely heterogeneous humoral and cellular immunity after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection in a homogeneous population of healthy young men
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec;10(1):2141-2150. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1999777.
Jafari Y, Yin M, Lim C, Pople D, Evans S, Stimson J, Pham TM; LSHTM CMMID COVID-19 working group; Read JM, Robotham JV, Cooper BS, Knight GM.
Effectiveness of infection prevention and control interventions, excluding personal protective equipment, to prevent nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and call for action
Infect Prev Pract. 2022 Mar;4(1):100192. doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100192. Epub 2021 Nov 29.
Singh SR, Teo AKJ, Prem K, Ong RT, Ashley EA, van Doorn HR, Limmathurotsakul D, Turner P, Hsu LY.
Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in the Greater Mekong Subregion: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis of Risk Factors Associated With Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase and Carbapenemase Isolation
Front Microbiol. 2021 Nov 26;12:695027. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.695027. eCollection 2021.
Vinh DN, Nhat NTD, de Bruin E, Vy NHT, Thao TTN, Phuong HT, Anh PH, Todd S, Quan TM, Thanh NTL, Lien NTN, Ha NTH, Hong TTK, Thai PQ, Choisy M, Nguyen TD, Simmons CP, Thwaites GE, Clapham HE, Chau NVV, Koopmans M, Boni MF.
Age-seroprevalence curves for the multi-strain structure of influenza A virus
Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 18;12(1):6680. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26948-8.
Ng OT, Koh V, Chiew CJ, Marimuthu K, Thevasagayam NM, Mak TM, Chua JK, Ong SSH, Lim YK, Ferdous Z, Johari AKB, Chen MI, Maurer-Stroh S, Cui L, Lin RTP, Tan KB, Cook AR, Leo PY, Lee PVJ.
Impact of Delta Variant and Vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 Secondary Attack Rate Among Household Close Contacts
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2021 Dec;17:100299. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100299. Epub 2021 Nov 1.
Soh S, Ho SH, Seah A, Ong J, Dickens BS, Tan KW, Koo JR, Cook AR, Tan KB, Sim S, Ng LC, Lim JT.
Economic impact of dengue in Singapore from 2010 to 2020 and the cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia interventions
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2021 Oct 13;1(10):e0000024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000024. eCollection 2021.
Mo Y, Eyre DW, Lumley SF, Walker TM, Shaw RH, O'Donnell D, Butcher L, Jeffery K, Donnelly CA; Oxford COVID infection review team; Cooper BS.
Transmission of community- and hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings in the UK: A cohort study
PLoS Med. 2021 Oct 12;18(10):e1003816. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003816. eCollection 2021 Oct.
Haddad N, Clapham HE, Abou Naja H, Saleh M, Farah Z, Ghosn N, Mrad P, Howard N.
Calculating the serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon using 2020 contact-tracing data
BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 11;21(1):1053. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06761-w.
Dickens BL, Koo JR, Lim JT, Park M, Sun H, Sun Y, Zeng Z, Quaye SED, Clapham HE, Wee HL, Cook AR.
Determining quarantine length and testing frequency for international border opening during the COVID-19 pandemic
J Travel Med. 2021 Oct 11;28(7):taab088. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab088.
Sun H, Binder RA, Dickens B, de Sessions PF, Rabaa MA, Ho EXP, Cook AR, Carrillo FB, Monterrey JC, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Ooi EE, Harris E, Sessions OM.
Viral genome-based Zika virus transmission dynamics in a paediatric cohort during the 2016 Nicaragua epidemic
EBioMedicine. 2021 Oct;72:103596. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103596. Epub 2021 Oct 7.
De Foo C, Grépin KA, Cook AR, Hsu LY, Bartos M, Singh S, Asgari N, Teo YY, Heymann DL, Legido-Quigley H.
Navigating from SARS-CoV-2 elimination to endemicity in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Singapore
Lancet. 2021 Oct 30;398(10311):1547-1551. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02186-3. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
Teo AKJ, Singh SR, Prem K, Hsu LY, Yi S.
Duration and determinants of delayed tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in high-burden countries: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis
Respir Res. 2021 Sep 23;22(1):251. doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01841-6.
Lim JT, Dickens BS, Tan KW, Koo JR, Seah A, Ho SH, Ong J, Rajarethinam J, Soh S, Cook AR, Ng LC.
Hyperendemicity associated with increased dengue burden
J R Soc Interface. 2021 Sep;18(182):20210565. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0565. Epub 2021 Sep 15.
Chua BWB, Huynh VA, Lou J, Goh FT, Clapham H, Teerawattananon Y, Wee HL.
Protocol for the economic evaluation of COVID-19 pandemic response policies
BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 14;11(9):e051503. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051503.
Tuot S, Teo AKJ, Prem K, Chhoun P, Pall C, Ung M, Ly PS, Jimba M, Yi S.
Community-based model for the delivery of antiretroviral therapy in Cambodia: a quasi-experimental study protocol
BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 6;21(1):763. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06414-y.
Chao F, Gerland P, Cook AR, Guilmoto CZ, Alkema L.
Projecting sex imbalances at birth at global, regional and national levels from 2021 to 2100: scenario-based Bayesian probabilistic projections of the sex ratio at birth and missing female births based on 3.26 billion birth records
BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Aug;6(8):e005516. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005516.
Pung R, Lin B, Maurer-Stroh S, Sirota FL, Mak TM, Octavia S, Pang J, Tan IB, Tan C, Ong BC, Cook AR; Singapore COVID-19 Outbreak Research Team; Lee VJ.
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 transmission and outbreak control measures in densely populated settings
Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 27;11(1):15297. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94463-3.
Prem K, Zandvoort KV, Klepac P, Eggo RM, Davies NG; Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Working Group; Cook AR, Jit M.
Projecting contact matrices in 177 geographical regions: An update and comparison with empirical data for the COVID-19 era
PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 Jul 26;17(7):e1009098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009098. eCollection 2021 Jul.
Toor J, Echeverria-Londono S, Li X, Abbas K, Carter ED, Clapham HE, Clark A, de Villiers MJ, Eilertson K, Ferrari M, Gamkrelidze I, Hallett TB, Hinsley WR, Hogan D, Huber JH, Jackson ML, Jean K, Jit M, Karachaliou A, Klepac P, Kraay A, Lessler J, Li X, Lopman BA, Mengistu T, Metcalf CJE, Moore SM, Nayagam S, Papadopoulos T, Perkins TA, Portnoy A, Razavi H, Razavi-Shearer D, Resch S, Sanderson C, Sweet S, Tam Y, Tanvir H, Tran Minh Q, Trotter CL, Truelove SA, Vynnycky E, Walker N, Winter A, Woodruff K, Ferguson NM, Gaythorpe KA.
Lives saved with vaccination for 10 pathogens across 112 countries in a pre-COVID-19 world
Elife. 2021 Jul 13;10:e67635. doi: 10.7554/eLife.67635.
Sharp TM, Anderson KB, Katzelnick LC, Clapham H, Johansson MA, Morrison AC, Harris E, Paz-Bailey G, Waterman SH.
Knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of severe dengue impede vaccine evaluation
Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;22(2):e42-e51. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30871-9. Epub 2021 Jul 12.
Painter C, Isaranuwatchai W, Prawjaeng J, Wee HL, Chua BWB, Huynh VA, Lou J, Goh FT, Luangasanatip N, Pan-Ngum W, Yi W, Clapham H, Teerawattananon Y.
Avoiding Trouble Ahead: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Economic Evaluations of COVID-19 Vaccines
Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2021 Jul;19(4):463-472. doi: 10.1007/s40258-021-00661-5. Epub 2021 Jul 8.
Millar R, Morton A, Bufali MV, Engels S, Dabak SV, Isaranuwatchai W, Chalkidou K, Teerawattananon Y.
Assessing the performance of health technology assessment (HTA) agencies: developing a multi-country, multi-stakeholder, and multi-dimensional framework to explore mechanisms of impact
Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2021 Jul 2;19(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s12962-021-00290-8.
Petrunoff NA, Yi NX, Dickens B, Sia A, Koo J, Cook AR, Lin WH, Ying L, Hsing AW, van Dam RM, Müller-Riemenschneider F.
Associations of park access, park use and physical activity in parks with wellbeing in an Asian urban environment: a cross-sectional study
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021 Jul 2;18(1):87. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01147-2.
Park M, Lim JT, Wang L, Cook AR, Dickens BL.
Urban-Rural Disparities for COVID-19: Evidence from 10 Countries and Areas in the Western Pacific
Health Data Sci. 2021 Jun 18;2021:9790275. doi: 10.34133/2021/9790275. eCollection 2021.
Tan RKJ, Low TQY, Le D, Tan A, Tyler A, Tan C, Kwok C, Banerjee S, Cook AR, Wong ML.
Experienced Homophobia and Suicide Among Young Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Men in Singapore: Exploring the Mediating Role of Depression Severity, Self-Esteem, and Outness in the Pink Carpet Y Cohort Study
LGBT Health. 2021 Jul;8(5):349-358. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0323. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
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.
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