Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance: the case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India

BACKGROUND: Epidemic diphtheria is still poorly understood and continues to challenge both developing and developed countries. In the backdrop of poor immunization coverage, non-existent adult boosters, weak case based surveillance and persistence of multiple foci, there is a heightened risk of re-e...

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Autores principales: Phalkey, Revati K, Bhosale, Rajesh V, Joshi, Abhijeet P, Wakchoure, Sushil S, Tambe, Muralidhar P, Awate, Pradip, Marx, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3648462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23566309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-317

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3648462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23566309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-317

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