Microbiology and epidemiology of diphtheria

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-42

  Efstratiou, A ^a   George, R C ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; Diphtheria epidemics; Laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACTERIOLOGY; BANGLADESH; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL; TROPICS; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030025293     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199601000-00004     Document Type: Review

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