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Volume 26, Number 3—March 2020
Dispatch

Diphtheria Outbreaks in Schools in Central Highland Districts, Vietnam, 2015–2018

Noriko Kitamura, Thao T.T. Le, Lien T. Le, Luong D. Nguyen, Anh T. Dao, Thanh T. Hoang, Keisuke Yoshihara, Makiko Iijima, Tran M. The, Hung M. Do, Huy X. Le, Hung T. Do, Anh D. Dang, Mai Q. Vien, and Lay-Myint YoshidaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (N. Kitamura, K. Yoshihara, L.-M. Yoshida); Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang, Nha Trang, Vietnam (T.T.T. Le, L.T. Le, L.D. Nguyen, A.T. Dao, T.T. Hoang, T.M. The, H.M. Do, H.X. Le, H.T. Do, M.Q. Vien); World Health Organization Representative Office for Vietnam, EPI, Hanoi, Vietnam (M. Iijima); National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi (A.D. Dang)

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Figure 2

Confirmed and probable cases of diphtheria identified during June 2015–April 2018 in Vietnam. Numbers indicate multilocus sequencing type of confirmed cases with sequence types (STs) ST67, ST 243, ST209, and ST244 (gray shading). White indicates epidemiologically -linked cases, and asterisks indicate cases in which the patient died. Epi, epidemiologically; SIA, supplemental immunization activity.

Figure 2. Confirmed and probable cases of diphtheria identified during June 2015–April 2018 in Vietnam. Numbers indicate multilocus sequencing type of confirmed cases with sequence types (STs) ST67, ST 243, ST209, and ST244 (gray shading). White indicates epidemiologically linked cases, and asterisks indicate cases in which the patient died. Epi, epidemiologically; SIA, supplemental immunization activity.

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