Diphtheria: laboratory guidelines for diagnosis
Laboratory guidelines for the diagnosis of infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans.
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This latest World Health Organization (WHO) laboratory manual incorporates a number of developments and revisions since the previous one (1994) including:
- case definitions and surveillance strategies
- atypical and unusual manifestations of diphtheria
- novel reservoirs, for example companion animals as a source of Corynebacterium ulcerans
- new laboratory methodologies including for diagnostics, molecular epidemiology and serological immunity
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