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Diphtheria in the south of France, March 2011.

Authors :
Rousseau C
Belchior E
Broche B
Badell E
Guiso N
Laharie I
Patey O
Levy-Bruhl D
Source :
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2011 May 12; Vol. 16 (19). Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 May 12.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

In March 2011, a 40 year-old French man was diagnosed with diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Fifty-three close contacts were identified from whom throat samples were analysed. C. diphtheriae was found only in the asymptomatic partner of the index case. The two cases had travelled in Spain during the incubation period of the index case. Investigation around the second case identified 13 new close contacts.None of them was found to be infected.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1560-7917
Volume :
16
Issue :
19
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21596008