Motile and non-motile Listeria species adopt distinct genomic and ecological strategies to achieve broad geographic ranges in soil
Goh YX, Hepp S, Cummings K, Wiedmann M, Liao J
(2026) bioRxiv 698536

Risk factors for COVID-19 symptom severity across clinical categories among hospitalised patients in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a prospective cohort study
Johdi NA, Abdullah N, Goh YX, Min JOS, Muhammad Azami NA, Abdul Jalal MI, ...,
Jamal R
(2026) BMJ Open 16(3):e103389

Tapping into the Success of Science on Tap New River Valley: Lessons Learned from Eight Years of a Community-Centered Science Outreach Program
Hagen A, DeNunzio M, Kroehler C, Chen S, Goh YX, Burke KL, ..., Raun P
(2026) J Community Engagem Scholarsh 19(1):10.54656/hpj1dw58

Disentangling the impacts of abiotic and biotic environmental factors and dispersal dynamics on the pangenome fluidity of bacterial pathogens
Goh YX, Hardeep FNU, Zhang H, Liao J
(2025) bioRxiv 645760

Hotspots of bacterial pathogen abundance and exposure risk in soils of the contiguous United States
Matthews E, Goh YX, Hepp S, Liao J, Calder R
(2025) GeoHealth 9(12):e2025GH001459

Colorectal cancer screening using immunochemical fecal occult blood testing (iFOBT) in urban-poor communities in Cheras, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
Abdul Jalal MI, Mohd Azhar AT, Kamaruddin MA, Alias MR, Abd Jalal N, Ismail N, ...,
Goh YX, ..., Abdul Murad NA
(2025) Malays J Med Sci 32(1):154–168

Exploring the interplay of factors in chronic kidney disease: insights from The Malaysian Cohort Study
Abdullah N, Ahmad N, Mohammed Nawi A, Hassan MR, Goh YX, Ismail N, ..., Jamal R
(2025) Kidney Blood Press Res 50(1):210-220

Linking creatinine-to-body weight ratio with diabetes incidence: a multiethnic Malaysian cohort study
Goh YX†, Abdullah N†, Khuzaimi AN, Kamalul Arifin AS, Mhd Yusuf NA, Abd Jalal N, Ismail N, Husin NF, Kamaruddin MA, Jamal R
(2025) J Diabetes 17(1):e70039

Evidence of horizontal gene transfer and environmental selection impacting antibiotic resistance evolution in soil-dwelling Listeria
Goh YX, Anupoju SMB, Nguyen A, Zhang H, Ponder M, Krometis LA, Pruden A, Liao J
(2024) Nat Commun 15(1):10034
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RES-Xre toxin-antitoxin locus knaAT maintains the stability of the virulence plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Goh YX†, Chen Y†, Li P†, Guan J, Chao Y, Qu H, Ou HY, Wang X
(2024) Emerg Microbes & Infect 13(1):2316814

TADB 3.0: an updated database of bacterial toxin-antitoxin loci and associated mobile genetic elements
Guan J, Chen Y, Goh YX, Wang M, Tai C, Deng Z, Song J, Ou HY
(2024) Nucleic Acids Res 52(D1):D784-D790

Development of Digital Health Management Systems in Longitudinal Study: The Malaysian Cohort Experience
Abdullah N†, Husin NF†, Goh YX, Kamaruddin MA, Abdullah MS, Yusri AF, Kamalul Arifin AS, Jamal R
(2024) Digit Health 2024:10

Stability of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurements from whole blood samples kept at -196°C for seven to eight years in The Malaysian Cohort study
Goh YX†, Abdullah N†, Othman R, Ismail N, Jalal N, Wan Sallam WAF, ..., Jamal R
(2023) J Clin Lab Anal 37(8):e24898

Antibiotic-induced degradation of antitoxin enhances the transcription of acetyltransferase-type toxin-antitoxin operon
Li P, Goh YX, Ilic B, Tai C, Deng Z, Chen Z, Djordjevic M, Ou HY
(2023) J Antimicrob Chemother 78(4):1066-1075

Analysis of CRISPR-Cas Loci and their Targets in Levilactobacillus brevis
Goh YX, Wang M, Hou XP, He Y, Ou HY
(2023) Interdiscip Sci 15(3):349-359

Comparative Analysis of Diverse Acetyltransferase-Type Toxin-Antitoxin Loci in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Goh YX†, Li P†, Wang M, Djordjevic M, Tai C, Wang H, Deng Z, Chen Z, Ou HY
(2022) Microbiol Spectr 10(4):e0032022

VRprofile2: detection of antibiotic resistance-associated mobilome in bacterial pathogens
Wang M, Goh YX, Tai C, Wang H, Deng Z, Ou HY
(2022) Nucleic Acids Res 50(W1):W768-W773

Identification of Type II Toxin-Antitoxin Loci in Levilactobacillus brevis
Goh YX, He Y, Ou HY
(2022) Interdiscip Sci 14(1):80-88 

Participants Attrition in a Longitudinal Study: The Malaysian Cohort Study Experience
Abdullah N, Kamaruddin MA, Goh YX, Othman R, Dauni A, Abd Jalal N, Mhd Yusuf NA, A Kamat S, Basri NH, Jamal R
(2021) Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(14):7216