Response to a suspected case of diphtheria in Dordrecht, the Netherlands

J. E. van Steenbergen; A Leentvaar-Kuijpers; J H C T van den Kerkhof

doi:10.2807/esm.01.02.00131-en

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Response to a suspected case of diphtheria in Dordrecht, the Netherlands
J. E. van Steenbergen¹ , A Leentvaar-Kuijpers¹ , J H C T van den Kerkhof²
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Affiliations: ¹ National Co-ordinating Centre for Outbreak Management (LCI), Rijswijk, the Netherlands ² District Public Health Service (GGD), Dordrecht, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: van Steenbergen J. E., Leentvaar-Kuijpers A, van den Kerkhof J H C T. Response to a suspected case of diphtheria in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(2):pii=131. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.02.00131-en

Abstract

About 50 of the refugees in Dordrecht are from the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former USSR, where diphtheria is rife. Cases have arisen in western Europe through contact with cases from the NIS. No NIS-related cases of diphtheria have been seen