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2023 Publications

No. Publications

1

Azzeri, A., Yasim, M. H. M., Nizamuddin, M. K. A. S., Yahya, M. S., Dahlui, M., Samsudin, N., ... & Bulgiba, A. (2023). COVID-19 and Diagnosis Related Group In An Asian Middle-Income Country: Patient classifications and associated hospital costs.

2

Earnshaw, V. A., Cox, J., Wong, P. L., Saifi, R., Walters, S., Azwa, I., ... & Altice, F. L. (2023). Acceptability and feasibility of online, asynchronous photovoice with key populations and people living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 27(7), 2055-2069.

3

Earnshaw, V. A., Cox, J., Wong, P. L., Saifi, R., Walters, S., Azwa, I., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2023). “I want the doctors to know that I am as bright as a candle”: Experiences with and Hopes for Doctor Interactions Among Malaysian Key Populations and People Living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 27(7), 2103-2112.

4

Neelamegam, M., Ahmad, A., Chong, M. L., Wong, P. L., Zulhaimi, N. S., Cysique, L., ... & Rajasuriar, R. (2023). Psychosocial risk factors and cognitive decline in people living with HIV: results from the Malaysian HIV and aging (MHIVA) study. AIDS care, 1-9.

5

Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Kukreja, A., Basri, S., Goh, S. S. L., Tze, R. C. S., Ong, Y., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2023). SG-APSIC1208: Association between severity of COVID-19 pneumonia and vaccination status in a tertiary-care teaching hospital in Malaysia. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s2-s2.

6

Rosenberger, K. D., Khanh, L. P., Tobian, F., Chanpheaktra, N., Kumar, V., Lum, L. C. S., ... & Thu, H. V. T. (2023). Early diagnostic indicators of dengue versus other febrile illnesses in Asia and Latin America (IDAMS study): a multicentre, prospective, observational study. The Lancet Global Health, 11(3), e361-e372.

7

Yap, J. F., Ng, R. J., Chin, S. M., Mohammed Abu Bakar, R., Nik Jaafar, N. Z., Mohamad Razali, S. Z., ... & Hoe, V. C. W. (2023). Factors Associated With Nosocomial COVID-19 Infection Among Health Care Workers in an Urban-Setting Malaysia Hospital. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 10105395231159262.

8

Dubov, A., Altice, F. L., Gutierrez, J. I., Wickersham, J. A., Azwa, I., Kamarulzaman, A., ... & Shrestha, R. (2023). Pre-exposure prophylaxis service among men who have sex with men in Malaysia: findings from a discrete choice experiment. Scientific reports, 13(1), 14200.

9

Gautam, K., Paudel, K., Jacobs, J., Wickersham, J. A., Ikhtiaruddin, W. M., Azwa, I., ... & Shrestha, R. (2023). An mHealth-delivered sexual harm reduction tool (PartyPack) for men who have sex with men in Malaysia: usability study. JMIR formative research, 7(1), e48113.

10

INSIGHT Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) Study Group. (2023). Long-term benefits from early antiretroviral therapy initiation in HIV infection. NEJM evidence, 2(3), EVIDoa2200302.

11

Khuon, D., Rupasinghe, D., Saphonn, V., Kwong, T. S., Widhani, A., Chaiwarith, R., ... & IeDEA Asia‐Pacific. (2023). BMI as a predictor of high fasting blood glucose among people living with HIV in the Asia‐Pacific region. HIV medicine, 24(2), 139-152.

12

Kim, R. S., Wickersham, J. A., Maviglia, F., Galka, J. M., Azwa, I., Gautam, K., & Shrestha, R. (2023). Drivers of HIV self-testing among female sex workers: Findings from a multi-state study in Malaysia. Frontiers in medicine, 10, 1022746.

13

Maviglia, F., Wickersham, J. A., Azwa, I., Copenhaver, N., Kennedy, O., Kern, M., ... & Shrestha, R. (2022). Engagement in chemsex among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malaysia: prevalence and associated factors from an online national survey. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(1), 294.

14

Ni, Z., Shrestha, R., Earnshaw, V. A., Tee, Y. C., Altice, F. L., Azwa, I., ... & Wickersham, J. A. (2023). Exploring Malaysian physicians' intention to discriminate against gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men patients. LGBT health, 10(2), 169-175.

15

Palmer, L., Barnes, S., Wagner, T., & Hanley, A. (2023). Holding Tightly: Co-Mingling, Life-Flourishing and Filmic Ecologies. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1-19.

16

Paudel, K., Gupta, S., Gautam, K., Wickersham, J. A., Khati, A., Azwa, I., ... & Shrestha, R. (2023). High Interest in Long-acting Injectable Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (LAI-PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM): Result From A Nationwide Survey in Malaysia. Journal of community health, 1-9.

17

Rajasuriar, R., Chong, M. L., Ross, J. L., Jiamsakul, A., Avihingsanon, A., Lee, M. P., ... & Law, M. (2023). Factors associated with reduced function and quality of life among adult people with HIV with depression and substance use in the Asia-Pacific region. AIDS, 37(5), 823-835.

18

Rosen, A. O., Wickersham, J. A., Altice, F. L., Khati, A., Azwa, I., Tee, V., ... & Shrestha, R. (2023). Barriers and Facilitators to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis by Men Who Have Sex with Men and Community Stakeholders in Malaysia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(9), 5669.

19

Shrestha, R., Altice, F. L., Khati, A., Azwa, I., Gautam, K., Gupta, S., ... & Wickersham, J. A. (2023). Clinic-Integrated Smartphone App (JomPrEP) to Improve Uptake of HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Usability and Acceptability. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, e44468.

20

Abdool Karim, S. S., Barre-Sinoussi, F., Varmus, H. E., Serwadda, D., Bukusi, E., M’boup, S., ... & Pape, J. W. (2023). Threatening the Global AIDS Response—Obstacles to PEPFAR’s Reauthorization. New England Journal of Medicine, 389(13), 1159-1161.

21

Al-Darraji, H., Hill, P., Sharples, K., Altice, F. L., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2023). Intensified pulmonary tuberculosis case finding among HIV-infected new entrants of a prison in Malaysia: implications for a holistic approach to control tuberculosis in prisons. International Journal of Prisoner Health, (ahead-of-print).

22

Augustin, Y., Staines, H. M., Velavan, T. P., Kamarulzaman, A., Kremsner, P. G., & Krishna, S. (2023). Drug repurposing for COVID-19: current evidence from randomized controlled adaptive platform trials and living systematic reviews. British Medical Bulletin, ldac037.

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Augustin, Y., Staines, H. M., Velavan, T. P., Kamarulzaman, A., Kremsner, P. G., & Krishna, S. (2023). Drug repurposing for COVID-19: current evidence from randomized controlled adaptive platform trials and living systematic reviews. British Medical Bulletin, ldac037.

24

Hasmukharay, K., Ngoi, S. T., Saedon, N. I., Tan, K. M., Khor, H. M., Chin, A. V., ... & Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S. (2023). Evaluation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes in the older patients in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 23(1), 1-11.

25

Lazarus, J. V., Wyka, K., White, T. M., Picchio, C. A., Gostin, L. O., Larson, H. J., ... & El-Mohandes, A. (2023). A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022. Nature Medicine, 1-10.

26

Mohd Sani, N., Aziz, Z., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2023). Malaysian Hospital Pharmacists’ Perspectives and Their Role in Promoting Biosimilar Prescribing: A Nationwide Survey. BioDrugs, 37(1), 109-120.

27

Panickar, R., Aziz, Z., Sani, N. M., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2023). The use of technology in vaccine safety communication: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Patient Education and Counseling, 107707.

28

Mohd Sani, N., Aziz, Z., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2023). Malaysian Hospital Pharmacists’ Perspectives and Their Role in Promoting Biosimilar Prescribing: A Nationwide Survey. BioDrugs, 37(1), 109-120.

29

Ranjit, Y. S., Gibson, B. A., Altice, F. L., Kamarulzaman, A., Azwa, I., & Wickersham, J. A. (2023). HIV care continuum among cisgender and transgender women sex workers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AIDS care, 35(6), 784-790.

30

Tackett, S., Jenn Ng, C., Sugarman, J., Daniel, E. G. S., Gopalan, N., Tivyashinee, ... & Ali, J. (2023). A Competency Framework for Health Research Ethics Educational Programs: Results from a Stakeholder‐Driven Mixed‐Method Process. Ethics & Human Research, 45(3), 29-39.

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Tackett, S., Jenn Ng, C., Sugarman, J., Daniel, E. G. S., Gopalan, N., Tivyashinee, ... & Ali, J. (2023). A Competency Framework for Health Research Ethics Educational Programs: Results from a Stakeholder‐Driven Mixed‐Method Process. Ethics & Human Research, 45(3), 29-39.

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Tackett, S., Ng, C. J., Sugarman, J., Daniel, E. G. S., Gopalan, N., Tivyashinee, T., ... & Ali, J. (2023). Defining Malaysia's health research ethics system through a stakeholder driven approach. Developing World Bioethics.

33

Woodward, M., Ramasubramanian, V., Kamarulzaman, A., Tantawichien, T., Wang, M., Song, J. Y., ... & Pang, T. (2023). Addressing Unmet Needs in Vaccination for Older Adults in the Asia Pacific: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clinical interventions in aging, 869-880.

34

Woon, J. J., Ahmad Kamar, A., Teh, C. S. J., Idris, N., Zhazali, R., Saaibon, S., ... & Ponnampalavanar, S. (2023). Molecular Epidemiological Investigation and Management of Outbreak Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Microorganisms, 11(4), 1073.

35

Zhang, Y., Li, J., Xie, Y., Wu, D., Ong, J., Marley, G., ... & Tang, W. (2023). Pay-it-forward incentives for hepatitis virus testing in men who have sex with men: a cluster randomized trial. Nature Medicine, 29(9), 2241-2247.

36

Dahesihdew, A., & Fanani, Y. N. (2023). SG-APSIC1074: Trend of ‘ESKAPE’and their susceptibility changes for meropenem and levofloxacin during the pandemic at Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta Indonesia. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s2-s2.

37

Di, K. N., Tay, S. T., Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S., Pham, D. T., & Wong, L. P. (2022, December). Physician’s Perspectives on Factors Influencing Antibiotic Resistance: A Qualitative Study in Vietnam. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 126). MDPI.

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Foo, S. Y., JIe, L., Yun, F. S., Hairu, C., Cabahug, T., Yan, A. R., ... & Kaur, H. (2023). SG-APSIC1166: Strategies to reduce hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections in an acute-care hospital in Singapore. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s29-s29.

39

Kadyrova, I., Kolesnichenko, S., Korshukov, I., Kolesnikova, Y., Barkhanskaya, V., Lavrinenko, A., ... & Babenko, D. (2023). SG-APSIC1053: Detection of SARS-COV-2 in nasopharyngeal swags with MALDI-TOF MS and machine learning. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s2-s3.

40

Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Rajandra, A., Suhaimi, N. A., Ji, C. T. S., Xuen, S. J., Fan, T. S., ... & Shamsudin, S. S. (2023). SG-APSIC1207: Effectiveness of a surgical-site infection bundle in reducing postoperative infection in cesarean deliveries in a tertiary-care teaching hospital in Malaysia. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s29-s30.

41

Sazali, I. B., Chee, L. L., Aung, M. K., Bien, M. H. K., Yuen, T. K., Tohid, H. B., & Lin, L. M. (2023). SG-APSIC1076: Bacteremia caused by Streptococcus mitis in a hematology unit. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s29-s29.

42

Teo, S. W., Ong, H. C., Ng, R. X., Kukreja, A., Johari, B. M., Basri, S., ... & Ponnampalavanar, S. (2023). ASSESSING THE APPROPRIATE USE OF MEROPENEM AND THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) INTERVENTIONS WITH ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN A MALAYSIA TERTIARY HOSPITAL. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 134, S21.

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Zhou, W., & Tang, Y. W. (2023). SG-APSIC1203: Detection of carbapenemase genes in donor lungs at the point of care before transplantation reduces the risk of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae–associated donor-derived infection in lung-transplant recipients. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(S1), s25-s25.

44

Chan, C. K., Lam, T. Y., Mohanavel, L., Ghani, J. A., Anuar, A. S. K., Lee, C. J., ... & LAUNDERKAP Study Group. (2023). KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE & PRACTICE OF WHITE COAT USE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS DURING CLINICAL PRACTICE (LAUNDERKAP): A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. American Journal of Infection Control.

45

Rajasuriar, R., & Wong, P. L. (2023). Disproportionate disability in people with HIV. The Lancet HIV, 10(3), e145-e146.

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Teo, S. W., Ong, H. C., Ng, R. X., Kukreja, A., Johari, B. M., Basri, S., ... & Ponnampalavanar, S. (2023). ASSESSING THE APPROPRIATE USE OF MEROPENEM AND THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) INTERVENTIONS WITH ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN A MALAYSIA TERTIARY HOSPITAL. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 134, S21.

2022 Publications

No. Publications

1

Ballif, M., Biziragusenyuka, J., Yunihastuti, E., Kubjane, M., Pape, J. W., Musaninyange, J., ... & Rurangwa, E. (2022). Disparities in Dolutegravir Uptake Affecting Females of Reproductive Age With HIV in Low-and Middle-Income Countries After Initial Concerns About Teratogenicity An Observational Study.

2

Chong, Y. M., Chan, Y. F., Jamaluddin, M. F. H., Hasan, M. S., Pang, Y. K., Ponnampalavanar, S., ... & Sam, I. C. (2022). Rhinovirus/enterovirus was the most common respiratory virus detected in adults with severe acute respiratory infections pre-COVID-19 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. PloS one, 17(9), e0273697.

3

Earnshaw, V. A., Cox, J., Wong, P. L., Saifi, R., Walters, S., Azwa, I., ... & Altice, F. L. (2022). Acceptability and feasibility of online, asynchronous photovoice with key populations and people living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 1-15.

4

Earnshaw, V. A., Cox, J., Wong, P. L., Saifi, R., Walters, S., Azwa, I., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). " I want the doctors to know that I am as bright as a candle":: Experiences with and Hopes for Doctor Interactions Among Malaysian Key Populations and People Living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior.

5

Lee, I. R., Tong, S. Y., Davis, J. S., Paterson, D. L., Syed-Omar, S. F., Peck, K. R., ... & Lye, D. C. (2022). Early oral stepdown antibiotic therapy versus continuing intravenous therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia (the INVEST trial): study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled, open-label, phase III, non-inferiority trial. Trials, 23(1), 1-18.

6

Sam, I. C., Chong, Y. M., Abdullah, A., Fu, J. Y. L., Hasan, M. S., Jamaluddin, F. H., ... & Chan, Y. F. (2022). Changing predominant SARS‐CoV‐2 lineages drives successive COVID‐19 waves in Malaysia, February 2020 to March 2021. Journal of medical virology, 94(3), 1146-1153.

7

Walters, S. M., Li, W. P., Saifi, R., Azwa, I., Syed Omar, S. F., Collier, Z. K., ... & Earnshaw, V. A. (2022). Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Project ECHO in Malaysia During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 21, 23259582221128512.

8

Wong, L. P., Lai, L. L., See, M. H., Alias, H., Syed Omar, S. F., Ng, C. G., ... & Lin, Y. (2022). Adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) and psychological distress among cancer patients/survivors following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Frontiers in Psychology, 4251.

9

Abdul-Aziz, S. A., Chong, M. L., McStea, M., Wong, P. L., Ponnampalavanar, S., Azwa, I., ... & Rajasuriar, R. (2022). Significant Psychosocial Influence in Frail People Living with HIV Independent of Frailty Instrument Used. The Journal of Frailty & Aging, 11(2), 190-198.

10

Boettiger, D. C., An, V. T., Kumarasamy, N., Azwa, I., Sudjaritruk, T., Truong, K. H., ... & Kariminia, A. (2022). Recent trends in adult and pediatric antiretroviral therapy monitoring and failure. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 90(2), 193-200.

11

Brazier, E., Ajeh, R., Maruri, F., Musick, B., Freeman, A., Wester, C. W., ... & Nasah, J. (2022). Service delivery challenges in HIV care during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: results from a site assessment survey across the global IeDEA consortium. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25(12), e26036.

12

Eger, W. H., Adaralegbe, A., Khati, A., Azwa, I., Wickersham, J. A., Osborne, S., & Shrestha, R. (2022). Exploring drivers of pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Malaysia. International journal of STD & AIDS, 09564624221106535.

13

Han, W. M., Law, M. G., Choi, J. Y., Ditangco, R., Kumarasamy, N., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Rupasinghe, D. (2022). Weight changes, metabolic syndrome and all‐cause mortality among Asian adults living with HIV. HIV medicine, 23(3), 274-286.

14

Jiamsakul, A., Gani, Y., Avihingsanon, A., Azwa, I., Chaiwarith, R., Khusuwan, S., ... & Kiertiburanakul, S. (2022). Brief Report: Mortality After Loss to Follow-Up—A Linkage Study of People Living With HIV in Thailand and Malaysia. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 91(3), 290-295.

15

Jiamsakul, A., Gani, Y., Avihingsanon, A., Azwa, I., Chaiwarith, R., Khusuwan, S., ... & Kiertiburanakul, S. (2022). Mortality after loss to follow-up–a linkage study of people living with HIV in Thailand and Malaysia. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 10-1097.

16

Khuon, D., Rupasinghe, D., Saphonn, V., Kwong, T. S., Widhani, A., Chaiwarith, R., ... & IeDEA Asia‐Pacific. (2022). BMI as a predictor of high fasting blood glucose among people living with HIV in the Asia‐Pacific region. HIV medicine.

17

Kim, J. H., Jiamsakul, A., Kiertiburanakul, S., Huy, B. V., Khusuwan, S., Kumarasamy, N., ... & IeDEA Asia-Pacific. (2022). Patterns and prognosis of holding regimens for people living with HIV in Asian countries. PloS one, 17(3), e0264157.

18

Ni, Z., Shrestha, R., Earnshaw, V. A., Tee, Y. C., Altice, F. L., Azwa, I., ... & Wickersham, J. A. (2022). Exploring Malaysian Physicians' Intention to Discriminate Against Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Patients. LGBT health.

19

Ong, J. Y., Yee, A., Amer Nordin, A. S., Danaee, M., & Azwa, R. I. (2022). The prevalence of depression, anxiety and associated factors among adults with living human immunodeficiency virus in University Malaya Medical Centre. International journal of STD & AIDS, 09564624221106528.

20

Papot, E., Jacoby, S., Arlinda, D., Avihingsanon, A., Azwa, I., Borok, M., ... & Polizzotto, M. N. (2022). Adaption of an ongoing clinical trial to quickly respond to gaps in changing international recommendations: the experience of D2EFT. HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 23(1), 37-46.

21

Peng, M. L., Wickersham, J. A., Altice, F. L., Shrestha, R., Azwa, I., Zhou, X., ... & Ni, Z. (2022). Formative Evaluation of the Acceptance of HIV Prevention Artificial Intelligence Chatbots By Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Focus Group Study. JMIR formative research, 6(10), e42055.

22

Schaefer, R., da Costa Leite, P. H. A., Silva, R., Karim, Q. A., Akolo, C., Cáceres, C. F., ... & Dalal, S. (2022). Kidney function in tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based oral pre-exposure prophylaxis users: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published literature and a multi-country meta-analysis of individual participant data. The Lancet HIV.

23

Shrestha, R., Maviglia, F., Altice, F. L., DiDomizio, E., Khati, A., Mistler, C., ... & Wickersham, J. A. (2022). Mobile Health Technology Use and the Acceptability of an mHealth Platform for HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Cross-sectional Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(7), e36917.

24

Shrestha, R., Wickersham, J. A., Khati, A., Azwa, I., Ni, Z., Kamarulzaman, A., ... & Altice, F. L. (2022). Clinic-Integrated Mobile Health Intervention (“JomPrEP” App) to Improve Uptake of HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Protocol for an Intervention Development and Multiphase Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(12), e43318.

25

Teeraananchai, S., Law, M., Boettiger, D., Mata, N. D. L., Gupte, N., Chan, Y. T. L., ... & TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD) of IeDEA Asia‐Pacific. (2022). Virological failure and treatment switch after ART initiation among people living with HIV with and without routine viral load monitoring in Asia. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25(8), e25989.

26

Baral, S., Rao, A., Rwema, J. O. T., Lyons, C., Cevik, M., Kågesten, A. E., ... & Mishra, S. (2022). Competing health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and early response: A scoping review. PloS one, 17(8), e0273389.

27

Bazazi, A. R., Culbert, G. J., Wegman, M. P., Heimer, R., Kamarulzaman, A., & Altice, F. L. (2022). Impact of prerelease methadone on mortality among people with HIV and opioid use disorder after prison release: results from a randomized and participant choice open-label trial in Malaysia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 1-12.

28

Beyrer, C. (2022). Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the universality of health and human rights. Lancet (London, England), 399(10324), 503-504.

29

Chan, Y. T., Cheong, H. C., Tang, T. F., Rajasuriar, R., Cheng, K. K., Looi, C. Y., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Immune Checkpoint Molecules and Glucose Metabolism in HIV-Induced T Cell Exhaustion. Biomedicines, 10(11), 2809.

30

Dhana, A., Hamada, Y., Kengne, A. P., Kerkhoff, A. D., Rangaka, M. X., Kredo, T., ... & Maartens, G. (2021). Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

31

Gatechompol, S., Kittanamongkolchai, W., Ketloy, C., Prompetchara, E., Thitithanyanont, A., Jongkaewwattana, A., ... & Ruxrungtham, K. (2022). Safety and immunogenicity of a prefusion non-stabilized spike protein mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a phase I trial. Nature Microbiology, 7(12), 1987-1995.

32

Hung, C. C., Banerjee, S., Gilada, I., Green, K., Inoue, Y., Kamarulzaman, A., ... & Choi, J. Y. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the HIV care continuum in Asia: Insights from people living with HIV, key populations, and HIV healthcare providers. PloS one, 17(7), e0270831.

33

Kamarulzaman, A., Ramnarayan, K., & Mocumbi, A. O. (2022). Plugging the medical brain drain. The Lancet, 400(10362), 1492-1494.

34

Lazarus, J. V., Romero, D., Kopka, C. J., Karim, S. A., Abu-Raddad, L. J., Almeida, G., ... & El-Mohandes, A. (2022). A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat. Nature, 1-14.

35

Mohd Salleh, N. A., Ahmad, A., Vicknasingam, B., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Material Security Scale as a Measurement of Poverty among Key Populations At-Risk for HIV/AIDS in Malaysia: An Implication for People Who Use Drugs and Transgender People during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), 8997.

36

Mohd Sani, N., Aziz, Z., Panickar, R., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Pharmacists’ Perspectives of Biosimilars: A Systematic Review. BioDrugs, 1-20.

37

Ng, K. T., Ng, L. J., Oong, X. Y., Chook, J. B., Chan, K. G., Takebe, Y., ... & Tee, K. K. (2022). Application of a VP4/VP2-inferred transmission clusters in estimating the impact of interventions on rhinovirus transmission. Virology Journal, 19(1), 1-10.

38

Panickar, R., Aziz, Z., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Enhancing medication risk communication in developing countries: a cross-sectional survey among doctors and pharmacists in Malaysia. BMC public health, 22(1), 1-16.

39

Panickar, R., Aziz, Z., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Enhancing Medication Risk Communication in Developing Countries: A Mixed Method Survey Among Doctors and Pharmacists in Malaysia.

40

Pedersen, C. J., Wickersham, J. A., Altice, F. L., Kamarulzaman, A., Khoshnood, K., Gibson, B. A., ... & Shrestha, R. (2022). Prevalence and Correlates of Active Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Use Among Female Sex Workers in Malaysia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13.

41

Rupasinghe, D., Choi, J. Y., Yunihastuti, E., Kiertiburanakul, S., Ross, J., Ly, P. S., ... & TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD) of IeDEA Asia‐Pacific. (2022). Factors associated with high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and cirrhosis in people living with HIV on combination antiretroviral treatment (cART) in the Asia‐Pacific. Journal of Medical Virology.

42

Sam, I. C., Chong, Y. M., Abdullah, A., Fu, J. Y. L., Hasan, M. S., Jamaluddin, F. H., ... & Chan, Y. F. (2022). Changing predominant SARS‐CoV‐2 lineages drives successive COVID‐19 waves in Malaysia, February 2020 to March 2021. Journal of medical virology, 94(3), 1146-1153.

43

Shamsuddin, N. F., Mohktar, M. S., Rajasuriar, R., Zaman, S. W. K., Ibrahim, F., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Analysis of fat mass value, clinical and metabolic data and interleukin-6 in HIV-positive males using regression analyses and artificial neural network. Acta Scientiarum. Technology, 44, e57634-e57634.

44

Stoicescu, C., Lataire, Q., Peters, K., Amon, J. J., Kamarulzaman, A., Ali, R., ... & Cepeda, J. (2022). End compulsory drug treatment in the Asia-Pacific region. The Lancet, 399(10323), 419-421.

45

Tackett, S., Sugarman, J., Ng, C. J., Kamarulzaman, A., & Ali, J. (2022). Developing a competency framework for health research ethics education and training. Journal of medical ethics, 48(6), 391-396.

46

Taib, N. A. A., Raja, D. B., Teo, A. K. J., Kamarulzaman, A., William, T., Arvinder-Singh, H. S., ... & Amir, L. E. (2022). Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021. The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 18.

47

Taib, N. A. A., Raja, D. B., Teo, A. K. J., Kamarulzaman, A., William, T., Arvinder-Singh, H. S., ... & Amir, L. E. (2022). Comparison of vaccine efficacy must be based on good clinical data–Authors’ reply. The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 20.

48

Tang, W., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Xie, Y., Wu, D., Ong, J., ... & Geng-Feng, F. (2022). Pay-it-forward to increase testing for hepatitis B and C: a community-led randomized controlled trial in China.

49

Tucker, J. D., Ahmad, A., Mulu, A., Muyoyeta, M., Hassan, M. R. A., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2022). Hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention in low-and middle-income country prisons. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 19(8), 484-485.

50

Wan, K. S., Tok, P. S. K., Yoga Ratnam, K. K., Aziz, N., Isahak, M., Zaki, R. A., ... & Said, M. A. (2022). Correction: Implementation of a COVID-19 surveillance programme for healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in an upper-middle-income country. Plos one, 17(5), e0268492.

51

Yap, S. H., Lee, C. S., Furusho, A., Ishii, C., Shaharudin, S., Zulhaimi, N. S., ... & Rajasuriar, R. (2022). Plasma d-amino acids are associated with markers of immune activation and organ dysfunction in people with HIV. AIDS, 36(7), 911-921.

52

Apisarnthanarak, A., Bin Kim, H., Moore, L. S., Xiao, Y., Singh, S., Doi, Y., ... & Santanirand, P. (2022). Utility and Applicability of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Delphi Consensus. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(11), 2067-2076.

53

Di, K. N., Tay, S. T., Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Pham, D. T., & Wong, L. P. (2022). Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Knowledge and Practices in Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Antibiotics, 11(4), 471.

54

Eturajulu, R. C., Ng, K. H., Tan, M. P., Zakaria, M. I., Chinna, K., Ponnampalavanar, S., ... & Chung, E. (2022). Quality Improvement Report: Safety Program for Prevention of Central Line–associated Bloodstream Infections. RadioGraphics, 42(7), E216-E223.

55

James, R., Nakamachi, Y., Morris, A., So, M., Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Chuki, P., ... & Thursky, K. (2022). The feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4(1), dlac012.

56

Kong, Z. X., Karunakaran, R. N., Jabar, K. A., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., & Teh, C. S. J. (2022). A retrospective study on molecular epidemiology trends of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a teaching hospital in Malaysia. PeerJ, 10, e12830.

57

Lee, Y. Q., Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., Karunakaran, R., Vellasamy, K. M., Abdul Jabar, K., ... & Teh, C. S. J. (2022). Characterisation of Non-Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Based on Their Clinical and Molecular Profile in Malaysia. Antibiotics, 11(11), 1670.

58

Mong, I., Ramoo, V., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, M. C., & Wan Nawawi, W. N. F. (2022). Knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to catheter‐associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of clinical nursing, 31(1-2), 209-219.

59

Teh, C. S. J., Yap, P. S. X., Zulkefli, N. J., Subramaniam, P., Sit, P. S., Kong, Z. X., ... & Vadivelu, J. (2022). Overview of the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei sequence types and the Emergence of sequence type 1342 in Malaysia. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(2), 477-484.

60

Yap, Y. C., Zakaria, M. I. B., & Kahar, M. K. B. B. A. (2022). AN INTERVENTIONAL STUDY TO IMPROVE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION: EVIDENCE FROM A TERTIARY CENTER. Journal of Health and Translational Medicine, 25(1), 44-56.

61

Chan, C. K., Lam, T. Y., Mohanavel, L., Ghani, J. A., Anuar, A. S. K., Lee, C. J., ... & LAUNDERKAP Study Group. (2022). Development and validation of the knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire (LAUNDERKAP) regarding white coat use among medical students during clinical practice. American Journal of Infection Control.

62

Sulaiman, H., Roberts, J. A., & Abdul-Aziz, M. H. (2022). Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients. Farmacia Hospitalaria, 46(3), 182-190.

63

Tan, M. P., Sekawi, Z., Abdul Manap, R., Razali, R. M., Mahadzir, H., Nordin, N., ... & Mokhtar, S. A. (2022). A Malaysian consensus recommendation for the prevention of influenza in older persons. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 1-8.
No. Publications

1

Chong, D. W. Q., Jayaraj, V. J., Ng, C. W., Sam, I., Said, M. A., Ahmad Zaki, R., ... & Rampal, S. (2021). Propagation of a hospital-associated cluster of COVID-19 in Malaysia. BMC infectious diseases, 21(1), 1-12.

2

Chong, Y. M., Chan, Y. F., Jamaluddin, M. F. H., Hasan, M. S., Pang, Y. K., Ponnampalavanar, S., ... & Sam, I. C. (2021). Detection of respiratory viruses in adults with suspected COVID-19 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Journal of Clinical Virology, 145, 105000.

3

Looi, K. W., Matsui, Y., Kono, M., Samudi, C., Kojima, N., Ong, J. X., ... & Lum, L. C. S. (2021). Evaluation of immature platelet fraction as a marker of dengue fever progression. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 110, 187-194.

4

Domingo, P., Mur, I., Mateo, G. M., del Mar Gutierrez, M., Pomar, V., de Benito, N., ... & BERWANGER, O. (2021). Association between administration of IL-6 antagonists and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a meta-analysis. Jama, 326(6), 499-518.

5

Zulkipli, M. S., Rampal, S., Bulgiba, A., Peramalah, D., Jamil, N. A., See, L. L. C., ... & Dahlui, M. (2021). Is there any association between body mass index and severity of dengue infection?. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 115(7), 764-771.

6

Han, W. M., Jiamsakul, A., Salleh, N. A. M., Choi, J. Y., Huy, B. V., Yunihastuti, E., ... & Rupasinghe, D. (2021). HIV treatment outcomes among people who acquired HIV via injecting drug use in the Asia‐Pacific region: a longitudinal cohort study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(5), e25736.

7

Ong, H. C., Ling, A. C. K., Ng, D. S. W., Ng, R. X., Wong, P. L., & Omar, S. F. S. (2021). Case report: Actinomyces naeslundii complicating preterm labour in a trisomy-21 pregnancy. IDCases, 23, e01051.

8

Han, W. H., Yong, J. Y., Yong, S. S., Faheem, N. A. A., Toh, Y. F., Chew, M. F., ... & Azwa, I. (2021). Cutaneous manifestations of patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: A retrospective review of a tertiary referral centre with clinicopathological correlation. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 62(3), 286-291.

9

Ranjit, Y. S., Gibson, B. A., Altice, F. L., Kamarulzaman, A., Azwa, I., & Wickersham, J. A. (2021). HIV care continuum among cisgender and transgender women sex workers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AIDS care, 1-7.

10

McMahon, D. E., Semeere, A., Laker-Oketta, M., Byakwaga, H., Mugglin, C., Duda, S. N., ... & Freeman, E. E. (2021). Global Disparities in Skin Cancer Services at HIV Treatment Centers across 29 Countries. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 141(10), 2533-2536.

11

Wang, M., Lim, S. H., Gibson, B. A., Azwa, I., Guadamuz, T. E., Altice, F. L., ... & Wickersham, J. A. (2021). Correlates of newly diagnosed HIV infection among cisgender women sex workers and transgender women sex workers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. International journal of STD & AIDS, 32(7), 609-619.

12

Chong, S. C., Kamarulzaman, A., Azwa, I., Ng, R. X., Chong, M. L., Raman, N., & Bourne, A. (2021). Delayed HIV testing and treatment seeking, and associated support needs among people living with HIV in Malaysia: a qualitative study. Sexual Health, 18(2), 147-155.

13

van Griensven, F., van Wijngaarden, J. W. D. L., Eustaquio, P. C., Wignall, S., Azwa, I., Veronese, V., ... & Mills, S. (2021). The continuing HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men and transgender women in the ASEAN region: implications for HIV policy and service programming. Sexual Health, 18(1), 21-30.

14

Bazazi, A. R., Culbert, G. J., Wegman, M. P., Heimer, R., Kamarulzaman, A., & Altice, F. L. (2021). Impact of Prerelease Methadone on Mortality Among People with HIV and Opioid Use Disorder After Prison Release: Results from a Randomized and Participant Choice Open-Label Trial in Malaysia.

15

Wiessing, L., Kalamara, E., Stone, J., Altan, P., Van Baelen, L., Fotiou, A., ... & Vickerman, P. (2021). Univariable associations between a history of incarceration and HIV and HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs across 17 countries in Europe 2006 to 2020–is the precautionary principle applicable?. Eurosurveillance, 26(49), 2002093.

16

Watan Pal, A., Aziz, Z., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2021). Methodological quality of guidelines for the management of opioid use disorder: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 46(6), 1531-1548.

17

Dhana, A., Hamada, Y., Kengne, A. P., Kerkhoff, A. D., Rangaka, M. X., Kredo, T., ... & Maartens, G. (2021). Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

18

Vicknasingam, B., Salleh, N. M., Ramadah, R., Singh, D., Kamarulzaman, A., & Chawarski, M. C. (2021). Legal challenges in providing treatment for people who use drugs (PWUDs) in Malaysia. The International journal on drug policy, 97, 103311.

19

Guaraldi, G., Milic, J., Martinez, E., Kamarulzaman, A., Mussini, C., Waters, L., ... & Lazarus, J. V. (2021). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Care models during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Era. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(5), e1222-e1227.

20

Lazarus, J. V., Safreed-Harmon, K., Kamarulzaman, A., Anderson, J., Leite, R. B., Behrens, G., ... & Waters, L. (2021). Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV. Nature communications, 12(1), 1-14.

21

Nyström, S., Govender, M., Yap, S. H., Kamarulzaman, A., Rajasuriar, R., & Larsson, M. (2021, July). HIV-infected individuals on ART With impaired immune recovery have altered plasma metabolite profiles. In Open forum infectious diseases (Vol. 8, No. 7, p. ofab288). US: Oxford University Press.

22

Kiew, L. V., Chang, C. Y., Huang, S. Y., Wang, P. W., Heh, C. H., Liu, C. T., ... & Chang, C. C. (2021). Development of flexible electrochemical impedance spectroscopy-based biosensing platform for rapid screening of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 183, 113213.

23

Henry, R. T., Jiamsakul, A., Law, M., Losso, M., Kamarulzaman, A., Phanuphak, P., ... & Polizzotto, M. (2021). Factors Associated With and Characteristic of HIV/Tuberculosis Co-Infection: a retrospective analysis of second-line clinical trial participants. Jaids Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 87(1), 720-729.

24

Mohd Sani, N., Aziz, Z., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2021). Biosimilars in Malaysia: Regulatory Framework, Approved Products, and Adverse Effects. Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science, 55(3), 490-502.

25

Beyrer, C., Allotey, P., Amon, J. J., Baral, S. D., Bassett, M. T., Deacon, H., ... & Corey, L. (2021). Human rights and fair access to COVID-19 vaccines: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights. The Lancet, 397(10284), 1524-1527.

26

Wan, K. S., Tok, P. S. K., Yoga Ratnam, K. K., Aziz, N., Isahak, M., Ahmad Zaki, R., ... & Said, M. A. (2021). Implementation of a COVID-19 surveillance programme for healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in an upper-middle-income country. PloS one, 16(4), e0249394.

27

Tackett, S., Sugarman, J., Ng, C. J., Kamarulzaman, A., & Ali, J. (2021). Developing a competency framework for health research ethics education and training. Journal of medical ethics.

28

Roberts, T., Sahu, S., Malar, J., Abdullaev, T., Vandevelde, W., Pillay, Y. G., ... & Ahmedov, S. (2021). Turning threats into opportunities: how to implement and advance quality TB services for people with HIV during the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(4), e25696.

29

Krishnan, A., Weikum, D., Cravero, C., Kamarulzaman, A., & Altice, F. L. (2021). Assessing mobile technology use and mHealth acceptance among HIV-positive men who have sex with men and transgender women in Malaysia. Plos one, 16(3), e0248705.

30

Baral, S. D., Rucinski, K. B., Rwema, J. O. T., Rao, A., Menezes, N. P., Diouf, D., ... & Mishra, S. (2021). The relationship between the global burden of influenza from 2017 to 2019 and COVID-19: Descriptive epidemiological assessment. JMIR public health and surveillance, 7(3), e24696.

31

Kamarulzaman, A., Bekker, L. G., & Ngure, K. (2021). In memoriam: Professor James Gita Hakim (1954 to 2021). Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(3). (BIOGRAPHY)

32

Baral, S., Rao, A., Rwema, J. O. T., Lyons, C., Cevik, M., Kågesten, A. E., ... & Mishra, S. (2021). Competing health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and response: a scoping review. MedRxiv.

33

Vicknasingam, B., Salleh, N. A. M., Chooi, W. T., Singh, D., Zaharim, N. M., Kamarulzaman, A., & Chawarski, M. C. (2021). COVID-19 Impact on Healthcare and Supportive Services for People Who Use Drugs (PWUDs) in Malaysia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.

34

Krishna, S., Augustin, Y., Wang, J., Xu, C., Staines, H. M., Platteeuw, H., ... & Kremsner, P. (2021). Repurposing antimalarials to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Trends in parasitology, 37(1), 8-11.

35

Ng, K. T., Takebe, Y., Kamarulzaman, A., & Tee, K. K. (2021). Genome sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction reveal a potential fourth rhinovirus species and its worldwide distribution. Archives of virology, 166(1), 225-229.

36

James, R., Nakamachi, Y., Morris, A., So, M., Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Chuki, P., ... & Thursky, K. (2022). The feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4(1), dlac012.

37

Wong, L. P., Alias, H., Husin, S. A., Ali, Z. B., Sim, B., & Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S. (2021). Factors influencing inappropriate use of antibiotics: Findings from a nationwide survey of the general public in Malaysia. PloS one, 16(10), e0258698.

38

Apisarnthanarak, A., Kim, H. B., Moore, L., Xiao, Y., Singh, S., Doi, Y., ... & Santanirand, P. (2021). Rapid diagnostic testing for antimicrobial stewardship: Utility in Asia Pacific. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 42(7), 864-868.

39

Niek, W. K., Teh, C. S. J., Idris, N., Thong, K. L., Ngoi, S. T., & Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S. (2021). Investigation of biofilm formation in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with bacteraemia in a tertiary hospital. Folia microbiologica, 66(5), 741-749.

40

Teh, C. S. J., Lee, Y. Q., Kong, Z. X., Woon, J. J., Niek, W. K., Lau, M. Y., ... & Yee Por, L. (2021). Development of a web-based multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) monitoring and transmission tracking system on the basis of microbiology and molecular characteristics. Journal of Taibah University for Science, 15(1), 303-311.

41

Ngoi, S. T., Chong, C. W., Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S., Tang, S. N., Idris, N., Abdul Jabar, K., ... & Teh, C. S. J. (2021). Genetic mechanisms and correlated risk factors of antimicrobial-resistant ESKAPEE pathogens isolated in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 10(1), 1-15.

42

Zulkefli, N. J., Teh, C. S. J., Mariappan, V., Ngoi, S. T., Vadivelu, J., Ponnampalavanar, S., ... & Vellasamy, K. M. (2021). Genomic comparison and phenotypic profiling of small colony variants of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Plos one, 16(12), e0261382.

43

Sam, I. C., Chong, Y. M., Abdullah, A., Fu, J. Y. L., Hasan, M. S., Jamaluddin, F. H., ... & Chan, Y. F. (2022). Changing predominant SARS‐CoV‐2 lineages drives successive COVID‐19 waves in Malaysia, February 2020 to March 2021. Journal of medical virology, 94(3), 1146-1153.

44

Woon, J. J., Teh, C. S. J., Chong, C. W., Abdul Jabar, K., Ponnampalavanar, S., & Idris, N. (2021). Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from the Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Malaysia. Antibiotics, 10(11), 1340.

45

Jamaluddin, N. A. H., Periyasamy, P., Lau, C. L., Ponnampalavanar, S., Lai, P. S. M., Ramli, R., ... & Naina-Mohamed, I. (2021). Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in a Malaysian Tertiary Care University Hospital. Antibiotics, 10(5), 531.

46

Kong, Z. X., Karunakaran, R., Abdul Jabar, K., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., & Teh, C. S. J. (2021). The Detection of Hypermucoviscous Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Malaysia and Assessment of Hypermucoviscous as Marker of Hypervirulence. Microbial Drug Resistance, 27(10), 1319-1327.

47

Wan, K. S., Tok, P. S. K., Yoga Ratnam, K. K., Aziz, N., Isahak, M., Ahmad Zaki, R., ... & Said, M. A. (2021). Implementation of a COVID-19 surveillance programme for healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in an upper-middle-income country. PloS one, 16(4), e0249394.

48

Lau, M. Y., Teng, F. E., Chua, K. H., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., Abdul Jabar, K., & Teh, C. S. J. (2021). Molecular characterization of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malaysia hospital. Pathogens, 10(3), 279.

49

Teh, C. S. J., Yap, P. S. X., Zulkefli, N. J., Subramaniam, P., Sit, P. S., Kong, Z. X., ... & Vadivelu, J. (2021). Overview of the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei sequence types and the Emergence of sequence type 1342 in Malaysia. Transboundary and emerging diseases.

50

Lee, Y. J., Atiya, N., Yeat, N. S., Sidhu, A., & Sulaiman, H. (2021). Factors affecting in-hospital mortality and outcome study on healthcare-associated meningitis and/or ventriculitis (HCAMV): University of Malaya Medical Centre experience. Neurology Asia, 26(2).
No. Publications

1

Poh, A. H., Mahamd Adikan, F. R., Moghavvemi, M., Syed Omar, S. F., Poh, K., Mahyuddin, M. B. H., ... & Harun, S. W. (2020). Precursors to non-invasive clinical dengue screening: Multivariate signature analysis of in-vivo diffuse skin reflectance spectroscopy on febrile patients in Malaysia. PloS one, 15(4), e0228923.

2

Subakir, H., Chong, Y. M., Chan, Y. F., Hasan, M. S., Jamaluddin, M. F. H., Pang, Y. K., ... & Sam, I. C. (2020). Selective media and real-time PCR improves diagnosis of melioidosis in community-acquired pneumonia in a low-incidence setting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69(1), 49-51.

3

Archuleta, S., Chia, P. Y., Wei, Y., Syed-Omar, S. F., Low, J. G., Oh, H. M., Fisher, D., Ponnampalavanar, S., Wijaya, L., Kamarulzaman, A., Lum, L., Tambyah, P. A., Leo, Y. S., & Lye, D. C. (2020). Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Poor Platelet Recovery in Adult Dengue With Thrombocytopenia: A Multicenter, Prospective Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 71(2), 383–389.

4

Chong, Y. M., Sam, I. C., Ponnampalavanar, S., Syed Omar, S. F., Kamarulzaman, A., Munusamy, V., Wong, C. K., Jamaluddin, F. H., Gan, H. M., Chong, J., Teh, C., & Chan, Y. F. (2020). Complete Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Strains Detected in Malaysia. Microbiology resource announcements, 9(20), e00383-20.

5

Thalha, A., Lee, Y. Y., Besari, A., & Omar, S. (2020). Have we found the panacea to COVID-19 with remdesivir, an old but newly packaged drug?. The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 50(2), 159–161.

6

Chong, Y. M., Sam, I. C., Chong, J., Bador, M. K., Ponnampalavanar, S., Omar, S. F. S., ... & Chan, Y. F. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 6 is the major contributor to transmission in Malaysia. bioRxiv.

7

Ansari, A. W., Ahmad, F., Shankar, E. M., Yong, Y. K., Tan, H. Y., Jacobs, R., Larsson, M., Velu, V., Kamarulzaman, A., & Schmidt, R. E. (2020). Brief Report: Diminished Coinhibitory Molecule 2B4 Expression Is Associated With Preserved iNKT Cell Phenotype in HIV Long-Term Nonprogressors. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 85(1), 73–78.

8

Rupasinghe, D., Kiertiburanakul, S., Kamarulzaman, A., Zhang, F., Kumarasamy, N., Chaiwarith, R., Merati, T. P., Do, C. D., Khusuwan, S., Avihingsanon, A., Lee, M. P., Ly, P. S., Yunihastuti, E., Nguyen, K. V., Ditangco, R., Chan, Y. J., Pujari, S., Ng, O. T., Choi, J. Y., Sim, B., … Law, M. (2020). Early mortality after late initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD) of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Asia-Pacific. HIV medicine, 21(6), 397–402.

9

Pozniak, A., Bekker, L. G., Kamarulzaman, A., Gandhi, M., Horton, R., Das, P., & Beyrer, C. (2020). A COVID-19 conference at AIDS 2020: Virtual. Lancet (London, England), 395(10237), 1598–1599.

10

Ng, R. X., Guadamuz, T. E., Akbar, M., Kamarulzaman, A., & Lim, S. H. (2020). Association of co-occurring psychosocial health conditions and HIV infection among MSM in Malaysia: Implication of a syndemic effect. International journal of STD & AIDS, 31(6), 568–578.

11

Kared, H., Tan, S. W., Lau, M. C., Chevrier, M., Tan, C., How, W., ... & Pilipow, K. (2020). Immunological history governs human stem cell memory CD4 heterogeneity via the Wnt signaling pathway. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-17.

12

Boettiger, D. C., Law, M. G., Ross, J., Huy, B. V., Heng, B. S. L., Ditangco, R., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2020). Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease screening and management protocols among adult HIV clinics in Asia. Journal of Virus Eradication, 6(1), 11.

13

Shrestha, R., Lim, S. H., Altice, F. L., Copenhaver, M., Wickersham, J. A., Saifi, R., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2020). Use of smartphone to seek sexual health information online among Malaysian men who have sex with men (MSM): Implications for mHealth Intervention to Increase HIV Testing and Reduce HIV Risks. Journal of Community Health, 45(1), 10-19.

14

Lim, S. H., Brown, S. E., Shaw, S. A., Kamarulzaman, A., Altice, F. L., & Beyrer, C. (2020). “You have to keep yourself hidden”: Perspectives from Malaysian Malay-Muslim men who have sex with men on policy, network, community, and individual Influences on HIV risk. Journal of homosexuality, 67(1), 104-126.

15

Yap, P., Tan, T. S., Chan, Y. F., Tee, K. K., Kamarulzaman, A., & Teh, C. (2020). An Overview of the Genetic Variations of the SARS-CoV-2 Genomes Isolated in Southeast Asian Countries. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 30(7), 962–966.

16

González Fernández, L., Casas, E. C., Singh, S., Churchyard, G. J., Brigden, G., Gotuzzo, E., ... & Ponce‐de‐León, A. (2020). New opportunities in tuberculosis prevention: implications for people living with HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 23(1), e25438.

17

Ng, K. T., Takebe, Y., Kamarulzaman, A., & Tee, K. K. (2020). Genome sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction reveal a potential fourth rhinovirus species and its worldwide distribution. Archives of Virology, 1-5.

18

Krishna, S., Augustin, Y., Wang, J., Xu, C., Staines, H. M., Platteeuw, H., ... & Kremsner, P. (2020). Repurposing antimalarials to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Trends in Parasitology.

19

YMcMahon, J. H., Hoy, J. F., Kamarulzaman, A., Bekker, L. G., Beyrer, C., & Lewin, S. R. (2020). Leveraging the advances in HIV for COVID-19. The Lancet, 396(10256), 943-944.

20

Panickar, R., Wo, W. K., Ali, N. M., Tang, M. M., Ramanathan, G. L., Kamarulzaman, A., & Aziz, Z. (2020). Allopurinol‐induced severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions: Risk minimization measures in Malaysia. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 29(10), 1254-1262.

21

Baral SD, Rucinski KB, Twahirwa Rwema JO, et al. Descriptive Epidemiological Assessment of the Relationship between the Global Burden of Influenza from 2017-2019 and COVID-19. medRxiv; 2020. DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.18.20134346.

22

Ngoi, S. T., Lee, Y. W., Niek, W. K., Kan, F. K., AbuBakar, S., Ponnampalavanar, S., Idris, N., & Teh, C. (2020). Atypical Presentation of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infection in a Dengue-Positive Patient: A Case Report with Virulence Genes Analysis. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 9(3), 190.

23

Nadarajan, V.S., Lee, C.L.L. and Ponnampalavanar, S.S.L.S. (2020), Assessment of COVID‐19 exposure risk in the blood transfusion laboratory. VOXS.

24

Chia, P. Y., Sengupta, S., Kukreja, A., S L Ponnampalavanar, S., Ng, O. T., & Marimuthu, K. (2020). The role of hospital environment in transmissions of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 9(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-0685-1

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Lau, M. Y., Abdul Jabar, K., Chua, K. H., Kee, B. P., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, C. W., & Teh, C. (2020). One-Step Differential Detection of OXA-48-Like Variants Using High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 9(5), 256

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Lau, M. Y., Ponnampalavanar, S., Lee, W. S., Jabar, K. A., Chua, K. H., Idris, N., Chong, C. W., Yap, P., & Teh, C. (2020). First detection of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae producing OXA-181 carbapenemase in Malaysia. Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 26(10), 1058–1061.

27

Niek, W. K., Teh, C. S. J., Idris, N., San Sit, P., Lee, Y. Q., Thong, K. L., & Ponnampalavanar, S. S. L. S. (2020). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, 2003–2015: Comparative evaluation of changing trends in molecular epidemiology and clinical outcomes of infections. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 104567.

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Rozali, M. A., Abd Rahman, N. S., Sulaiman, H., Abd Rahman, A. N., Atiya, N., Mat, W. R. W., ... & Abdul-Aziz, M. H. (2020). Knowledge, perception, and antibiotic prescribing practice in the intensive care unit: Findings from the malaysian public setting. Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 12(6), 804.

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Wong, P. L., Sii, H. L., P'ng, C. K., Ee, S. S., Oong, X. Y., Ng, K. T., ... & Tan, M. P. (2020). The effects of age on clinical characteristics, hospitalization and mortality of patients with influenza‐related illness at a tertiary care centre in Malaysia. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses.

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Ong, S. Y., Tang, M. M., Dalawi, I., Tan, W. C., Yeoh, C. A., Kho, W. M., ... & Ch'ng, C. C. (2020). Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected men who have sex with men with syphilis: A 5-year multicentre study in Malaysia. The Medical Journal of Malaysia, 75(4), 349-355.
No. Publications

1

Wharton-Smith, A., Green, J., Loh, E. C., Gorrie, A., Omar, S. F. S., Bacchus, L., & Lum, L. C. S. (2019). Using clinical practice guidelines to manage dengue: a qualitative study in a Malaysian hospital. BMC infectious diseases, 19(1), 1-10.

2

Subakir, H., Chong, Y. M., Chan, Y. F., Hasan, M. S., Jamaluddin, M. F. H., Pang, Y. K., ... & Sam, I. C. (2019). Selective media and real-time PCR improves diagnosis of melioidosis in community-acquired pneumonia in a low-incidence setting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Journal of medical microbiology, jmm001108.

3

Archuleta, S., Chia, P. Y., Wei, Y., Syed-Omar, S. F., Low, J. G., Oh, H. M., ... & Lum, L. (2019). Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Poor Platelet Recovery in Adult Dengue With Thrombocytopenia: A Multicenter, Prospective Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases.

4

Jalalonmuhali, M., Fei, W. Y., Jiet, T. S., & Omar, S. F. (2019, October). ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN LEPTOSPIROSIS: ITS PREVALENCE AND OUTCOMES FROM A SINGLE CENTRE. In NEPHROLOGY (Vol. 24, pp. 27-28). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

5

Chen, S. L., Ding, Y., Apisarnthanarak, A., Kalimuddin, S., Archuleta, S., Omar, S. F. S., ... & Suwantarat, N. (2019). The higher prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases among Escherichia coli ST131 in Southeast Asia is driven by expansion of a single, locally prevalent subclone. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-14.

6

Jiamsakul, A., Kiertiburanakul, S., Ng, O. T., Chaiwarith, R., Wong, W., Ditangco, R., ... & Lee, M. P. (2019). Long‐term loss to follow‐up in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD). HIV medicine, 20(7), 439-449.

7

Aziz, A. S., Mcstea, M., Bashah, A. N., Chong, M. L., Ponnampalavanar, S., & Omar, S. S. (2019). Assessment of sarcopenia in virally suppressed HIV-infected Asians receiving treatment (vol 32, pg 1025, 2018). AIDS, 33(4), 769-769.

8

Ku, S. W. W., Jiamsakul, A., Joshi, K., Pasayan, M. K. U., Widhani, A., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Do, C. D. (2019). Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis decreases tuberculosis risk among Asian patients with HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(3), e25264.

9

Zulkipli, M. S., Rampal, S., Bulgiba, A., Peramalah, D., Jamil, N. A., See, L. L. C., ... & Dahlui, M. (2019). Is There Any Association Between Body Mass Index and Severity of Dengue Infection?. Available at SSRN 3328669.

10

Thergarajan, G., Kumar, S., Bhassu, S., Omar, S. F. B. S., & Rampal, S. (2019). Effect of Blastocystis sp. in dengue patients—Increase in the treatment cost and exacerbation of symptoms. PloS one, 14(3).

11

Lavinya, A. A., Lee, C. S., Hashim, O. H., Azwa, I., Rajasuriar, R., Lim, S. K., & Wong, Y. F. (2019). Proteomics analysis of blood plasma in HIV-infected patients with chronic kidney disease. Clinical biochemistry, 73, 90-97.

12

Pham, M. D., Haile, B. A., Azwa, I., Kamarulzaman, A., Raman, N., Saeidi, A., ... & Elliott, J. H. (2019). Performance of a novel low-cost, instrument-free plasma separation device for HIV viral load quantification and determination of treatment failure in people living with HIV in Malaysia: a diagnostic accuracy study. Journal of clinical microbiology, 57(4), e01683-18.

13

Jung, I. Y., Rupasinghe, D., Woolley, I., O'Connor, C. C., Giles, M., Azwa, R. I., ... & IeDEA Asia‐Pacific. (2019). Trends in mortality among ART‐treated HIV‐infected adults in the Asia‐Pacific region between 1999 and 2017: results from the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD) and Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD) of IeDEA Asia‐Pacific. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(1), e25219.

14

Rupasinghe, D., Kiertiburanakul, S., Kamarulzaman, A., Zhang, F., Kumarasamy, N., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Lee, M. P. (2019). Early mortality after late initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD) of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Asia‐Pacific. HIV medicine.

15

Mukherjee, T., Earnshaw, V., Esie, P., Wickersham, J., Kamarulzaman, A., & Altice, F. (2019, November). Measuring stigma in people who use heroin and other opioid drugs: Development and validation of a brief scale. In APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo (Nov. 2-Nov. 6). American Public Health Association.

16

Archuleta, S., Chia, P. Y., Wei, Y., Syed-Omar, S. F., Low, J. G., Oh, H. M., ... & Lum, L. (2019). Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Poor Platelet Recovery in Adult Dengue With Thrombocytopenia: A Multicenter, Prospective Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases.

17

Kamarulzaman, A., Verster, A., & Altice, F. L. (2019). Prisons: ignore them at our peril. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 14(5), 415-422.

18

Koong, J. K., Choy, S. H., Bahuri, N. F. A., Sitaram, P. N., Shah, D. M., Omar, H., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2019). Organ Donation Innovative Strategies for Southeast Asia: ODISSeA. HPB, 21, S289.

19

Brazier, E., Maruri, F., Duda, S. N., Tymejczyk, O., Wester, C. W., Somi, G., ... & Musick, B. S. (2019). Implementation of “Treat‐all” at adult HIV care and treatment sites in the Global Ie DEA Consortium: results from the Site Assessment Survey. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(7), e25331.

20

Lim, S. H., Alias, H., Kien, J. K. W., Akbar, M., Kamarulzaman, A., & Wong, L. P. (2019). A Qualitative Study of HIV “Test-and-Treat” Experience Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia. AIDS Education and Prevention, 31(3), 193-205.

21

Tee, Y. C., Earnshaw, V. A., Altice, F. L., Jin, H., Kamarulzaman, A., & Wickersham, J. A. (2019). Evaluating Physicians’ Intention to Discriminate Against Patients Living with HIV in Malaysia. AIDS and Behavior, 23(4), 1039-1047.

22

Lall, P., Saifi, R., Baggio, D., Schoenberger, S. F., Choo, M., Gilbert, L., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2019). Risk Factors for a Positive Hepatitis C Status in Fishermen in Kuantan Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 31(3), 227-237.

23

Fatin, M. F., Ruslinda, A. R., Gopinath, S. C., Arshad, M. M., Hashim, U., Lakshmipriya, T., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2019). Co-ordinated split aptamer assembly and disassembly on Gold nanoparticle for functional detection of HIV-1 tat. Process biochemistry, 79, 32-39.

24

Pasayan, M. K. U., Mationg, M. L. S., Boettiger, D., Lam, W., Zhang, F., Ku, S. W. W., ... & Van Kinh, N. (2019). Effect of macrolide prophylactic therapy on AIDS-Defining conditions and HIV-Associated mortality. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 80(4), 436-443.

25

Bijker, R., Jiamsakul, A., Uy, E., Kumarasamy, N., Ditango, R., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Pujari, S. (2019). Cardiovascular disease‐related mortality and factors associated with cardiovascular events in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD). HIV medicine, 20(3), 183-191.

26

Jiamsakul, A., Polizzotto, M., Ku, S. W. W., Tanuma, J., Hui, E., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Ly, P. S. (2019). Brief Report: Malignancies in Adults Living With HIV in Asia. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 80(3), 301-307.

27

Ahn, M. Y., Jiamsakul, A., Khusuwan, S., Khol, V., Pham, T. T., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Pujari, S. (2019). The influence of age‐associated comorbidities on responses to combination antiretroviral therapy in older people living with HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(2), e25228.

28

Hemelaar, J., Elangovan, R., Yun, J., Dickson-Tetteh, L., Fleminger, I., Kirtley, S., ... & Agwale, S. (2019). Global and regional molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, 1990–2015: a systematic review, global survey, and trend analysis. The Lancet infectious diseases, 19(2), 143-155.

29

Chandra, D. K., Bazazi, A. R., Nahaboo Solim, M. A., Kamarulzaman, A., Altice, F. L., & Culbert, G. J. (2019). Retention in clinical trials after prison release: results from a clinical trial with incarcerated men with HIV and opioid dependence in Malaysia. HIV research & clinical practice, 20(1), 12-23.

30

Koong, J. K., Choy, S. H., Bahuri, N. F. A., Sitaram, P. N., Shah, D. M., Omar, H., & Kamarulzaman, A. (2019). Organ Donation Innovative Strategies for Southeast Asia: ODISSeA. HPB, 21, S289.

31

Bijker, R., Kumarasamy, N., Kiertiburanakul, S., Pujari, S., Lam, W., Chaiwarith, R., ... & Nguyen, K. V. (2019). Cardiovascular disease incidence projections in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD). Antiviral therapy, 24(4), 271.

32

Han, W. M., Jiamsakul, A., Kiertiburanakul, S., Ng, O. T., Sim, B. L., Sun, L. P., ... & Kamarulzaman, A. (2019). Diabetes mellitus burden among people living with HIV from the Asia‐Pacific region. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(1), e25236.

33

Niek, W. K., Teh, C. S. J., Idris, N., Thong, K. L., & Ponnampalavanar, S. (2019). Predominance of ST22-MRSA-IV clone and Emergence of Clones for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates collected from a Tertiary Teaching Hospital over a two-year period. Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 72(4), 228-236.

34

Sunil, M., Hieu, H. Q., Singh, R. S. A., Ponnampalavanar, S., Siew, K. S., & Loch, A. (2019). Evolving trends in infective endocarditis in a developing country: a consequence of medical progress?. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 18(1), 43.

35

Lim, S. M. S., Wong, P. L., Sulaiman, H., Atiya, N., Shunmugam, R. H., & Liew, S. M. (2019). Clinical prediction models for ESBL-Enterobacteriaceae colonization or infection: a systematic review. Journal of Hospital Infection, 102(1), 8-16.

36

Wong, P. L., Sii, H. L., P'ng, C. K., Ee, S. S., Yong Oong, X., Ng, K. T., ... & Tan, M. P. (2019). The effects of age on clinical characteristics, hospitalization and mortality of patients with influenza‐related illness at a tertiary care centre in Malaysia. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses.

Last Update: 15/07/2024