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Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in Australia

  • Written by Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney
Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in AustraliaPeopleImages/Getty Images

The Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria.

The NT has recorded 17 cases of respiratory diphtheria in the past month and 60 cases of the less serious cutaneous diphtheria, affecting the skin, in the past year.

In the Kimberley region of WA, 27 cases ha...

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