National Centre for Infectious Diseases
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The National Centre for Infectious Diseases is Singapore’s national specialty center dedicated to the management, prevention, and research of infectious diseases and outbreak response.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9820796 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Centre for Infectious Diseases Context triple: [Tan Tock Seng Hospital, adjacentTo, National Centre for Infectious Diseases]
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A.
Centre for Infectious Disease Control
The Centre for Infectious Disease Control is a specialized division of Norway’s public health authority responsible for surveillance, prevention, and management of infectious diseases.
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B.
Centre for Emergency Infectious Diseases
The Centre for Emergency Infectious Diseases is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that focuses on preparedness, surveillance, and response to serious infectious disease threats and outbreaks.
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C.
Centre for Outbreak Investigation
The Centre for Outbreak Investigation is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that detects, analyzes, and helps control infectious disease outbreaks.
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D.
Centre for Health Surveillance
The Centre for Health Surveillance is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that monitors population health trends, diseases, and risk factors to support evidence-based public health decisions.
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E.
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology
The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology is a major Canadian research center focused on the study of viruses, viral diseases, and the development of antiviral therapies and vaccines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Centre for Infectious Diseases Target entity description: The National Centre for Infectious Diseases is Singapore’s national specialty center dedicated to the management, prevention, and research of infectious diseases and outbreak response.
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A.
Centre for Infectious Disease Control
The Centre for Infectious Disease Control is a specialized division of Norway’s public health authority responsible for surveillance, prevention, and management of infectious diseases.
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B.
Centre for Emergency Infectious Diseases
The Centre for Emergency Infectious Diseases is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that focuses on preparedness, surveillance, and response to serious infectious disease threats and outbreaks.
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C.
Centre for Outbreak Investigation
The Centre for Outbreak Investigation is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that detects, analyzes, and helps control infectious disease outbreaks.
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D.
Centre for Health Surveillance
The Centre for Health Surveillance is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that monitors population health trends, diseases, and risk factors to support evidence-based public health decisions.
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E.
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology
The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology is a major Canadian research center focused on the study of viruses, viral diseases, and the development of antiviral therapies and vaccines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infectious disease centre
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medical facility ⓘ national specialty centre ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NCID ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Tan Tock Seng Hospital ⓘ |
| city | Singapore ⓘ |
| constructionCost | approximately S$800 million ⓘ |
| coordinates | 1.321°N 103.846°E ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| designedFor |
management of emerging infectious diseases
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pandemic preparedness ⓘ |
| function |
infectious disease research
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management of infectious diseases ⓘ outbreak response ⓘ prevention of infectious diseases ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ministry of Health Singapore ⓘ |
| hasAddress | 16 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
high-level isolation unit
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inpatient wards ⓘ intensive care unit ⓘ laboratories ⓘ outpatient clinics ⓘ research facilities ⓘ screening centre ⓘ training facilities ⓘ |
| hasHelipad | yes ⓘ |
| hasIsolationRooms | negative-pressure rooms ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfBeds | 330 ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
antimicrobial resistance
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emerging infectious diseases ⓘ infection prevention and control ⓘ vaccine-preventable diseases ⓘ |
| hasTrainingRole |
simulation-based outbreak training
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training of healthcare professionals in infectious diseases ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
HealthCity Novena
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Novena ⓘ |
| location | Singapore ⓘ |
| opened | 2019 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ministry of Health Singapore ⓘ |
| playedMajorRoleIn |
COVID-19 pandemic response in Singapore
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SARS preparedness and response framework (post-SARS era infrastructure) ⓘ |
| replaced |
Communicable Disease Centre
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linked to:
National Centre for Infectious Diseases
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| role |
national outbreak response centre
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linked to:
National Centre for Infectious Diseases
national referral centre for infectious diseases in Singapore ⓘ
linked to:
National Centre for Infectious Diseases
|
| specialty |
epidemiology
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infectious diseases ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ncid.sg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Centre for Infectious Diseases Description of subject: The National Centre for Infectious Diseases is Singapore’s national specialty center dedicated to the management, prevention, and research of infectious diseases and outbreak response.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Centre for Infectious Diseases
National Centre for Infectious Diseases
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role
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national referral centre for infectious diseases in Singapore
ⓘ
linked to: National Centre for Infectious Diseases
linked to: National Centre for Infectious Diseases
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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associatedWith
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National Centre for Infectious Diseases
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subject linked to:
Department of Infectious Diseases
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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collaboratesWith
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National Centre for Infectious Diseases
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subject linked to:
Department of Infectious Diseases