Fatal Case of Diphtheria and Risk for Reemergence, Singapore

We report a fatal autochthonous diphtheria case in a migrant worker in Singapore. This case highlights the risk for individual cases in undervaccinated subpopulations, despite high vaccination coverage in the general population. Prompt implementation of public health measures and maintaining immuniz...

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Autores principales: Lai, Yingqi, Purnima, Parthasarathy, Ho, Marc, Ang, Michelle, Deepak, Rama N., Chew, Ka Lip, Vasoo, Shawn, Capulong, Dimatatac F., Lee, Vernon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180198
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author Lai, Yingqi
Purnima, Parthasarathy
Ho, Marc
Ang, Michelle
Deepak, Rama N.
Chew, Ka Lip
Vasoo, Shawn
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Lee, Vernon
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description We report a fatal autochthonous diphtheria case in a migrant worker in Singapore. This case highlights the risk for individual cases in undervaccinated subpopulations, despite high vaccination coverage in the general population. Prompt implementation of public health measures and maintaining immunization coverage are critical to prevent reemergence of diphtheria.
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spelling pubmed-61999792018-11-08 Fatal Case of Diphtheria and Risk for Reemergence, Singapore Lai, Yingqi Purnima, Parthasarathy Ho, Marc Ang, Michelle Deepak, Rama N. Chew, Ka Lip Vasoo, Shawn Capulong, Dimatatac F. Lee, Vernon Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a fatal autochthonous diphtheria case in a migrant worker in Singapore. This case highlights the risk for individual cases in undervaccinated subpopulations, despite high vaccination coverage in the general population. Prompt implementation of public health measures and maintaining immunization coverage are critical to prevent reemergence of diphtheria. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6199979/ /pubmed/30334727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180198 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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