Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria subsequently began in this population. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Data were collected during mass vaccination campaigns (...

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Autores principales: Polonsky, Jonathan A., Ivey, Melissa, Mazhar, Md. Khadimul Anam, Rahman, Ziaur, le Polain de Waroux, Olivier, Karo, Basel, Jalava, Katri, Vong, Sirenda, Baidjoe, Amrish, Diaz, Janet, Finger, Flavio, Habib, Zakir H., Halder, Charls Erik, Haskew, Christopher, Kaiser, Laurent, Khan, Ali S., Sangal, Lucky, Shirin, Tahmina, Zaki, Quazi Ahmed, Salam, Md. Abdus, White, Kate
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33793554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003587

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33793554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003587

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