Publications

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.
Sun Y, Koh V, Marimuthu K, Ng OT, Young B, Vasoo S, Chan M, Lee VJM, De PP, Barkham T, Lin RTP, Cook AR, Leo YS; National Centre for Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Outbreak Research Team.
Epidemiological and Clinical Predictors of COVID-19
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 28;71(15):786-792. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa322.
Jue Tao L, Dickens BSL, Yinan M, Woon Kwak C, Ching NL, Cook AR.
Explicit characterization of human population connectivity reveals long run persistence of interregional dengue shocks
J R Soc Interface. 2020 Jul;17(168):20200340. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0340. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Yi S, Prem K, Chhoun P, Chann N, Tuot S, Mun P, Mburu G.
Syphilis infection among people who use and inject drugs in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study using the respondent-driven sampling method
Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Aug;31(9):832-840. doi: 10.1177/0956462420929132. Epub 2020 Jul 5.
Yue M, Clapham HE, Cook AR.
Estimating the Size of a COVID-19 Epidemic from Surveillance Systems
Epidemiology. 2020 Jul;31(4):567-569. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001202.
Mo Y, Lim C, Watson JA, White NJ, Cooper BS.
Non-adherence in non-inferiority trials: pitfalls and recommendations
BMJ. 2020 Jul 1;370:m2215. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2215.
Hung TM, Shepard DS, Bettis AA, Nguyen HA, McBride A, Clapham HE, Turner HC.
Productivity costs from a dengue episode in Asia: a systematic literature review
BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 3;20(1):393. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05109-0.
Teo AKJ, Tan RKJ, Prem K.
Concealment of Potential Exposure to COVID-19 and Its Impact on Outbreak Control: Lessons from the HIV Response
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jul;103(1):35-37. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0449. Epub 2020 May 26.
Quan TM, Thao TTN, Duy NM, Nhat TM, Clapham H.
Estimates of the global burden of Japanese encephalitis and the impact of vaccination from 2000-2015
Elife. 2020 May 26;9:e51027. doi: 10.7554/eLife.51027.
Teo AKJ, Prem K, Tuot S, Ork C, Eng S, Pande T, Chry M, Hsu LY, Yi S.
Mobilising community networks for early identification of tuberculosis and treatment initiation in Cambodia: an evaluation of a seed-and-recruit model
ERJ Open Res. 2020 May 4;6(2):00368-2019. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00368-2019. eCollection 2020 Apr.
Lim JT, Dickens BS, Haoyang S, Ching NL, Cook AR.
Inference on dengue epidemics with Bayesian regime switching models
PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 May 1;16(5):e1007839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007839. eCollection 2020 May.
Dickens BL, Koo JR, Wilder-Smith A, Cook AR.
Institutional, not home-based, isolation could contain the COVID-19 outbreak
Lancet. 2020 May 16;395(10236):1541-1542. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31016-3. Epub 2020 Apr 29.
Mo Y, Lim C, Mukaka M, Cooper BS.
Statistical considerations in the design and analysis of non-inferiority trials with binary endpoints in the presence of non-adherence: a simulation study
Wellcome Open Res. 2020 Apr 24;4:207. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15636.2. eCollection 2019.
Yin M, Tambyah PA, Perencevich EN.
Infection, Antibiotics, and Patient Outcomes in the Intensive Care Unit
JAMA. 2020 Apr 21;323(15):1451-1452. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.2241.
Park M, Cook AR, Lim JT, Sun Y, Dickens BL.
A Systematic Review of COVID-19 Epidemiology Based on Current Evidence
J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 31;9(4):967. doi: 10.3390/jcm9040967.
Koo JR, Cook AR, Park M, Sun Y, Sun H, Lim JT, Tam C, Dickens BL.
Interventions to mitigate early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore: a modelling study
Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;20(6):678-688. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30162-6. Epub 2020 Mar 23.
Pung R, Chiew CJ, Young BE, Chin S, Chen MI, Clapham HE, Cook AR, Maurer-Stroh S, Toh MPHS, Poh C, Low M, Lum J, Koh VTJ, Mak TM, Cui L, Lin RVTP, Heng D, Leo YS, Lye DC, Lee VJM; Singapore 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Research Team.
Investigation of three clusters of COVID-19 in Singapore: implications for surveillance and response measures
Lancet. 2020 Mar 28;395(10229):1039-1046. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30528-6. Epub 2020 Mar 17.
Tan KW, Dickens BSL, Cook AR.
Projected burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus-related complications in Singapore until 2050: a Bayesian evidence synthesis
BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Mar;8(1):e000928. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000928.
Legido-Quigley H, Asgari N, Teo YY, Leung GM, Oshitani H, Fukuda K, Cook AR, Hsu LY, Shibuya K, Heymann D.
Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic?
Lancet. 2020 Mar 14;395(10227):848-850. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30551-1. Epub 2020 Mar 6.
Pang J, Wang MX, Ang IYH, Tan SHX, Lewis RF, Chen JI, Gutierrez RA, Gwee SXW, Chua PEY, Yang Q, Ng XY, Yap RK, Tan HY, Teo YY, Tan CC, Cook AR, Yap JC, Hsu LY.
Potential Rapid Diagnostics, Vaccine and Therapeutics for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): A Systematic Review
J Clin Med. 2020 Feb 26;9(3):623. doi: 10.3390/jcm9030623.
Teo AKJ, Prem K, Evdokimov K, Ork C, Eng S, Tuot S, Chry M, Mao TE, Hsu LY, Yi S.
Effect of community active case-finding strategies for detection of tuberculosis in Cambodia: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Trials. 2020 Feb 24;21(1):220. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-4138-1.
Ho PJ, Cook AR, Binte Mohamed Ri NK, Liu J, Li J, Hartman M.
Impact of delayed treatment in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A population-based study
Cancer Med. 2020 Apr;9(7):2435-2444. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2830. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
Tan KW, Tan B, Thein TL, Leo YS, Lye DC, Dickens BL, Wong JGX, Cook AR.
Dynamic dengue haemorrhagic fever calculators as clinical decision support tools in adult dengue
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jan 6;114(1):7-15. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trz099.
Yue M, Wang Y, Low CK, Yoong JS, Cook AR.
Optimal Design of Population-Level Financial Incentives of Influenza Vaccination for the Elderly
Value Health. 2020 Feb;23(2):200-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2019.08.006. Epub 2019 Nov 7.
Teerawattananon Y, Teo YY, Dabak S, Rattanavipapong W, Isaranuwatchai W, Wee HL, Luo N, Morton A.
Tackling the 3 Big Challenges Confronting Health Technology Assessment Development in Asia: A Commentary
Value Health Reg Issues. 2020 May;21:66-68. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2019.07.001. Epub 2019 Oct 23.
Mo Y, Lee CK, Loh TP, Koay ESC, Tang JW, Lee CC.
Next generation sequencing identifies multi-drug resistant herpes simplex virus- associated scrotal ulceration
J Infect. 2020 Feb;80(2):232-254. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.10.011. Epub 2019 Oct 18.
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