Skip to main content

Largest diphtheria outbreak in Europe in 70 years transmitted along migration routes

News


Abstract

In 2022, Europe experienced the biggest diphtheria outbreak in the region in 70 years, and authors writing yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine have traced the outbreak strain to known migration routes and migrant communities in European countries—and not necessarily to patients' countries of origin.
Key Data

  • Publication Date
    05 June 2025
  • Primary Author
    Stephanie Soucheray
  • Source
    cidrap.umn.edu
  • Language
    English
Click below to visit original source: