| 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 |
| human enterovirus 71 disease in sarawak, malaysia: a prospective clinical, virological, and molecular epidemiological study. | human enterovirus (hev)-71 causes large outbreaks of hand-foot-and-mouth disease with central nervous system (cns) complications, but the role of hev-71 genogroups or dual infection with other viruses in causing severe disease is unclear. | 2007 | 17278054 |
| identification and validation of clinical predictors for the risk of neurological involvement in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease in sarawak. | human enterovirus 71 (hev71) can cause hand, foot, and mouth disease (hfmd) with neurological complications, which may rapidly progress to fulminant cardiorespiratory failure, and death. early recognition of children at risk is the key to reduce acute mortality and morbidity. | 2009 | 19152683 |
| 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 |