PRO/EDR> Diphtheria - Bangladesh: fatal, susp, Rohingya refugee camp, ex Myanmar, WHO

Diphtheria -- Bangladesh
From 3 Nov 2017 through 12 Dec 2017, a total of 804 suspected diphtheria cases including 15 deaths were reported among the displaced Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar (Figure 1 [Epidemic curve: Number of diphtheria cases among the displaced Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh reported by date of illness onset from 3 Nov 2017 through 12 Dec 2017 available at source URL]).
Of the suspected cases, 73 percent are younger than 15 years of age and 60 percent females (the sex for 1

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