Open AccessDiphtheria’s European come back
Author(s) -
Michel Rey,
O. Patey,
F. Vincent-Ballereau
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.01.02.00132-en
Subject(s) - diphtheria , european region , virology , medicine , pediatrics , political science , geography , vaccination , regional science
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