Zoonotic Transmission of Diphtheria from Domestic Animal Reservoir, Spain

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hoefer, Andreas ; Herrera-León, Silvia ; Domínguez, Lucas ; Gavín, Maria Ordobás ; Romero, Beatriz ; Piedra, Ximena Belen Araujo ; Calzada, Cristina Sobrino ; Uría González, María José ; Herrera-León, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  Case Study Investigation Group2
• Description:
  Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is as an emerging zoonotic agent of diphtheria. We describe the zoonotic transmission of diphtheria caused by toxigenic C. ulcerans from domestic animals in Spain, confirmed by core-genome multilocus sequence typing. Alongside an increasing number of recent publications, our findings highlight the public health threat posed by diphtheria reemergence.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Domestic Corynebacterium Infections Diphtheria Diphtheria Toxin
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(6):1257-1260
• Pubmed ID:
  35608831
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9155899
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Spain
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e8aed4d8bab58b70b9aa3005956cb8b7fef1142e74dff61397c634c61772224e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118172/cdc_118172_DS1.pdf
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