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A five-year retrospective study on the epidemiology of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sabah, Malaysia.
Scientific reports - 8 Sept 2021
Fong Siat Yee, Mori Daisuke, Rundi Christina, Yap Jun Fai, Jikal Muhammad, Latip A L Liza Binti Abd, Johnny Victor, Ahmed Kamruddin
Abstract excerpt
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is endemic in Malaysia, with the number of cases increasing. Sabah has experienced several HFMD outbreaks, but information on the epidemiology and molecular characteristics of responsible viruses is scarce. In this study, data of 17,574 reports of HFMD cases in Sabah from 2015 to 2019 were extracted from a public health disease surveillance system and analyzed. Twenty-one swab...
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