Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Diphtheria

The disease

What is diphtheria? Fact Sheet No. 89. Revised December 2000.[WHO]

Diphtheria [CDC-NCID-DBMD]

Facts about diphtheria for adults [NCAI]

Epidemiology

DIPNET: The European Diphtheria Surveillance Network. Eurosurveillance Weekly; Vol. 7, Issue 17. 24 April 2003.

Eighth International Meeting of the European Laboratory Working Group on Diphtheria and the Diphtheria Surveillance network - June 2004: Progress is needed to sustain control of diphtheria in European Region

Other links

Vaccine-preventable disease photos [Diphtheria] [IAC]

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