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Mohammad Sham, Noraishah and Krishnarajah, Isthrinayagy and Ibrahim, Noor Akma and Lye, Munn Sann
(2014)
Temporal and spatial mapping of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Geospatial Health, 8 (2).
pp. 503-507.
ISSN 1827-1987; ESSN: 1970-7096
Abstract
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is endemic in Sarawak, Malaysia. In this study, a geographical information system (GIS) was used to investigate the relationship between the reported HFMD cases and the spatial patterns in 11 districts of Sarawak from 2006 to 2012. Within this 7-years period, the highest number of reported HFMD cases occurred in 2006, followed by 2012, 2008, 2009, 2007, 2010 and 2011, in descending order. However, while there was no significant distribution pattern or clustering in the first part of the study period (2006 to 2011) based on Moran’s I statistic, spatial autocorrelation (P = 0.068) was observed in 2012.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Faculty of Science Institute for Mathematical Research |
DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.39 |
Publisher: | PAGEPress |
Keywords: | Hand; Foot and mouth disease; Geographical information systems; Spatial autocorrelation; Malaysia |
Depositing User: | Nurul Ainie Mokhtar |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2016 02:37 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2019 03:19 |
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URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35612 |
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