The prevention and control of infectious diseases through vaccination and also their
elimination and eradication trend, when possible, remain one of the main health-related …

The risk of transmission and the death rate of vaccinepreventable diseases require constant
review of national immunization programs' efficacy, in order to increase the compliance of …

The diphtheria outbreak in the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh, the outbreak in
Yemen due to war, and the more recent outbreaks in Venezuela and Haiti should raise …

The 3rd World Congress on Vaccines and Immunisation held in Opatija Adriatic Riviera,
Croatia was attended by∼ 250 delegates from 37 countries. The conference covered all …

During the last ten years important achievements have been made throughout the world in
the fight against infectious diseases, particularly those preventable by vaccination. The …

Diphtheria is a paradigmatic example of a toxigenic infectious disease. It was Klebs who first
identified Corynebacterium diphtheriae as the causative agent for diphtheria in 1883. It is an …

This article presents the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations on the use of
diphtheria vaccines excerpted from the Diphtheria vaccines: WHO position paper, August …

Thanks to vaccination, diphtheria has almost disappeared in France. The case definition,
used for mandatory notification, was expanded in 2003 to include toxin-producing strains of …

The last two centuries have seen an extraordinary reduction in the morbidity and mortality
due to infectious diseases as a result of improvements in health and hygiene-related …

Eurosurveillance | ESEN : a comparison of vaccination programmes Part one: diphtheria 1887
Other sites: ECDC European Antibiotic Awareness Day ESCAIDE - Scientific conference …