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Jen Kok

Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research

Western Sydney Local Health District - Centre for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology-Public Health

Sydney

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

6

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877

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (6)

1.

Diagnostic and Phylogenetic Perspectives of the 2023 Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Outbreak in Australia

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Feb 2024
The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Royal Darwin Hospital, University of Melbourne - Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, The University of Sydney, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, Royal Darwin Hospital, The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, University of Melbourne - Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre - PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre - PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, The Austin Hospital - Department of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Health - Public and Environmental Health, Forensic and Scientific Services, NT Health - Centre for Disease Control, Public Health Division, Queensland Health - Public and Environmental Health, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health - Public and Environmental Health, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health - Public and Environmental Health, Forensic and Scientific Services, Australian Government - Department of Health, AgriBio - Centre for AgriBioscience - Agriculture Victoria, Victorian Department of Health - Communicable Diseases Section, The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The Austin Hospital - Department of Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology, SA Pathology, Queensland Health - Public and Environmental Health, Forensic and Scientific Services, University of Melbourne - Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, Royal Darwin Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre - PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Charles Darwin University - Menzies School of Health Research and Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
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Murray Valley encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis virus, flavivirus, encephalitis, One Health, climate change, zoonosis, pathogen genomics

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Seroprevalence of Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Other Flavivirus-Specific Antibodies Among Blood Donors in Australia Following a Novel Epidemic Spread of Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Jun 2025
Children’s Hospital at Westmead - The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Macquarie University, The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Australian Red Cross, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Australian Red Cross, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Charles Darwin University - Menzies School of Health Research, The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, Australian Red Cross and Children’s Hospital at Westmead - The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
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Japanese encephalitis virus, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis virus, Murray Valley encephalitis, Kunjin virus, West Nile virus, serosurvey, blood donor, zoonosis, arbovirus, epidemiology

3.

Clinical Features of Mpox in Fully Vaccinated People: An Outbreak Investigation and Retrospective Cohort Study

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Mar 2025
Health Protection NSW, Health Protection NSW, Western Sydney Public Health Unit, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District - Department of Sexual Health Medicine Community Health, Health Protection NSW, Health Protection NSW, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Health Protection NSW, The University of Sydney - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Sydney Local Health District - Public Health Unit, The University of Sydney - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, The University of Sydney - Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, Sydney Local Health District - Public Health Unit, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District - Public Health Unit, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, The University of Sydney - NSW Health Pathology and Health Protection NSW
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mpox, monkeypox, vaccine, outbreaks

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Investigating Hepatitis E Resurgence in Australia Using Whole Genome Sequencing

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 May 2025
University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, NSW Ministry of Health, Queensland Health, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre - PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Government of Queensland, SA Pathology, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre - PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, University of Melbourne - Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, University of Melbourne - Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and University of Melbourne - Royal Melbourne Hospital
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HEV, hepatitis E virus, acute hepatitis, liver disease, zoonotic infection, whole genome sequencing, next-generation sequencing, genotyping, outbreaks, phylogenetic analyses, foodborne infection, functional genomics

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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Genotype to Phenotype Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Over the First Four Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Jun 2024
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, University of Newcastle - Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, The University of Sydney - Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, Government of New South Wales - Serology and Virology Division (SAViD), Government of New South Wales - Serology and Virology Division (SAViD), CSL Behring AG - Department of Bioanalytical Sciences, CSL Behring AG - Department of Bioanalytical Sciences, CSL Behring AG, CSL Behring AG, CSL Behring AG, CSL Behring AG, Government of New South Wales - Virology Research Laboratory, CSL Behring AG - Department of Bioanalytical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, University of Newcastle (Australia) - Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease Group, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, St. Vincent's Hospital - Molecular Diagnostic Medicine Laboratory, Histopath Diagnostic Specialists, Government of New South Wales - Virology Research Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet - Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute, The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health, NSW Health, Australian Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, University of New South Wales (UNSW), The University of Sydney - School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Kirby Institute
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SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, neutralisation, population immunity

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Targeted Metagenomics Reveals High Diversity and Rising Macrolide Resistance in Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Australia

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Aug 2025 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2025
The University of Sydney - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Western Sydney Local Health District - Centre for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology-Public Health, The University of Sydney - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Oxford, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Independent, Independent, SA Pathology, ACT Health - ACT Pathology, Monash Health, University of Melbourne - Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre - PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Royal Hobart Hospital, Independent, Independent, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, The University of Sydney - Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital - Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research and The University of Sydney - Westmead Hospital
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae, macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae, Genomic epidemiology, targeted metagenomics