Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Med J Aust. 2023 Jun 5;218(10):446-448. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51938. Epub 2023 Apr 30.

Authors

Simon Smith¹, James Stewart¹, Joshua Hanson^{1

2}, Julian Harris¹, Fred Jj Chuang^{1

3}, Gavin Quail¹, Bryan Hawarden¹, Roshni Lad¹, Shannon McNee¹, Benjamin McCartney¹, Tonia Marquardt⁴, Ian Wilson¹, Catherine Tacon¹, Bernard Cs Whitfield^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD.
² Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
³ Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD.
⁴ Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, QLD.
⁵ Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD.

PMID: 37121573
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51938

No abstract available

Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine preventable disease.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Australia / epidemiology
Diphtheria*
Humans
Vaccination
Whooping Cough*