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Diphtheria

 MMWR Articles

	CDC. Combination Vaccines for Childhood Immunization, MMWR Vol 48, No RR05;1 05/14/1999 PDF
	CDC. Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae -- Northern Plains Indians MMWR Vol 46, No 22;506 06/06/1997 PDF
	CDC. Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis: Recommendations for Vaccine Use MMWR. Vol 40, No RR10;001 08/08/1991

 Links

	NIP's Manual for the surveillance for vaccine preventable diseases
	Vaccine information for Diphtheria
	Diphtheria Antitoxin (DAT)
	ACIP recommendations

 References

Farizo KM, Strebel PM, Chen RT, Kimbler A, Cleary TJ, Cochi SL. Fatal respiratory disease due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae: case report and review of guidelines for management, investigation, and control. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16: 59-68.

CDC. Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae-Northern Plains Indian Commuity, August-October 1996. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1997; 46: 502-510.

Bisgsard KM, Hardy IRB, Popovic T, Strebel PM, Wharton M, Chen RT, Hadler SC. Respiratory diphtheria in the United States, 1980 through 1995. Am J Public Health 1998; 88: 787-791.

Dittmann S. Epidemic diphtheria in the Newly Independent States of the former USSR-situation and lessons learned. Int Assoc Biol Standard 1997; 25: 179-186.

Popovic T, Kim C, Reiss JA, Reeves MW, Nakao H, Golaz A. Use of molecular subtyping to document long-term persistence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in South Dakota. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37: 1092-99.

Mothersed EA, Cassiday PK, Pierson K, Mayer LW, Popovic T. Development of a real-time flourescent PCR assay for rapid detection of the diphtheria toxin gene. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40: 4713-4719.