BACKGROUND Diphtheria is an infection of the upper respiratory tract characterized by the production of an extracellular toxin. Individuals with incomplete immunization or low levels...
Juma H, Worku DT, Evboumwan PE, Katuala Y, Mbuyi Y, et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Diphtheria is a vaccine preventable disease caused by toxicogenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Since declaration of an outbreak in Nigeria in December 2022,...
Jacquinet S, Martini H, Mangion JP, Neusy S, Detollenaere A, et al.
2023-11-01 • Eurosurveillance
2023-11-01 • Eurosurveillance
Since 2022, European countries have been facing an outbreak of mainly cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae among asylum seekers. In Belgium, between 1 Mar...
Mangion JP, Mancini S, Bachy C, de Weggheleire A, Zamatto F
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
A rising number of diphtheria cases were recorded in Europe in 2022, including in Belgium, within the newly arriving young migrant population. In October 2022, Médecins Sans Frontières (...
Polonsky JA, Ivey M, Mazhar KA, Rahman Z, le Polain de Waroux O, et al.
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria...
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees arrived in Bangladesh within weeks in fall 2017, quickly forming large settlements without any basic support. Humanitarian first responders pro...
Eisenberg N, Panunzi I, Wolz A, Burzio C, Cilliers A, et al.
2021-10-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2021-10-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Diphtheria has re-emerged over the past several years. There is a paucity of data on the administration and safety of diphtheria antitoxin (DAT), the standard treatment fo...
Truelove SA, Keegan LT, Moss WJ, Chaisson LH, Macher E, et al.
2019-08-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2019-08-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Diphtheria, once a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, all but disappeared following introduction of diphtheria vaccine. Recent outbreaks highlight the risk ...
Pereboom M, White K, Van Leeuwen C, Siddiqui R, Guzek J, et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
OBJECTIVES
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES a) To describe the vaccine coverage (penta / dT) in children aged 6 months to 14 years for diphtheria in the Rohingya Settlement Camps;
