title: Diphtheria--the continuing hazard.
abstract: An unimmunized schoolchild with no history of foreign travel developed severe diphtheria. Epidemiological investigations led to the discovery of a child in the same class with cutaneous diphtheria who had just returned from Bangladesh; this highlights the importance of swabbing all skin lesions acquired in endemic areas during any outbreak investigation.
authors.affiliation: Regional Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Monsall Hospital, Manchester.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Bowler
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schlecht
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riordan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000635:transmission*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel