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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Dispatch

Emerging Corynebacterium diphtheriae Species Complex Infections, Réunion Island, France, 2015–2020

Thomas Garrigos1Comments to Author , Anais Grimal1, Edgar Badell, Nicolas Traversier, Sandrine Picot, Anne Lignereux, Mahery Ramiandrisoa, Céline Ben Cimon, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Houssein Gbaguidi-Haore, Julie Toubiana, Sylvain Brisse, Guillaume Miltgen2, and Olivier Belmonte2
Author affiliations: Félix Guyon University Hospital Center, Saint-Denis, Réunion Island, France (T. Garrigos, A. Grimal, N. Traversier, M.-C. Jaffar-Bandjee, G. Miltgen, O. Belmonte); Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical, University of La Réunion, Inserm, CNRS, IRD, Saint-Denis, Réunion Island, France (T. Garrigos, G. Miltgen); Institut Pasteur University of Paris Cité, Paris, France (E. Badell, J. Toubiana, S. Brisse); Institut Pasteur National Reference Center for Corynebacteria of the Diphtheriae Complex, Paris (E. Badell, J. Toubiana, S. Brisse); University Hospital of La Réunion, Saint Pierre, Réunion Island, France (S. Picot); Hospital Center West Réunion, Saint Paul, Réunion Island, France (A. Lignereux); Cerballiance Laboratory, Le Port, Réunion Island, France (M. Ramiandrisoa); Inovie RéuniLAB Laboratory, Sainte-Clotilde (C. Ben Cimon); University Hospital Center and University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France (H. Gbaguidi-Haore); Necker-Enfants malades Hospital, Paris (J. Toubiana).

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Number of cases diagnosed per year in study of emerging Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex infections, Réunion Island, France, 2015–2020. Number of cases were classified according to geographic origin (A) or travel history of patients (B). Dotted lines indicate linear trends.

Figure. Number of cases diagnosed per year in study of emerging Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex infections, Réunion Island, France, 2015–2020. Number of cases were classified according to geographic origin (A) or travel history of patients (B). Dotted lines indicate linear trends.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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