title: Epidemic diphtheria in the Newly Independent States of the former USSR--situation and lessons learned.
authors.affiliation: Communicable Disease and Immunization Programme, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dittmann
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005843:Geography; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D009313:National Health Programs; D012621:Seasons; D014195:Travel; D014586:USSR / Q000453:epidemiology