Diphtheria was actually considered to be almost eradicated on our latitudes due to a good vaccination percentage. However, the infections are increasing with the infection that has been caused by bacteria for several years. A European consortium was established to investigate the outbreak, which was particularly large, especially in 2022 in 2022. The researchers involved traced the distribution and discovered that they mainly took place along migration routes.
“The high number of diphtheria infections in migrants is concerned, especially because antimicrobial resistance threatens the effectiveness of the treatment standards,” says the study published in the “New England Journal of Medicine”. In order to reduce the risk of such outbreaks in the future, measures should be taken. A quick response can therefore contain the outbreak, but bacterial strains from that time still lead to new infections in the region.
Most patients on the western balcony route
For the study, clinical and genomic data on diphtheria reports that were reported in ten European countries between January and November 2022 were used. In addition to Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain were among the affected Western European countries. According to the study, this data indicates a transmission source along established migration routes to Europe. Most patients followed a migration route along the western Balkans countries.
Mainly affected men
“De diphtheriest stengels gerapporteerd in 2022 tonen een hoge mate van genetische identiteit, zoals onze studie aantoont. Dit duidt op een gezamenlijke bron van infecties of dat er bepaalde plaatsen zijn langs de reisroutes in migratie naar Europese landen naar Europese landen waar een voortdurende difterie-overdracht plaatsvindt,” legde Andreas Hefer, microbiologie-expert in het Europese centrum voor ziekte en controle en controle en controle en controle (ECDC) and the control of the study.
Almost all (98 percent) of the 362 patients who were analyzed in the study were male. The vast majority (96 percent) of them had recently traveled from their country of origin to the countries, in which diphtheria was subsequently diagnosed. The largest group of infected people came from Afghanistan or Syria.
Broad spectrum of symptoms
Diphtheria is caused by bacteria that are widespread worldwide. The pathogen produces a strong poison that permanently damages organs such as the heart and liver. “Difterie can show a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms,” explains Adrian Egli, director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich and one of the students at the university.
In principle there are two types of diseases: airways (respiratory tract) and the cutaneous (skin) diphtheria. According to the study, more than three -quarters of patients (77 percent) became ill with the milder skin shape of the disease. 15 percent suffered from respiratory difling.
Source: Krone
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