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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
BackgroundUnrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Jonathan A Polonsky, Melissa Ivey, Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Ziaur Rahman, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Basel Karo, Katri Jalava, Sirenda Vong, Amrish Baidjoe, Janet Diaz, Flavio Finger, Zakir H Habib, Charls Erik Halder, Christopher Haskew, Laurent Kaiser, Ali S Khan, Lucky Sangal, Tahmina Shirin, Quazi Ahmed Zaki, Md Abdus Salam, Kate White   +20 more
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Pastern dermatitis outbreak associated with toxigenic and non‐toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and non‐toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans at a horse stable in Finland, 2021

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 127-135, March 2024.
Abstract Aims Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans, when producing toxin, are the cause of diphtheria, a potentially life‐threatening illness in humans. Horses (Equus ferus caballus) are known to be susceptible to infection that may manifest clinically on rare occasions.
Thomas Sven Christer Grönthal, Anna Karoliina Lehto, Sanna Sofia Aarnio, Eva Katarina Eskola, Elina Marjaana Aimo‐Koivisto, Teemu Karlsson, Heli Irmeli Koskinen, Alex‐Mikael Barkoff, Qiushui He, Taru Lienemann, Ruska Rimhanen‐Finne, Anna Mykkänen   +11 more
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Zoonotic transmission of diphtheria toxin‐producing Corynebacterium ulcerans

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 157-169, March 2024.
Abstract Background Diphtheria caused by toxin‐producing Corynebacterium ulcerans is a re‐emerging human disease that can cause local and systemic sequelae. In Australia, toxigenic diphtheria is a rare notifiable communicable disease, due to high‐vaccination coverage. The public health management of cutaneous cases of toxigenic C.
Adeline Hillan, Tristan Gibbs, Graham Weaire‐Buchanan, Tracy Brown, Stanley Pang, Suzanne P. McEvoy, Erica Parker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unmasking diphtheria in Nigeria: A multifaceted approach to tackle outbreaks and improve immunization rates among the Nigerian population—An updated correspondence

Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2024.
Abstract Background and aims The World Health Organization has recently declared the frequent outbreaks of diphtheria in Nigeria as a public health concern. Although vaccination efforts have been successful in Nigeria, unfortunately, the recent 2023 outbreak in Nigeria has been nothing short of distressing.
Malik O. Oduoye, Mohammed Dheyaa Marsool Marsool, Muhammad Usman Haider, Dattatreya Mukherjee, Aimen Waqar Khan, Temidayo O. Faloye, Minal Jehan, Abdullahi A. Adegoke, Karim A. Karim, Tirth Dave   +9 more
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The Potential of Single‐Chain Variable Fragment Antibody: Role in Future Therapeutic and Diagnostic Biologics

Journal of Immunology Research, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
The advancement of genetic engineering has revolutionized the field of immunology by allowing the utilization of intrinsic antibody structures. One of the biologics that are being produced by recombinant antibody technology is single‐chain fragments variable (scFv).
Getachew Gezehagn Kussia, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, Rahul Shivahare   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immune status against diphtheria in healthy adults

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Outbreaks of diphtheria continue to occur in Kerala with an age shift to older population. Antibody seroprevalence studies are essential to understand the immune status of the community and to develop an effective immunization strategy.
Jesheera M Kutty, Bijayraj RajanBabu, Sohanlal Thiruvoth   +2 more
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Immunogenicity test of tetanus component in adsorbed vaccines by toxin binding inhibition test

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002
Samples from 20 lots of diphtheria-tetanus (adult use dT) vaccine and from 20 lots of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine were used to standardize and validate the in vitro toxin binding inhibition (ToBI) test for the immunogenicity test of the ...
Denise Cristina Souza Matos, Rugimar Marcovistz, Pedro Hernan Cabello, Ricardo Amaral Georgini, Dirce Sakauchi, Luciana Leite da Silva   +5 more
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Difteria: situação imunitária de uma população infantil urbana de São Paulo, SP, Brasil Diphtheria: immunity in an infant population in the city of S. Paulo, SP, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1980
A verificação do teor de anticorpos antidiftéricos provenientes de 130 crianças de 7 a 10 anos de idade, do município de São Paulo, Brasil, revelou 31, 14 e 5% de indivíduos susceptíveis nas idades de 7, 8 e 9 anos, respectivamente.
Hideyo Iizuka, Joana Akiko Furuta, Edison P. Tavares de Oliveira   +2 more
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Evaluation of INSTAND e.V.’s external proficiency testing program for tetanus and diphtheria antitoxin detection: Lessons for assessing levels of immunoprotection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the development and status quo of the quality of high throughput in vitro diagnostic testing for tetanus and diphtheria antitoxin antibody (ATX) concentrations based on external quality assessment (EQA ...
Nathalie Wojtalewicz, Laura Vierbaum, Ingo Schellenberg, Klaus-Peter Hunfeld   +3 more
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Collaborative study for the calibration of a replacement International Standard for Diphtheria Antitoxin Equine.

Biologicals (Print), 2023
L. Hassall, P. Rigsby, P. Stickings
semanticscholar   +1 more source