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Lack of seroprotection against diphtheria in the Austrian population, in light of reported diphtheria cases in Europe, 2022

Published:2023-04-27 Issue:17 Volume:28 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
Container-title:Eurosurveillance
language:en
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Author:

Wagner Angelika¹^ORCID,Jasinska Joanna¹,Schmid Daniela²,Kundi Michael³^ORCID,Wiedermann Ursula¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

2. Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Division of Infection Diagnosis and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

3. Center of Public Health, Institute of Environmental Hygiene, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

Following an increase in diphtheria cases in Europe since 2022, we retrospectively estimated the prevalence of seroprotection against diphtheria and tetanus in 10,247 Austrian residents (population: 8,978,929) voluntarily tested between 2018 and 2022. Lack of seroprotection against diphtheria was found in 36% compared with 4% against tetanus. The geometric mean antibody concentration against tetanus was 7.9-fold higher compared with that for diphtheria. Raising awareness of regular booster vaccinations against diphtheria in combination with tetanus and pertussis is urgently needed.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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