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. 2023 Jun 5;218(10):446-448.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.51938. Epub 2023 Apr 30.

Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Simon Smith  1 , James Stewart  1 , Joshua Hanson  1   2 , Julian Harris  1 , Fred Jj Chuang  1   3 , Gavin Quail  1 , Bryan Hawarden  1 , Roshni Lad  1 , Shannon McNee  1 , Benjamin McCartney  1 , Tonia Marquardt  4 , Ian Wilson  1 , Catherine Tacon  1 , Bernard Cs Whitfield  1   5
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Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Simon Smith et al. Med J Aust. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine preventable disease.

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