Seroepidemiology and Carriage of Diphtheria in Epidemic-Prone Area and Implications for Vaccination Policy, Vietnam

Seroepidemiology and Carriage of Diphtheria in Epidemic-Prone Area and Implications for Vaccination Policy, Vietnam

In 2019, a community-based, cross-sectional carriage survey and a seroprevalence survey of 1,216 persons 1–55 years of age were conducted in rural Vietnam to investigate the mechanism of diphtheria outbreaks. Seroprevalence was further compared with that of an urban area that had no cases reported...

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Main Authors: Noriko Kitamura, Thanh T. Hoan, Hung M. Do, The A. Dao, Lien T. Le, Thao T.T. Le, Thuy T.T. Doan, Thuong N. Chau, Hoi T. Dinh, Masaaki Iwaki, Mitsutoshi Senoh, Androulla Efstraciou, Nen M. Ho, Duc M. Pham, Duc-Anh Dang, Michiko Toizumi, Paul Fine, Hung T. Do, Lay-Myint Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
diphtheria
seroepidemiology
carriage
Corynebacterium species
bacteria
epidemic-prone area
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/1/22-0975_article

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