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

BMC public health - 7 Jul 2006

Podin Yuwana, Gias Edna L M, Ong Flora, Leong Yee-Wei, Yee Siew-Fung, Yusof Mohd Apandi, Perera David, Teo Bibiana, Wee Thian-Yew, Yao Sik-Chi, Yao Sik-King, Kiyu Andrew, Arif Mohd Taha, Cardosa Mary Jane

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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 the region. METHODS: We established a sentinel surveillance programme for hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak,...

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PMID: 16827926
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-180
PMCID: PMC1543637

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