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Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study

PLoS Medicine, 2021
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 subsequently began in this population.
J. Polonsky, M. Ivey, Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Z. Rahman, O. le Polain de Waroux, B. Karo, K. Jalava, S. Vong, A. Baidjoe, Janet Diaz, F. Finger, Z. H. Habib, Charles Erik Halder, C. Haskew, L. Kaiser, Ali S Khan, L. Sangal, T. Shirin, Q. Zaki, A. Salam, Kate White   +20 more
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Describing the burden of diphtheria in Canada from 2006 to 2017, using hospital administrative data and reportable disease data

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: Canada has maintained a low incidence of toxigenic diphtheria since the 1990s, supported by continued commitment to publicly funded vaccination programs.
Dolly Lin, Brigitte Ho Mi Fane, Susan G Squires, Catherine Dickson   +3 more
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The Effect of Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular-Pertussis Immunization During Pregnancy on Infant Antibody Responses: Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Background Immunization with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine in pregnancy is increasingly recommended. We determined the effect of Tdap immunization in pregnancy on infants’ vaccine responses.
B. Abu-Raya, K. Maertens, F. Muñoz, Petra Zimmermann, N. Curtis, S. Halperin, N. Rots, D. Barug, B. Holder, B. Kampmann, E. Leuridan, M. Sadarangani   +11 more
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Diphtheria outbreak in Jakarta and Tangerang, Indonesia: Epidemiological and clinical predictor factors for death

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background In 2017, a diphtheria outbreak occurred in several provinces in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of mortality outcome of pediatric patients with clinical diphtheria. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted
E. Arguni, M. Karyanti, H. I. Satari, S. Hadinegoro   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors of diphtheria outbreak in damt district of Al Dhalea Governorate, 2023 -Yemen: a case-control study. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Background In Yemen, diphtheria has become an important health problem since 2017 when diphtheria re-emergence as a consequence of war and the collapse of the health system.
Shedaiwah S, Alsharabi H, Anam L, Al Amad MA.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF DIPHTHERIA. RECENT APPROACHES FOR THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE [PDF]

Biotechnologia Acta, 2013
Diphtheria is a highly contagious life-threatening disease caused by the toxi genic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheria, which are transformed by a bacteriophage carrying the toxin gene.
D. V. Kolybo, A. A. Labyntsev, S. I. Romaniuk, A. A Kaberniuk, O. M. Oliinyk, N. V. Korotkevich, S. V. Komisarenko   +6 more
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Assay of Diphtheria Vaccine Potency by Intradermal Challenge Test

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2023
Relevance. Modern identifying potency (immunogenicity) of diphtheria toxoid tests are based on determining immunized animals resistance for administration challenge toxin or evaluation of protective antibodies level in serum.
E. I. Komarovskaya, О. V. Perelygyna
doaj   +1 more source

Waning immunity after receipt of Pertussis, Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio-related vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
DTP-containing (pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus) combined with polio vaccines are recommended by WHO as part of routine immunization programs. The decline of immunity after vaccination has been considered as a possible reason for the re-emergence of ...
Huizhi Gao, E. Lau, B. Cowling
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Photodynamic Inactivation Mediated by Endogenous Porphyrins of <i>Corynebacterium diphtheriae</i> in Planktonic and Biofilm Forms. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Alves GB, Calderari MRDCM, Fonseca END, Sant'anna LO, Santos LSD, Mattos-Guaraldi AL.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccines: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2019

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020
Since 2005, a single dose of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine has been recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for adolescents and adults (1,2).
F. Havers, P. Moro, P. Hunter, S. Hariri, H. Bernstein   +4 more
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