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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2025

Toxigenic diphtheria rarely detected amid rising cases of nontoxigenic

Lisa R McTaggart, Alexandra Scione, Kelty Hillier, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah E Wilson, Julianne V Kus

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Lisa R McTaggartPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0009-0004-4073-3265
Alexandra ScionePublic Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kelty HillierPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Elizabeth BrownPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1411-5792
Sarah E WilsonPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8239-0094
Julianne V KusPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6033-7244

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diphtheria remains a major public health threat in areas of the world where diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine programs are not successfully implemented or maintained. In countries with high vaccine coverage, diphtheria is well-controlled with occasional travel-related cases eliciting a robust public health response to limit transmission. While classic diphtheria is caused by toxigenic

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Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheriaAdolescentAdultAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenome, BacterialHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedOntarioWhole Genome SequencingAnti-Bacterial AgentsCorynebacterium diphtheriaediphtheriagenomic epidemiologypublic healthtoxin

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PMID41342536
PMCPMC12710362

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