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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Dispatch

Diphtheria Outbreak in Amerindian Communities, Wonken, Venezuela, 2016–2017

Adriana Lodeiro-Colatosti, Udo Reischl, Thomas Holzmann, Carlos E. Hernández-Pereira, Alejandro Rísquez, and Alberto E. Paniz-MondolfiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Instituto de Salud Pública del Estado Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela (A. Lodeiro-Colatosti); Infectious Diseases Research Incubator, Barquisimeto, Venezuela (A. Lodeiro-Colatosti, C.E. Hernández-Pereira); Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Barquisimeto (A. Lodeiro-Colatosti, C.E. Hernández-Pereira); University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (U. Reischl, T. Holzmann); Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto (C.E. Hernández-Pereira); Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (A. Rísquez); Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Cabudare, Venezuela (A.E. Paniz-Mondolfi); Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales, Caracas (A.E. Paniz-Mondolfi)

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Figure 1

Physical characteristics of 31-year-old Amerindian male index case-patient with diphtheria, Wonken, Venezuela, 2017. A) Firmly adherent gray-white pseudomembrane in pharynx. B) Typical bull-like neck swelling with massive cervical adenopathies.

Figure 1. Physical characteristics of 31-year-old Amerindian male index case-patient with diphtheria, Wonken, Venezuela, 2017. A) Firmly adherent gray-white pseudomembrane in pharynx. B) Typical bull-like neck swelling with massive cervical adenopathies.

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