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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
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description 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 immunization, which compromised what had been a well-established childhood vaccination program; suboptimal socioeconomic conditions; and high population movement. The role of a change in the predominant circulating strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in this epidemic remains uncertain. Massive, well-coordinated international assistance and unprecedented efforts to vaccinate adults were needed to control the epidemic.
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spelling pubmed-26402352009-05-20 Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease. Vitek, C R Wharton, M Emerg Infect Dis Research Article 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 immunization, which compromised what had been a well-established childhood vaccination program; suboptimal socioeconomic conditions; and high population movement. The role of a change in the predominant circulating strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in this epidemic remains uncertain. Massive, well-coordinated international assistance and unprecedented efforts to vaccinate adults were needed to control the epidemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC2640235/ /pubmed/9866730 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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Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
title Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
title_full Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
title_fullStr Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
title_full_unstemmed Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
title_short Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
title_sort diphtheria in the former soviet union: reemergence of a pandemic disease.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9866730
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