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Diphtheria resurgence in India: A case study from south Karnataka

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a gram-positive bacillus with characteristic polar metachromatic granules. It was a significant public health problem, infecting the throat and upper airways and producing a highly potent exotoxin but with the advent of diphtheria vaccine, cases have rapidly decreased....

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Autores principales: Gupta, Akshita, Gujral, Meher, Singh, Ajay, Chawla, Kiran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7842462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33532432
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_480_20