Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study

Jonathan A. Polonsky; Paul Spiegel; Melissa Ivey; Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar; Ziaur Rahman; Olivier le Polain de Waroux; Basel Karo; Katri Jalava; Sirenda Vong; Amrish Baidjoe; Janet Diaz; Flavio Finger; Zakir H. Habib; Charls Erik Halder; Christopher Haskew; Laurent Kaiser; Ali S. Khan; Lucky Sangal; Tahmina Shirin; Quazi Ahmed Zaki; Md Abdus Salam; Kate White

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Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study

Jonathan A. Polonsky, Paul Spiegel (Editor), Melissa Ivey, Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Ziaur Rahman, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Basel Karo, Katri Jalava, Sirenda Vong, Amrish Baidjoe, Janet Diaz, Flavio Finger, Zakir H. Habib, Charls Erik Halder, Christopher Haskew, Laurent Kaiser, Ali S. Khan, Lucky Sangal, Tahmina Shirin, Quazi Ahmed ZakiMd Abdus Salam, Kate White

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Polonsky, J. A., Spiegel, P. (Ed.), Ivey, M., Mazhar, M. K. A., Rahman, Z., Waroux, O. L. P. D., Karo, B., Jalava, K., Vong, S., Baidjoe, A., Diaz, J., Finger, F., Habib, Z. H., Halder, C. E., Haskew, C., Kaiser, L., Khan, A. S., Sangal, L., Shirin, T., ... White, K. (2021). Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study. PLoS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003587

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Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study. / Polonsky, Jonathan A.; Spiegel, Paul (Editor); Ivey, Melissa et al.
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