Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Weather Data and Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Cases in Sarawak
This paper investigates the relationship between climate changes and the outbreak of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak. This work is motivated by the statements made by some researchers that there may be a possibility that the outbreak of the HFMD could have a relationship with the weat...
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| Format: | Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8482/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8482/1/Maryanne%20Nicholas.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper investigates the relationship between
climate changes and the outbreak of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease
(HFMD) in Sarawak. This work is motivated by the statements
made by some researchers that there may be a possibility that
the outbreak of the HFMD could have a relationship with the
weather. Two quantitative variables which consist of weather
data and HFMD cases data are crucial for this research. The
weather data comprises of the total amount of rainfall and the
mean surface air temperature for the year 2000 until 2008. The
evaluation of the variables’ relationship is done by using
estimated weather data using spline interpolation during the
outbreak of HFMD in Sarawak from year 2000 until 2008. The
results obtained indicate that there exists correlation between
the climate changes and the outbreak of HFMD cases in
Sarawak. |
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