Research article
Sentinel surveillance for human enterovirus 71 in Sarawak, Malaysia: lessons from the first 7 years
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* Corresponding author: Mary J Cardosa janecardosa@yahoo.co.uk
1 Institute of Health & Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Jalan Datuk Musa, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
2 Sarawak Health Department, Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
3 B Teo's Specialist Clinic, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
4 TY Wee Specialist Clinic for Children, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
5 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Jalan Datuk Musa, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:180 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-180
Published: 7 July 2006Additional files
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Genogroup shift during the 2003 outbreak. This data shows how one genogroup of HEV71 replaced another during an HEV71 outbreak. Closed bars represent HEV71 genogroup C1 and hatched bars represent HEV71 genogroup B5. The left Y axis indicates numbers of isolates. The closed circles represent percentage of genogroup B5 viruses isolated and the percentage is indicated on the right Y axis.
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Enteroviruses isolated from different specimen types. This table provides information about all the different enterovirus serotypes isolated from different types of specimens collected from our 2 most active sentinel clinics during the course of this surveillance programme.
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