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Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.

The massive reemergence of diphtheria in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union marked the first large-scale diphtheria epidemic in industrialized countries in 3 decades. Factors contributing to the epidemic included a large population of susceptible adults; decreased childhood immu...

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Autores principales: Vitek, C R, Wharton, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9866730