Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against diphtheria antitoxin among migrant workers in Singapore, 2016-2019

• Main Authors: Li Wei Ang (Author), Qi Gao (Author), Lin Cui (Author), Aysha Farwin (Author), Matthias Paul Han Sim Toh (Author), Irving Charles Boudville (Author), Mark I-Cheng Chen (Author), Angela Chow (Author), Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin (Author), Vernon Jian Ming Lee (Author), Yee Sin Leo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Since the last local case of diphtheria in 1992, there had not been any case in Singapore until an autochthonous case was reported in 2017. This fatal diphtheria case of a migrant worker raised concerns about the potential re-emergence of locally transmitted toxigenic diphtheria...