2021-04-01Zeitschriftenartikel
Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study
Polonsky, Jonathan A.; Ivey, Melissa; Mazhar, Khadimul Anam; Rahman, Ziaur; le Polain de Waroux, Olivier; Karo, Basel; Jalava, Katri; Vong, Sirenda; Baidjoe, Amrish; Diaz, Janet; Finger, Flavio; Habib, Zakir H.; Halder, Charls Erik; Haskew, Christopher; Kaiser, Laurent; Khan, Ali S.; Sangal, Lucky; Shirin, Thamina; Zaki, Quazi Ahmed; Salam, Abdus; White, Kate
Background
Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria subsequently began in this ...