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From July 2022, cases of imported diphtheria with toxigenic remarkably increased among migrants arriving in Germany. Up to 30 September 2022, 44 cases have been reported to the national public health institute, all laboratory-confirmed, male, and mainly coming from Syria (n = 21) and Afghanistan (n = 17). Phylogeny and available journey information indicate that most cases (n = 19) were infected along the Balkan route. Active case finding, increased laboratory preparedness and epicentre localisation in countries along this route are important.

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Outbreak of imported diphtheria with Corynebacterium diphtheriae among migrants arriving in Germany, 2022
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Franziska+Badenschier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Badenschier Franziska</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anja+Berger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Berger Anja</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alexandra+Dangel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dangel Alexandra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Annika+Sprenger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sprenger Annika</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bernhard+Hobmaier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hobmaier Bernhard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Claudia+Sievers&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sievers Claudia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Henrieke+Prins&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Prins Henrieke</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Achim+D%C3%B6rre&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dörre Achim</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christiane+Wagner-Wiening&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wagner-Wiening Christiane</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Wiebe+K%C3%BClper-Schiek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Külper-Schiek Wiebe</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ole+Wichmann&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wichmann Ole</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andreas+Sing&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sing Andreas</a></span>. Outbreak of imported diphtheria with Corynebacterium diphtheriae among migrants arriving in Germany, 2022. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(46):pii=2200849. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200849" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200849</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 03 Nov 2022;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Nov 2022 </span> </p>
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