Review on epidemiology and clinical characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak

Abstract

A major outbreak of HFMD virus reported in Sarawak, Malaysia involving 29 fatal cases. This this study explore, epidemiology and clinical characteristics of HFMD in Sarawak which aims to study the trend of HFMD outbreak in Sarawak as well to create awareness
among the community on the severity of HFMD. A search strategy was employed to obtain relates study. Only two studies fit the inclusion criteria that focused on the HFMD outbreak in Sarawak where the recruited patients were children <6 years old. Those studies explain clinical symptoms and duration of HFMD were due to rapid onset and progression of the brain-stem encephalitis. Apart from that, abnormal coagulation profile and gastrointestinal profile may contribute to the disease progression.