“Diphtheria Outbreaks in Europe: Causes, prevention and importation epidemic cases”

2023-04-19 10:03:00

60 cases of diphtheria in France in 2022 against less than 10 per year in recent years, this is a level that has not been seen since the end of the 1960s.

Same thing in Germany, with 118 cases in 2022, 69 in Austria, 53 in Switzerland… How – and why – is this highly contagious disease, supposed to have been eradicated for decades, increasing so much?

Most “imported” cases

The Pasteur Institute is reassuring, and reports “imported cases” from countries like Afghanisan or Syria. But according to Public Health Franceif “the majority of cases were reported among migrants (28) and travelers (6) from Afghanistan, Syria, Madagascar, from…

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