Epidemiology of Diphtheria in Yemen, 2017-2018: Surveillance Data Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As a consequence of war and the collapse of the health system in Yemen, which prevented many people from accessing health facilities to obtain primary health care, vaccination coverage was affected, leading to a deadly diphtheria epidemic at the end of 2017.

Objective

This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of diphtheria in Yemen and determine its incidence and case fatality rate.

Methods

Data were obtained from the diphtheria surveillance program 2017-2018, using case definitions of the World Health Organization. A probable case was defined as a case involving a person having laryngitis, pharyngitis, or tonsillitis and an adherent membrane of the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nose. A confirmed case was defined as a probable case that was laboratory confir

SUBMITTER: Moghalles SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209531 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature