modeling occurrence of dengue cases in malaysia

Modeling Occurrence of Dengue Cases in Malaysia

Dengue fever (DF) is the single most important vector-borne viral disease in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. Globally, estimated 390 million dengue virus infection cases and 100 million incidences of DF occur each year (1). According to the WHO (2), southeast and western Pacific areas carry approximately 75% of global DF infections. This is a serious issue because the severity resulti...

Dengue situation in Malaysia.

Dengue has now emerged as one of the major public health problems in Malaysia. It was first reported in 1901 in Penang and since then the disease has become endemic throughout the country. The first case of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) was reported in 1962. Subsequent to this, a major outbreak of DHF occurred in 1973 when almost the whole nation was involved. In 1974, a plan of action for pr...

Post dengue hair loss: low prevalence in Thai cases

Spatial occurrence of dengue fever and its relationship with land use in Selangor, Malaysia

Background Dengue fever has a profound impact in Malaysia, and globally, it has a strong potential to spread to new territories as a consequence of human activities and climate change that modify the environment. Environmental factors can affect the disease epidemic via their influence on vector’s habitat and propagation. Among the economic costs borne in dealing with this matter related to epi...

A review of dengue research in malaysia.

Dengue infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. To date, much research on dengue infection conducted in Malaysia have been published. One hundred and sixty six articles related to dengue in Malaysia were found from a search through a database dedicated to indexing all original data relevant to medicine published between the years 2000-2013. Ninety articles with clinica...

Relationship between Breteau and House indices and cases of dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The relationship between the Breteau index, the House index, and the occurrence of dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever in the 6 zones of Kuala Lumpur was studied throughout 1994. Cases of dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever varied between zones and between months, ranging from 0 to 21 cases. In most of the zones in Kuala Lumpur, the occurrence of dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever has no relationship with...