Vaccination gaps and resurgence of diphtheria in Nigeria: An outbreak simmering for a catastrophe

New Microbes New Infect. 2023 Oct 10:55:101187. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101187. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Afsheen Raza¹, Juan J Montenegro-Idrogo^{2

3}, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales^{2

4

5}, Shafiul Haque^{6

4

7}

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, 59911, United Arab Emirates.
² Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.
³ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Service, Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, 15072, Peru.
⁴ Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, 11022801, Lebanon.
⁵ Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas-Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, 660003, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁶ Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Centre of Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, 13306, United Arab Emirates.

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