Real-time analysis of the diphtheria outbreak in forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh

Real-time analysis of the diphtheria outbreak in forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh

Abstract Background Between August and December 2017, more than 625,000 Rohingya from Myanmar fled into Bangladesh, settling in informal makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar district and joining 212,000 Rohingya already present. In early November, a diphtheria outbreak hit the camps, with 440 reported cas...

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Main Authors: Flavio Finger, Sebastian Funk, Kate White, M. Ruby Siddiqui, W. John Edmunds, Adam J. Kucharski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Diphtheria
Real-time modelling
Bangladesh
Refugees
Infectious disease
Epidemiological modelling
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1288-7

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