Sentinel surveillance for human enterovirus 71 in Sarawak, Malaysia: lessons from the first 7 years
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...
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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 |
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Language: | English |
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Podin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
2006
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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 |
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