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Outbreak of Corynebacterium diphtheriae among asylum seekers in Belgium in 2022: operational challenges and lessons learnt

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 March and 31 December 2022, 25 cases of toxigenic C. diphtheriae infection were confirmed among asylum seekers, mostl...

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Autores principales: Jacquinet, Stéphanie, Martini, Helena, Mangion, Jean-Paul, Neusy, Sarah, Detollenaere, Aurélie, Hammami, Naïma, Bruggeman, Lien, Hoorelbeke, Bart, Pierard, Denis, Cornelissen, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10623644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37917029
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.44.2300130