Projecting long-term excess risks of major infectious diseases associated with future extreme weather events in Thailand

Esther Li Wen Choo; Pei Ma; Jo Yi Chow; Steve Hung-Lam Yim; Oliver Brady; Borame Lee Dickens; Jue Tao Lim

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013896

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Projecting long-term excess risks of major infectious diseases associated with future extreme weather events in Thailand

Esther Li Wen Choo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore,

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3165-8895

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Pei Ma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Jo Yi Chow,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore,
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Steve Hung-Lam Yim,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore,, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Health, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Oliver Brady,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Borame Lee Dickens,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Jue Tao Lim

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: juetao.lim@ntu.edu.sg

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore,

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2245-0331

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Projecting long-term excess risks of major infectious diseases associated with future extreme weather events in Thailand

Esther Li Wen Choo,
Pei Ma,
Jo Yi Chow,
Steve Hung-Lam Yim,
Oliver Brady,
Borame Lee Dickens,
Jue Tao Lim

Published: January 5, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013896

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