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Lee Ching Ng is affiliated with the National Environment Agency in Singapore. Their research encompasses multiple domains within medicine, with a strong focus on public health, infectious diseases, and environmental factors.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields, including:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Insect Science
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Sociology and Political Science

The main research topics that characterize Lee Ching Ng's work are:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

They have published multiple papers in various venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases (11 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (5 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Lee Ching Ng include:

  • Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Making waves: Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for population-based health management, 2020, Water Research
  • A greener vision for vector control: The example of the Singapore dengue control programme, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Foodborne Klebsiella pneumoniae: Virulence Potential, Antibiotic Resistance, and Risks to Food Safety, 2020, Journal of Food Protection
  • Non-intrusive wastewater surveillance for monitoring of a residential building for COVID-19 cases, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Lee Ching Ng include:

  • Jue Tao Lim
  • Judith Chui Ching Wong
  • Shuzhen Sim
  • Borame Sue Lee Dickens
  • Cheong Huat Tan

Best Publications

  • Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans.

    Catherine L Moyes;John Vontas;John Vontas;Ademir J Martins;Lee Ching Ng

  • Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse): a potential vector of Zika virus in Singapore.

    Pei Sze Jeslyn Wong;Mei zhi Irene Li;Chee Seng Chong;Lee Ching Ng;Lee Ching Ng

  • Forecast of dengue incidence using temperature and rainfall.

    Yien Ling Hii;Huaiping Zhu;Nawi Ng;Lee Ching Ng

  • IL-1β, IL-6, and RANTES as Biomarkers of Chikungunya Severity

    Lisa F. P. Ng;Angela Chow;Yong-Jiang Sun;Dyan J. C. Kwek

  • Decision tree algorithms predict the diagnosis and outcome of dengue fever in the early phase of illness.

    Lukas B. Tanner;Mark Schreiber;Jenny G. H. Low;Adrian Ong

  • Dengue Serotype-Specific Differences in Clinical Manifestation, Laboratory Parameters and Risk of Severe Disease in Adults, Singapore

    Chee Fu Yung;Kim Sung Lee;Tun Linn Thein;Li Kiang Tan

  • Oral susceptibility of Singapore Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) to Zika virus.

    MeiZhi Irene Li;Pei Sze Jeslyn Wong;Lee Ching Ng;Cheong Huat Tan

  • Naturally acquired human Plasmodium knowlesi infection, Singapore.

    Oon Tek Ng;Eng Eong Ooi;Cheng Chuan Lee;Piao Jarrod Lee

  • Efficacy and safety of celgosivir in patients with dengue fever (CELADEN): a phase 1b, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept trial.

    Jenny G Low;Cynthia Sung;Limin Wijaya;Yuan Wei

  • Laboratory-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Poh Lian Lim;Asok Kurup;Gowri Gopalakrishna;Kwai Peng Chan

  • Early Dengue infection and outcome study (EDEN) - study design and preliminary findings.

    Jenny G. H. Low;Eng-Eong Ooi;Thomas Tolfvenstam;Yee-Sin Leo

  • DNA barcoding: complementing morphological identification of mosquito species in Singapore.

    Abigail Chan;Lee-Pei Chiang;Hapuarachchige C Hapuarachchi;Cheong-Huat Tan

  • Making waves: Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for population-based health management.

    Janelle R Thompson;Yarlagadda Nancharaiah;Xiaoqiong Gu;Wei Lin Lee

  • Cost-Effective Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) To Screen for Dengue Virus followed by Rapid Single-Tube Multiplex RT-PCR for Serotyping of the Virus

    Yee-Ling Lai;Youne-Kow Chung;Hwee-Cheng Tan;Hoon-Fang Yap

  • First detection of a putative knockdown resistance gene in major mosquito vector, Aedes albopictus.

    Shinji Kasai;Lee Ching Ng;Sai Gek Lam-Phua;Choon Siang Tang

  • Dengue virus surveillance in Singapore reveals high viral diversity through multiple introductions and in situ evolution.

    Kim-Sung Lee;Sharon Lo;Sharon Siok-Yin Tan;Rachel Chua

  • The Early Clinical Features of Dengue in Adults: Challenges for Early Clinical Diagnosis

    Jenny G. H. Low;Adrian Ong;Li Kiang Tan;Shera Chaterji

  • Simple clinical and laboratory predictors of Chikungunya versus dengue infections in adults.

    Vernon J. Lee;Angela Chow;Xiaohui Zheng;Luis R. Carrasco

  • Seroepidemiology of dengue virus infection among adults in Singapore.

    Yik Weng Yew;Tun Ye;Li Wei Ang;Lee Ching Ng

  • Tracing the path of Chikungunya virus—Evolution and adaptation

    Lee Ching Ng;Hapuarachchige C. Hapuarachchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yee Sin Leo
Yee Sin Leo Nanyang Technological University
Eng Eong Ooi
Eng Eong Ooi National University of Singapore
David C. Lye
David C. Lye Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Vernon J. Lee
Vernon J. Lee Ministry of Health
Martin L. Hibberd
Martin L. Hibberd London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
John Vontas
John Vontas Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Vincent Corbel
Vincent Corbel Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Raymond T. P. Lin
Raymond T. P. Lin National University of Singapore
Duane J. Gubler
Duane J. Gubler Duke NUS Graduate Medical School

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