Publications by authors named "Rick Twee-Hee Ong"

65Publications

Genomic evidence supporting the clonal expansion of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria belonging to a rare protoBeijing genotype.

Authors:
Prapaporn Srilohasin Therdsak Prammananan Kiatichai Faksri Jody E Phelan Prapat Suriyaphol Phalin Kamolwat Saijai Smithtikarn Areeya Disratthakit Sanjib Mani Regmi Manoon Leechawengwongs Rick Twee-Hee Ong Yik Ying Teo Sissades Tongsima Taane G Clark Angkana Chaiprasert

Emerg Microbes Infect 2020 Dec;9(1):2632-2641

Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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December 2020

Paternal gene pool of Malays in Southeast Asia and its applications for the early expansion of Austronesians.

Authors:
Jin Sun Lan-Hai Wei Ling-Xiang Wang Yun-Zhi Huang Shi Yan Hui-Zhen Cheng Rick Twee-Hee Ong Woei-Yuh Saw Zhi-Quan Fan Xiao-Hua Deng Yan Lu Chao Zhang Shu-Hua Xu Li Jin Yik-Ying Teo Hui Li

Am J Hum Biol 2020 Aug 26:e23486. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

B&R International Joint Laboratory for Eurasian Anthropology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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August 2020

Analysis of five deep-sequenced trio-genomes of the Peninsular Malaysia Orang Asli and North Borneo populations.

Authors:
Lian Deng Haiyi Lou Xiaoxi Zhang Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram Dongsheng Lu Christian R Marshall Chang Liu Bo Xie Wanxing Xu Lai-Ping Wong Chee-Wei Yew Aghakhanian Farhang Rick Twee-Hee Ong Mohammad Zahirul Hoque Abdul Rahman Thuhairah Bhak Jong Maude E Phipps Stephen W Scherer Yik-Ying Teo Subbiah Vijay Kumar Boon-Peng Hoh Shuhua Xu

BMC Genomics 2019 Nov 12;20(1):842. Epub 2019 Nov 12.

Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

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November 2019

MIRUReader: MIRU-VNTR typing directly from long sequencing reads.

Authors:
Cheng Yee Tang Rick Twee-Hee Ong

Bioinformatics 2020 03;36(5):1625-1626

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, 117549 Singapore.

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March 2020

Candida auris in Singapore: Genomic epidemiology, antifungal drug resistance, and identification using the updated 8.01 VITEK2 system.

Authors:
Yen Ee Tan Jocelyn Qi-Min Teo Nurdyana Binte Abdul Rahman Oon Tek Ng Marimuthu Kalisvar Ai Ling Tan Tse Hsien Koh Rick Twee Hee Ong

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 Dec 7;54(6):709-715. Epub 2019 Oct 7.

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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December 2019

Comparisons of whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing MDR-TB and XDR-TB in Thailand.

Authors:
Kiatichai Faksri Orawee Kaewprasert Rick Twee-Hee Ong Prapat Suriyaphol Therdsak Prammananan Yik-Ying Teo Prapaporn Srilohasin Angkana Chaiprasert

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 Aug 11;54(2):109-116. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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August 2019

Risk factors and outcomes associated with the isolation of polymyxin B and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae spp.: A case-control study.

Authors:
Jocelyn Qi-Min Teo Cassandra Wee-Ting Chang Hui Leck Cheng-Yee Tang Shannon Jing-Yi Lee Yiying Cai Rick Twee-Hee Ong Tse-Hsien Koh Thuan-Tong Tan Andrea Lay-Hoon Kwa

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 May 14;53(5):657-662. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Department of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore; Singhealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, 8 College Road, Level 4, Singapore 169857 Singapore; Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, 8 College Rd, Singapore 169857, Singapore. Electronic address:

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May 2019

Relating knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotic use to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae carriage: results of a cross-sectional community survey.

Authors:
Yin Mo Ivan Seah Pei Shi Priscillia Lye Xiang Lee Jamie Kee Kien Yee Michael Wong Kwan Ki Karrie Ko Rick Twee-Hee Ong Paul A Tambyah Alex R Cook

BMJ Open 2019 03 5;9(3):e023859. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

National University Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore, Singapore.

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March 2019

ARGDIT: a validation and integration toolkit for Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Databases.

Authors:
Jimmy Ka Ho Chiu Rick Twee-Hee Ong

Bioinformatics 2019 07;35(14):2466-2474

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July 2019

Clofazimine drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the case of using the right diluent.

Authors:
Li-Hwei Sng Justine Woei Ling Peh Melody Tai Lee Kee Nurhazirah Bte Mohd Ya'akob Rick Twee-Hee Ong Christopher W Wong Cynthia Bin Eng Chee Yee Tang Wang

Pathology 2018 Aug 8;50(5):549-553. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

TB Control Unit, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

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August 2018

Comparative whole-genome sequence analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculous meningitis and pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

Authors:
Kiatichai Faksri Eryu Xia Rick Twee-Hee Ong Jun Hao Tan Ditthawat Nonghanphithak Nampueng Makhao Nongnard Thamnongdee Arirat Thanormchat Arisa Phurattanakornkul Somcharn Rattanarangsee Chate Ratanajaraya Prapat Suriyaphol Therdsak Prammananan Yik-Ying Teo Angkana Chaiprasert

Sci Rep 2018 03 20;8(1):4910. Epub 2018 Mar 20.

Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand.

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March 2018

Genetic relatedness of indigenous ethnic groups in northern Borneo to neighboring populations from Southeast Asia, as inferred from genome-wide SNP data.

Authors:
Chee Wei Yew Mohd Zahirul Hoque Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan Alexander Minsong Christopher Lok Yung Voo Julian Ransangan Sophia Tiek Ying Lau Xu Wang Woei Yuh Saw Rick Twee-Hee Ong Yik-Ying Teo Shuhua Xu Boon-Peng Hoh Maude E Phipps S Vijay Kumar

Ann Hum Genet 2018 07 9;82(4):216-226. Epub 2018 Mar 9.

Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Sabah, Malaysia.

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July 2018

Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia.

Authors:
Chee-Wei Yew Dongsheng Lu Lian Deng Lai-Ping Wong Rick Twee-Hee Ong Yan Lu Xiaoji Wang Yushimah Yunus Farhang Aghakhanian Siti Shuhada Mokhtar Mohammad Zahirul Hoque Christopher Lok-Yung Voo Thuhairah Abdul Rahman Jong Bhak Maude E Phipps Shuhua Xu Yik-Ying Teo Subbiah Vijay Kumar Boon-Peng Hoh

Hum Genet 2018 Feb 30;137(2):161-173. Epub 2018 Jan 30.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Jalan Menara Gading, Taman Connaught, Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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February 2018

Investigation of a cluster of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high-rise apartment block in Singapore.

Authors:
Zheng Jie Marc Ho Cynthia Bin Eng Chee Rick Twee-Hee Ong Li Hwei Sng Woei Ling Justine Peh Alex R Cook Li Yang Hsu Yee Tang Wang Han Fang Koh Vernon Jian Ming Lee

Int J Infect Dis 2018 Feb 15;67:46-51. Epub 2017 Dec 15.

Ministry of Health Singapore, College of Medicine Building, 16 College Road, Singapore 169854; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System; 12 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117649. Electronic address:

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February 2018

Establishing multiple omics baselines for three Southeast Asian populations in the Singapore Integrative Omics Study.

Authors:
Woei-Yuh Saw Erwin Tantoso Husna Begum Lihan Zhou Ruiyang Zou Cheng He Sze Ling Chan Linda Wei-Lin Tan Lai-Ping Wong Wenting Xu Don Kyin Nwe Moong Yenly Lim Bowen Li Nisha Esakimuthu Pillai Trevor A Peterson Tomasz Bielawny Peter J Meikle Piyushkumar A Mundra Wei-Yen Lim Ma Luo Kee-Seng Chia Rick Twee-Hee Ong Liam R Brunham Chiea-Chuen Khor Heng Phon Too Richie Soong Markus R Wenk Peter Little Yik-Ying Teo

Nat Commun 2017 09 21;8(1):653. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive, Singapore, 117549, Singapore.

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September 2017

Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Among Adult Inpatients in Singapore.

Authors:
Kalisvar Marimuthu Indumathi Venkatachalam Wei Xin Khong Tse Hsien Koh Benjamin Pei Zhi Cherng My Van La Partha Pratim De Prabha Unny Krishnan Thean Yen Tan Raymond Fong Kok Choon Surinder Kaur Pada Choong Weng Lam Say Tat Ooi Rama Narayana Deepak Nares Smitasin Eng Lee Tan Jia Jun Lee Asok Kurup Barnaby Young Nancy Tee Wen Sim Koh Cheng Thoon Dale Fisher Moi Lin Ling Brenda Ang Sze Peng Yik-Ying Teo Li Yang Hsu Raymond Tzer Pin Lin Rick Twee-Hee Ong Jeanette Teo Oon Tek Ng

Clin Infect Dis 2017 May;64(suppl_2):S68-S75

Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

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May 2017

Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup O3a2b2-N6 reveals patrilineal traces of Austronesian populations on the eastern coastal regions of Asia.

Authors:
Lan-Hai Wei Shi Yan Yik-Ying Teo Yun-Zhi Huang Ling-Xiang Wang Ge Yu Woei-Yuh Saw Rick Twee-Hee Ong Yan Lu Chao Zhang Shu-Hua Xu Li Jin Hui Li

PLoS One 2017 5;12(4):e0175080. Epub 2017 Apr 5.

MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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September 2017

In silico region of difference (RD) analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from sequence reads using RD-Analyzer.

Authors:
Kiatichai Faksri Eryu Xia Jun Hao Tan Yik-Ying Teo Rick Twee-Hee Ong

BMC Genomics 2016 11 2;17(1):847. Epub 2016 Nov 2.

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Tahir Foundation Building, 12 Science Drive 2, #10-01, Singapore, 117549, Singapore.

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November 2016

Bioinformatics tools and databases for whole genome sequence analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Authors:
Kiatichai Faksri Jun Hao Tan Angkana Chaiprasert Yik-Ying Teo Rick Twee-Hee Ong

Infect Genet Evol 2016 11 13;45:359-368. Epub 2016 Sep 13.

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address:

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November 2016

Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Serially Isolated Multi-Drug and Extensively Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Thai Patients.

Authors:
Kiatichai Faksri Jun Hao Tan Areeya Disratthakit Eryu Xia Therdsak Prammananan Prapat Suriyaphol Chiea Chuen Khor Yik-Ying Teo Rick Twee-Hee Ong Angkana Chaiprasert

PLoS One 2016 12;11(8):e0160992. Epub 2016 Aug 12.

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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August 2017