title: Parental refusal to diphtheria vaccine: a fatal outcome.
abstract: We present a case of a four-year-old boy who succumbed to diphtheria following incomplete course of immunisation, which included diphtheria vaccine. This case report focuses on the issues of parental refusal to vaccines and the development of "halal" vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. syafinaz@upm.edu.my.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Syafinaz Amin
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Faridah
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Rukman
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Fathinul Fakri
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Malina
authors.affiliation: DEMC Specialist Hospital, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fadzillah
authors.affiliation: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ilina