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Nigeria: How Immunisation Gaps Fuel Diphtheria Cases in Nigeria

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[Vanguard] Diphtheria, an acute bacterial disease caused by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and occasionally Corynebacterium ulcerans has been eradicated from most countries following consistent childhood vaccination campaigns decades ago using the using a diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine.

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