Diphtheria’s European come back

M Rey; O Patey; F Vincent-Ballereau

doi:10.2807/esm.01.02.00132-en

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Diphtheria’s European come back
M Rey¹ , O Patey² , F Vincent-Ballereau³
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Affiliations: ¹ French league for the prevention of infectious diseases, Paris, France ² Villeneuve Saint-Georges Hospital , France ³ School of pharmacy, Nantes, France

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Citation style for this article: Rey M, Patey O, Vincent-Ballereau F. Diphtheria’s European come back. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(2):pii=132. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.02.00132-en

Abstract

Since children have been vaccinated routinely, diphtheria has been eliminated in most European states and the recent occurrence of a large epidemic in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former USSR was unexpected. The resurgence of diphtheria in th