Divergent evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in India: An update from National Diphtheria Surveillance network.

Divergent evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in India: An update from National Diphtheria Surveillance network.

Diphtheria is caused by a toxigenic bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria which is being an emerging pathogen in India. Since diphtheria morbidity and mortality continues to be high in the country, the present study aimed to study the molecular epidemiology of C. diphtheriae strains from India. A tot...

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Main Authors: Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Dhivya Murugan, Ranjini Ranjan, Vikas Gautam, Prashanth Gupta, Jaichand Johnson, Naresh Chand Sharma, Ankur Mutreja, Pradeep Haldar, Arun Kumar, Pankaj Bhatnagar, Lucky Sangal, Balaji Veeraraghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261435

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