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Article: Diphtheria outbreak - Russian Federation, 1990-1993.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- November 5, 1993
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Despite high levels of vaccination coverage against diphtheria, an ongoing outbreak of diphtheria has affected parts of the Russian Federation since 1990 [1]; as of August 31, 1993, 12,865 cases had been reported. This report summarizes epidemiologic information about this outbreak for January 1990-August 1993, and is based on reports from public health officials in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, diphtheria surveillance data are reported by physicians to the local reporting center of the Sanitary Epidemiologic Service (SES). Tabulated cases are reported to regional SESs, then forwarded to the Russian Republican Ifnormation and Analytic ...