Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Northern Plains Indian Community, August-October 1996

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 506-510

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ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH DAKOTA;

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