Diphtheria in the postepidemic period, Europe, 2000-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-225

  Wagner, Karen S ^a   White, Joanne M ^a   Lucenko, Irina ^b   Mercer, David ^c   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,d,e   Neal, Shona ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b State Agency Infectology Center of Latvia   (Latvia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UKRAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863393634     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110987     Document Type: Article

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