Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates, Russia, 1957–1987

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Skogen, Vegard ; Cherkasova, Valentina V. ; Maksimova, Nina ; Marston, Chung K. ; Sjursen, Haakon ; Reeves, Michael W. ; Olsvik, Ørjan ; Popovic, Tanja
• Description:
  In the 1990s, the Newly Independent and Baltic States of the former Soviet Union experienced the largest diphtheria outbreak since the 1960s; it was caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains of a unique clonal group. To address its origin, we studied 47 clinical isolates from Russia and demonstrated that this clonal group was an integral part of the endemic reservoir that existed in Russia at least 5 years before the epidemic began.
• Subjects:
  Diphtheria Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Genotype History, 20th Century Humans Phylogeny Ribotyping
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(5):516-518.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Russia
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:98e7ab46e78ceb4882271b705e86a5b922fbe395538e04e331b1358c1dc296a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13811/cdc_13811_DS1.pdf
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