https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.39

Temporal and spatial mapping of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak, Malaysia

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014)
Submitted: 10 December 2014
Accepted: 10 December 2014
Published: 1 May 2014
hand, foot and mouth disease, geographical information systems, spatial autocorrelation, Malaysia.
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Noraishah M. Sham
aishahsham@yahoo.com
Laboratory of Computational and Operational Research, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Isthrinayagy Krishnarajah
Laboratory of Computational and Operational Research, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor; Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Noor Akma Ibrahim
Laboratory of Computational and Operational Research, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor; Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Munn-Sann Lye
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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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Sham, N. M., Krishnarajah, I., Akma Ibrahim, N., & Lye, M.-S. (2014). Temporal and spatial mapping of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak, Malaysia. Geospatial Health, 8(2), 503–507. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.39

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