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Dengue in Malaysia
The earliest recorded case of dengue fever in Malaysia was described by Skae in 1902. The first major outbreak occurred in 1973 (Shekhar, 1992). Since then dengue has become a major public health problem in the country. The table and graph below show the number of reported dengue cases in Malaysia between 1995 and 2005.
Table 1. Number of reported dengue cases in Malaysia between 1995 and 2005. (Ministry of Health, Malaysia)
|
Year |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
Total |
6543 |
14255 |
19429 |
27381 |
10146 |
7103 |
16386 |
32767 |
31545 |
33895 |
39654 |
References:
- Skae F.M.T. (1902). Dengue fever in Penang. In Lee H.L (No date). Recent advances on dengue vectors research in Malaysia. Vector Journal Vol 3. (http://www.dph.gov.my/vektor/jurnal/volume3/recent.pdf). Retrieved on 18/02/2008.
- Shekhar K.C., Huat O.L. (1992). Epidemiology of dengue/dengue hemorrhagic
fever in Malaysia--a retrospective epidemiological study. 1973-1987.
Part II: Dengue fever (DF). (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1342799?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum).
Retrieved on 18/02/2008.