Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against diphtheria antitoxin among migrant workers in Singapore, 2016-2019

• Main Authors: Ang, Li Wei, Gao, Qi, Cui, Lin, Farwin, Aysha, Toh, Matthias Paul Han Sim, Boudville, Irving Charles, Chen, Mark I-Cheng, Chow, Angela, Lin, Raymond Tzer-Pin, Lee, Vernon Jian Ming, Leo, Yee Sin
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Diphtheria; Seroprevalence
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161355
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Since the last local case of diphtheria in 1992, there had not been any case in Singapore until an autochthonous case was reported in 2017. This fatal diphtheria case of a migrant worker raised concerns about the potential re-emergence of locally transmitted toxigenic diphtheria in Singa...