Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: Reemergence of a pandemic disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 539-550

  Vitek, Charles R ^a   Wharton, Melinda ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; USSR; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031759512     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980404     Document Type: Review

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