| sentinel surveillance for human enterovirus 71 in sarawak, malaysia: lessons from the first 7 years. | 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. | 2006 | 16827926 |
| detection and characterization of viruses causing hand, foot and mouth disease from children in seri kembangan, malaysia. | hand, foot and mouth disease (hfmd) is a common viral infection among infants and children. the major causative agents of hfmd are enterovirus 71 (ev71) and coxsackievirus a16 (cva16). recently, coxsackievirus a6 (cva6) infections were reported in neighboring countries. infected infants and children may present with fever, mouth/throat ulcers, rashes and vesicles on hands and feet. moreover, ev71 infections might cause fatal neurological complications. since 1997, ev71 caused fatalities in saraw ... | 2014 | 25776590 |
| hand foot and mouth disease due to enterovirus 71 in malaysia. | hand foot and mouth disease is a febrile sickness complex characterized by cutaneous eruption (exanthem) on the palms and soles with simultaneous occurrence of muco-cutanous vesiculo-ulcerative lesions (enanthem) affecting the mouth. the illness is caused by a number of enteroviruses with coxsackievirus a16 and enterovirus 71 as the main causative agents. human enterovirus 71 (ev71) belongs to the species human enterovirus a under the genus enterovirus within the family picornaviridae. ev71 has ... | 2011 | 21847753 |