Mark I C Chen

Summary

Affiliation: Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Country: Singapore

Publications

  1. ncbi Modelling the utility of body temperature readings from primary care consults for SARS surveillance in an army medical centre
    Mark I C Chen
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:236-41. 2006
  2. ncbi 2009 influenza A(H1N1) seroconversion rates and risk factors among distinct adult cohorts in Singapore
    Mark I C Chen
    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433
    JAMA 303:1383-91. 2010
  3. ncbi Clinical and epidemiological predictors of transmission in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
    Mark I C Chen
    Clinical Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore
    BMC Infect Dis 6:151. 2006
  4. ncbi Risk factors for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus seroconversion among hospital staff, Singapore
    Mark I C Chen
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Emerg Infect Dis 16:1554-61. 2010
  5. ncbi Influenza disease burden in adults by subtypes following the initial epidemic of pandemic H1N1 in Singapore
    Mar K Win
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:e563-7. 2011
  6. ncbi Understanding the super-spreading events of SARS in Singapore
    Mark I C Chen
    Communicable Diseases Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:390-4. 2006
  7. ncbi Accuracy and user-acceptability of HIV self-testing using an oral fluid-based HIV rapid test
    Oon Tek Ng
    Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    PLoS ONE 7:e45168. 2012
  8. ncbi Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data
    Arul Earnest
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    BMC Health Serv Res 6:6. 2006
  9. ncbi Clinical and laboratory findings of SARS in Singapore
    Hoe Nam Leong
    Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:332-9. 2006
  10. ncbi SARS in Singapore--predictors of disease severity
    Hoe Nam Leong
    Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:326-31. 2006

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Modelling the utility of body temperature readings from primary care consults for SARS surveillance in an army medical centre
    Mark I C Chen
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:236-41. 2006
    ..We model the detection limits of a potential system based on primary care consults for the detection of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)...
  2. ncbi 2009 influenza A(H1N1) seroconversion rates and risk factors among distinct adult cohorts in Singapore
    Mark I C Chen
    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433
    JAMA 303:1383-91. 2010
    ..Singapore experienced a single epidemic wave of 2009 influenza A(H1N1) with epidemic activity starting in late June 2009 and peaking in early August before subsiding within a month...
  3. ncbi Clinical and epidemiological predictors of transmission in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
    Mark I C Chen
    Clinical Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore
    BMC Infect Dis 6:151. 2006
    ..Only a minority of probable SARS cases caused transmission. We assess if any epidemiological or clinical factors in SARS index patients were associated with increased probability of transmission...
  4. ncbi Risk factors for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus seroconversion among hospital staff, Singapore
    Mark I C Chen
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Emerg Infect Dis 16:1554-61. 2010
    ..5, 95% CI 0.9-6.6) and larger household size (aOR 1.2, 95% CI 1.0-1.4) were of borderline significance. Our study suggests that seroconversion was associated with occupational and nonoccupational risk factors...
  5. ncbi Influenza disease burden in adults by subtypes following the initial epidemic of pandemic H1N1 in Singapore
    Mar K Win
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:e563-7. 2011
    ..As at the end of the third epidemic wave in Singapore, pH1N1 cases in hospital attendances were still markedly younger than cases of H3N2 or influenza B, with little evidence for any changes in severity...
  6. ncbi Understanding the super-spreading events of SARS in Singapore
    Mark I C Chen
    Communicable Diseases Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:390-4. 2006
    ..Clinical and environmental features surrounding the index cases involved were compared with cases in non- SSEs...
  7. ncbi Accuracy and user-acceptability of HIV self-testing using an oral fluid-based HIV rapid test
    Oon Tek Ng
    Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    PLoS ONE 7:e45168. 2012
    ..We assessed the accuracy of self-testing by untrained participants compared to healthcare worker (HCW) testing, participants' ability to interpret sample results and user-acceptability of self-tests in Singapore...
  8. ncbi Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data
    Arul Earnest
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
    BMC Health Serv Res 6:6. 2006
    ..We investigated if day and time of admission is associated with LOS in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), a 1,400 bed acute care tertiary hospital serving the central and northern regions of Singapore...
  9. ncbi Clinical and laboratory findings of SARS in Singapore
    Hoe Nam Leong
    Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:332-9. 2006
    ..Singapore was one of 29 countries worldwide affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003...
  10. ncbi SARS in Singapore--predictors of disease severity
    Hoe Nam Leong
    Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:326-31. 2006
    ..In Singapore, there were 238 cases of SARS with 33 deaths. A retrospective analysis was performed to identify predictors of poor outcome in patients with SARS locally...