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Why do adults contract diphtheria?
Author(s) -
J Tomaszunas-Błaszczyk,
A Gałazka
Publication year - 1997
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.02.08.00127-en
Subject(s) - diphtheria , medicine , pediatrics , virology , vaccination
When diphtheria was a common disease, it most commonly affected children. Typically, at least 40% of diphtheria cases were children under 5 years of age, and some 70% of cases were children under 15 years of age. This classical pattern of diphtheria cases

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