Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India

We report a diphtheria outbreak mostly among children (median 12 years; range 4–26 years) of a religious minority in urban India. Case-fatality rate (15%, 19/124) was higher among unimmunized patients (relative risk 4.1, 95% CI 1.5–11.7). We recommend mandating and integrating immunization into scho...

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Autores principales: Maramraj, Kiran Kumar, Latha, M.L. Kavitha, Reddy, Rukma, Sodha, Samir V., Kaur, Suneet, Dikid, Tanzin, Reddy, Sukrutha, Jain, S.K., Singh, Sujeet Kumar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622492
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.203205
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author Maramraj, Kiran Kumar
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Sodha, Samir V.
Kaur, Suneet
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Reddy, Sukrutha
Jain, S.K.
Singh, Sujeet Kumar
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description We report a diphtheria outbreak mostly among children (median 12 years; range 4–26 years) of a religious minority in urban India. Case-fatality rate (15%, 19/124) was higher among unimmunized patients (relative risk 4.1, 95% CI 1.5–11.7). We recommend mandating and integrating immunization into school health programs to prevent reemergence.
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spelling pubmed-79206612021-03-04 Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India Maramraj, Kiran Kumar Latha, M.L. Kavitha Reddy, Rukma Sodha, Samir V. Kaur, Suneet Dikid, Tanzin Reddy, Sukrutha Jain, S.K. Singh, Sujeet Kumar Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a diphtheria outbreak mostly among children (median 12 years; range 4–26 years) of a religious minority in urban India. Case-fatality rate (15%, 19/124) was higher among unimmunized patients (relative risk 4.1, 95% CI 1.5–11.7). We recommend mandating and integrating immunization into school health programs to prevent reemergence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7920661/ /pubmed/33622492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.203205 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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Maramraj, Kiran Kumar
Latha, M.L. Kavitha
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Sodha, Samir V.
Kaur, Suneet
Dikid, Tanzin
Reddy, Sukrutha
Jain, S.K.
Singh, Sujeet Kumar
Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India
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title_full Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India
title_fullStr Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India
title_full_unstemmed Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India
title_short Addressing Reemergence of Diphtheria among Adolescents through Program Integration in India
title_sort addressing reemergence of diphtheria among adolescents through program integration in india
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.203205
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