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Perspectives

Diphtheria in the Former Soviet Union: Reemergence of a Pandemic Disease

Charles R. Vitek and Melinda Wharton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure 1. Reported diphtheria cases in the Soviet Union and the Newly Independent States, 1965–96.
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Figure 2. Diphtheria Incidence—United States and Russian Federation, 1920–1996.
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Figure 3. Reported cases and proportion of cases among children <15 years, Russian Federation. Data provided by the Russian Ministry of Health.
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Figure 4. Diphtheria cases in the Russian Federation, 1992–96. 1994 = 39,582; 1995 = 35,652 (-10%); 1996 = 13,604 (-62%).

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