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

• Main Authors: Yao Sik-King (Author), Yao Sik-Chi (Author), Wee Thian-Yew (Author), Teo Bibiana (Author), Perera David (Author), Yusof Mohd (Author), Yee Siew-Fung (Author), Leong Yee-Wei (Author), Ong Flora (Author), Gias Edna LM (Author), Podin Yuwana (Author), Kiyu Andrew (Author), Arif Mohd (Author), Cardosa Mary (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 fatal...