Specifications table

Subject area	Medicine and Dentistry
More specific subject area	Infectious disease
Type of data	Table
How data was acquired	Data mining from web portals of Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit, National Centre for Biotechnology Information and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data format	Raw
Experimental factors	Cases (number of infected by hand, foot and mouth disease) were arranged into age category, Malaysian states, months and years. Weather properties (temperature, humidity and wind) were arranged into monthly and yearly data. Viruses associated with hand, foot and mouth disease were arranged by serial numbers, serotypes, Malaysian states, months and years.
Experimental features	Reported cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, viral serotypes, weather conditions during outbreaks, published nucleotide sequences, keywords used, authenticity of data source and human error during calculations.
Data source location	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -Weather stations a) Pulau Pinang (Bayan Lepas) – N 05°17′59″, E 100°15′37″ b) Melaka (Jalan Kota Laksamana) – N 02°11′45″, E 102°14′25″ c) Sarawak (Kuching International Airport) – N 01°29′04″, E 110°20′48″ -Web portalshttp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov http://www.data.gov.my https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Data accessibility	All data are available in this article
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