Diphtheria outbreak with high mortality in northeastern Nigeria

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 797-802

  Besa, N C ^a   Coldiron, M E ^a   Bakri, A ^b   Raji, A ^b   Nsuami, M J ^c   Rousseau, C ^b   Hurtado, N ^b   Porten, K ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; Diphtheria; Vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOUSEHOLD; IMMUNIZATION; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900548440     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001696     Document Type: Article

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