Current situation and control strategies for resurgence of diphtheria in newly independent states of the former Soviet Union

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9017, 1996, Pages 1739-1744

  Hardy, Iain R B ^a   Dittmann, Sieghart ^b   Sutter, Roland W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED NATIONS; USSR; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029888095     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90811-9     Document Type: Article

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