Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006

During 2003–2006, diphtheria rates in Hyderabad, India, were higher among persons 5–19 years of age, women, and Muslims than among other groups. Vaccine was efficacious among those who received >4 doses. The proportion of the population receiving boosters was low, especially among Muslims. We rec...

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Autores principales: Bitragunta, Sailaja, Murhekar, Manoj V., Hutin, Yvan J., Penumur, Padmanabha P., Gupte, Mohan D.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18598644
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.071167
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author Bitragunta, Sailaja
Murhekar, Manoj V.
Hutin, Yvan J.
Penumur, Padmanabha P.
Gupte, Mohan D.
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description During 2003–2006, diphtheria rates in Hyderabad, India, were higher among persons 5–19 years of age, women, and Muslims than among other groups. Vaccine was efficacious among those who received >4 doses. The proportion of the population receiving boosters was low, especially among Muslims. We recommend increasing booster dose coverage.
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spelling pubmed-26003212009-01-13 Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006 Bitragunta, Sailaja Murhekar, Manoj V. Hutin, Yvan J. Penumur, Padmanabha P. Gupte, Mohan D. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During 2003–2006, diphtheria rates in Hyderabad, India, were higher among persons 5–19 years of age, women, and Muslims than among other groups. Vaccine was efficacious among those who received >4 doses. The proportion of the population receiving boosters was low, especially among Muslims. We recommend increasing booster dose coverage. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2600321/ /pubmed/18598644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.071167 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Bitragunta, Sailaja
Murhekar, Manoj V.
Hutin, Yvan J.
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Gupte, Mohan D.
Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006
title Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006
title_full Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006
title_fullStr Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006
title_full_unstemmed Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006
title_short Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003–2006
title_sort persistence of diphtheria, hyderabad, india, 2003–2006
topic Dispatch
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