Why do adults contract diphtheria?

J Tomaszunas-Blaszczyk; A Galazka

doi:10.2807/esm.02.08.00127-en

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Why do adults contract diphtheria?

J Tomaszunas-Blaszczyk¹, A Galazka¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland

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Citation style for this article: Tomaszunas-Blaszczyk J, Galazka A. Why do adults contract diphtheria?. Euro Surveill. 1997;2(8):pii=127. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.02.08.00127-en Received: ; Accepted:

Abstract

When diphtheria was a common disease, it most commonly affected children. Typically, at least 40% of diphtheria cases were children under 5 years of age, and some 70% of cases were children under 15 years of age. This classical pattern of diphtheria cases