Diphtheria outbreak among the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: What strategies should be utilized for prevention and control?

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Mar-Apr:34:101591. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101591. Epub 2020 Feb 12.

¹ Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh; Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bangladesh, Savar, Dhaka, 1341, Bangladesh.
² Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Pabna Medical College, Pabna, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Child Health and the Child Health Research Institute, The University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.
⁴ International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh; Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electronic address: mamunphi46@gmail.com.

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Keywords: Bangladesh; Control and prevention; Diphtheria; Outbreak; Rohingya.

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