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Research Article
Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study
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Jonathan A. Polonsky ,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: polonskyj@who.int
Affiliations World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Melissa Ivey,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Md. Khadimul Anam Mazhar,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization Country Office for Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Ziaur Rahman,
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Olivier le Polain de Waroux,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Geneva, Switzerland, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, UK-Public Health Rapid Support Team, London, United Kingdom
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Basel Karo,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Geneva, Switzerland, Information Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG 1), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany
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Katri Jalava,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization Country Office for Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Sirenda Vong,
Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
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Amrish Baidjoe,
Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
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Janet Diaz,
Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Flavio Finger,
Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Geneva, Switzerland, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Epicentre, Paris, France
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Zakir H. Habib,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Charls Erik Halder,
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation International Organization for Migration, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
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Christopher Haskew,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Laurent Kaiser,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Ali S. Khan,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Geneva, Switzerland, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska, United States of America
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Lucky Sangal,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation World Health Organization Country Office for India, New Delhi, India
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Tahmina Shirin,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Quazi Ahmed Zaki,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Md. Abdus Salam,
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kate White
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Epidemiological, clinical, and public health response characteristics of a large outbreak of diphtheria among the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 to 2019: A retrospective study
- Jonathan A. Polonsky,
- Melissa Ivey,
- Md. Khadimul Anam Mazhar,
- Ziaur Rahman,
- Olivier le Polain de Waroux,
- Basel Karo,
- Katri Jalava,
- Sirenda Vong,
- Amrish Baidjoe,
- Janet Diaz
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- Published: April 1, 2021
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003587