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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2023

Genomic analysis of an outbreak of toxin gene bearing

Rikki M A Graham, Irani U Rathnayake, Sumeet Sandhu, Murari Bhandari, Caroline Taunton, Valmay Fisher, Allison Hempenstall, Tonia Marquardt, Amy V Jennison

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Diphtheria outbreak, Northern Territory of Australia, 2025 to 2026.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rikki M A GrahamPublic Health Microbiology and Queensland Public Health and Infectious Diseases Reference Genomics (Q-PHIRE Genomics), Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4100-9656
Irani U RathnayakePublic Health Microbiology and Queensland Public Health and Infectious Diseases Reference Genomics (Q-PHIRE Genomics), Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Sumeet SandhuPublic Health Microbiology and Queensland Public Health and Infectious Diseases Reference Genomics (Q-PHIRE Genomics), Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Murari BhandariPublic Health Microbiology and Queensland Public Health and Infectious Diseases Reference Genomics (Q-PHIRE Genomics), Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Caroline TauntonPublic Health Unit, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Valmay FisherPublic Health Unit, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Allison HempenstallPublic Health Unit, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Tonia MarquardtTropical Public Health Services (TPHS), Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Amy V JennisonPublic Health Microbiology and Queensland Public Health and Infectious Diseases Reference Genomics (Q-PHIRE Genomics), Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxigenic diphtheria is rare in Australia with generally fewer than 10 cases reported annually; however, since 2020, there has been an increase in toxin gene-bearing isolates of

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Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheriaDisease OutbreaksAustraliaDiphtheria ToxinGenomicsHumansMolecular EpidemiologyPhylogenyPublic HealthQueenslandDiphtheria ToxinCorynebacteriummolecular biologymolecular epidemiologyoutbreakspublic health microbiology

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PMID37212056
PMCPMC10311691

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