Immunisation of adults during an outbreak of diphtheria.

Public health action following an outbreak of toxigenic cutaneous diphtheria in an Auckland refugee resettlement centre.

Global forced displacement has climbed to unprecedented levels due largely to regional conflict. Degraded public health services leave displaced people vulnerable to multiple environmental and infectious hazards including vaccine preventable disease. While diphtheria is rarely notified in New Zealand, a 2 person outbreak of cutaneous diphtheria occurred in refugees from Afghanistan in February ...

Diphtheria outbreak in Thailand, 2012; seroprevalence of diphtheria antibodies among Thai adults and its implications for immunization programs.

An age distribution shift in diphtheria cases during a 2012 outbreak in northeastern of Thailand suggests adults are increasingly at risk for infection in Thailand. Data regarding immunity against diphtheria among the adult Thai population is limited. We review a 2012 diphtheria outbreak in Thailand and conducted a nationwide seroepidemiological survey to determine the prevalence of diphtheria ...

Cross Boundary Morbidity and Mortality: A Situation Analysis of Recent 2012 Diphtheria Outbreak in Thailand

National Health and Medical Research Council recommendations on diphtheria vaccination.

Toxigenic as well as non-toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae remain endemic in parts of Australia 2. The most important lesson to be learnt from recent outbreaks in the former Soviet Union, is that diphtheria recurs when community susceptibility increases and toxigenic organisms recirculate. In Australia many adults will now be susceptible, even if previously immunised, because of ...

The Impact of Conflict on Immunisation Coverage in 16 Countries

Background Military conflict has been an ongoing determinant of inequitable immunisation coverage in many low- and middle-income countries, yet the impact of conflict on the attainment of global health goals has not been fully addressed. This review will describe and analyse the association between conflict, immunisation coverage and vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) outbreaks, along with...