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August 16, 2025Quality in SportOpen Access

Diphtheria: A Disease of the Past or a Public Health Threat? Prevention Strategies in the 21st Century

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GPGabriela PabisMSMagdalena StrzelczykIKIwona Koziołek

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Overview

Literature review highlights rising diphtheria cases due to vaccination hesitancy, indicating urgent need for stronger immunization efforts.

Key Points

  • Diphtheria reemergence poses a serious public health threat, with vaccination rates declining and migration rising.
  • Literature review indicates a critical link between vaccination hesitancy and the resurgence of diphtheria in recent years.
  • Assessment of published data reveals that controlling diphtheria requires coordinated vaccination strategies and public health education.
  • Findings suggest that misconceptions spread by social media further complicate efforts to maintain immunization coverage.

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Pabis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c235fdb210217d64772991https://doi.org/10.12775/qs.2025.44.62931
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