Diphtheria in Urban Slums in North India

Overview

Journal Lancet

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2000 Feb 16

PMID 10675127

Citations 14

Authors

R Lodha

N R Dash

A Kapil

S K Kabra

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Abstract

We recorded a reappearance of cases of microbiologically confirmed diphtheria in a tertiary care hospital in north India. Poor immunisation coverage, population migrations, and overcrowded urban slums may be contributory factors.

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