Mathematical modelling on the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak

Since 1997, every three years Sarawak had been experiencing outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). the outbreak of HFMD in year 2006 resulted in 13 deaths with 41,423 cases reported. It also resulted in closing of all nurseries, kindergartens and primary one to primary three classes for ab...

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Main Author:	Chuo, Felix Sing Tiing.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	QA Mathematics
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1710/1/Felix%20Chuo%20Sing%20Tiing%20ft.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.17102023-05-10T02:29:16Z Mathematical modelling on the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak 2008 Chuo, Felix Sing Tiing. QA Mathematics Since 1997, every three years Sarawak had been experiencing outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). the outbreak of HFMD in year 2006 resulted in 13 deaths with 41,423 cases reported. It also resulted in closing of all nurseries, kindergartens and primary one to primary three classes for about two weeks. Each outbreak of HFMD caused fear and anxiety in the community. The next outbreak is predicted to be in year 2009. Mathematical models have been widely used to predict and understand the dynamics of infectious disease. In this project we build a simple mathematical model to predict the spread of HFMD in Sarawak in terms og number of infected individuals per unit of time and the duration of the outbreak. Then using the model we try to determine the critical parameter that can help in curbing the spread of HFMD. We studied the clinical characteristics of HFMD. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology 2008 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1710/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1710/1/Felix%20Chuo%20Sing%20Tiing%20ft.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
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description	Since 1997, every three years Sarawak had been experiencing outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). the outbreak of HFMD in year 2006 resulted in 13 deaths with 41,423 cases reported. It also resulted in closing of all nurseries, kindergartens and primary one to primary three classes for about two weeks. Each outbreak of HFMD caused fear and anxiety in the community. The next outbreak is predicted to be in year 2009. Mathematical models have been widely used to predict and understand the dynamics of infectious disease. In this project we build a simple mathematical model to predict the spread of HFMD in Sarawak in terms og number of infected individuals per unit of time and the duration of the outbreak. Then using the model we try to determine the critical parameter that can help in curbing the spread of HFMD. We studied the clinical characteristics of HFMD.
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author	Chuo, Felix Sing Tiing.
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title	Mathematical modelling on the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak
title_short	Mathematical modelling on the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak
title_full	Mathematical modelling on the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak
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Mathematical modelling on the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak

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