Sentinel surveillance for human enterovirus 71 in Sarawak, Malaysia: lessons from the first 7 years

• Main Authors: Yuwana, Podin, Edna, LM Gias, Ong, Flora, Yee-Wei, Leong, Siew- Fung, Yee, Mohd Apandi, Yusof, David, Perera, Teo, Bibiana, Thian-Yew, Wee, Sik-Chi, Yao, Sik-King, Yao, Andrew, Kiyu, Mohd Taha, Arif, Mary Jane, Cardosa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Podin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2006
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13420/1/yuwana.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13420/; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/180

Background: A major outbreak of human enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak in 1997 marked the beginning of a series of outbreaks in the Asia Pacific region. Some of these outbreaks had unusually high numbers of fatalities and this generated much fear and anxiety in th...