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2025-08-21Zeitschriftenartikel
Two diphtheria sub-clusters with autochthonous cases in Germany and Poland within a Corynebacterium diphtheriae ST-574 outbreak, 2022 to July 2025
dc.contributor.authorRoewer de Porto, Imme Friederike
dc.contributor.authorDangel, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Lena
dc.contributor.authorZasada, Aleksandra A.
dc.contributor.authorHaller, Jonas
dc.contributor.authorAbdelgawad, Inas
dc.contributor.authorSiffczyk, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorParadowska-Stankiewicz, Iwona
dc.contributor.authorWichmann, Ole
dc.contributor.authorBadenschier, Franziska
dc.contributor.authorBerger, Anja
dc.contributor.authorRau, Cornelius
dc.contributor.authorSing, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-25T08:35:25Z
dc.date.available2025-09-25T08:35:25Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-21none
dc.identifier.other10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.33.2500539
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12991
dc.description.abstractWithin a Corynebacterium diphtheriae ST-574 outbreak comprising mostly migration-associated cases since 2022, Germany detected two sub-clusters in 2025. Among sub-cluster cases with travel information (24/26), 22 were acquired autochthonously. One of two imported cases came from a Polish voivodeship having an additional case. Sub-cluster 1 included 16 cutaneous cases, sub-cluster 2 included six cutaneous and five respiratory cases. One unvaccinated child and two older adults died. Of 27 cases, 12 experienced homelessness. Strengthened immunisation, improved wound care and international surveillance are needed.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectCorynebacterium diphtheriaeeng
dc.subjectDiphtheriaeng
dc.subjectDisease outbreakseng
dc.subjectMigration and healtheng
dc.subjectMultilocus Sequence Typingeng
dc.subjectNext Generation Sequencingeng
dc.subjectOutbreak investigationeng
dc.subjectST-574eng
dc.subjectVaccine-preventable diseaseeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleTwo diphtheria sub-clusters with autochthonous cases in Germany and Poland within a Corynebacterium diphtheriae ST-574 outbreak, 2022 to July 2025none
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12991-9
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local.edoc.container-publisher-nameThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2025none
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