Epidemiology of dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever in Malaysia--a retrospective epidemiological study 1973-1987. Part I: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), though endemic in the sixties, emerged as a major public health problem in Malaysia from 1973 onwards. The incidence rate of DHF which was 10.1 per 100,000 in 1973 has fallen down to 1.9 per 100,000 in 1987 with a mean case fatality rate of 6.4 per 100 persons. The Ch...

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Main Authors: Shekhar, K.C., Huat, O.L.
Format: Article
Published: SAGE Publications 1992
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/1409/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1308765
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Institution: Universiti Malaya