Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance

• Verfasst von: Phalkey, Revati [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bhosale, Rajesh V. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Joshi, Abhijeet P. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wakchoure, Sushil S. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Tambe, Muralidhar P. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Awate, Pradip [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Marx, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance
• Titelzusatz: the case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India
• Verf.angabe: Revati K. Phalkey, Rajesh V. Bhosale, Abhijeet P. Joshi, Sushil S. Wakchoure, Muralidhar P. Tambe, Pradip Awate and Michael Marx
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: 8 April 2013
• Umfang: 10 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 20.01.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: BMC public health
• Ort Quelle: London : BioMed Central, 2001
• Jahr Quelle: 2013
• Band/Heft Quelle: 13(2013), Artikel-ID 317, Seite 1-10
• ISSN Quelle: 1471-2458
• DOI: doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-317
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Dhule district
• Sach-SW: Diphtheria
• Sach-SW: India
• Sach-SW: Maharashtra
• Sach-SW: Outbreak investigation
• Sach-SW: Response
• K10plus-PPN: 1786615053

Abstract

Epidemic diphtheria is still poorly understood and continues to challenge both developing and developed countries. In the backdrop of poor immunization coverage, non-existent adult boosters, weak case based surveillance and persistence of multiple foci, there is a heightened risk of re-emergence of the disease in epidemic forms in India. Investigating each outbreak to understand the epidemiology of the disease and its current status in the country is therefore necessary. Dhule a predominantly tribal and rural district in Northern Maharashtra has consistently recorded low vaccination coverages alongside sporaidic cases of diphtheria over the last years.