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Fatal respiratory diphtheria in a visitor to Canada

Scott Cholewa, Fareen Karachiwalla, Sarah E. Wilson, Jeya Nadarajah and Julianne V. Kus
CMAJ January 04, 2021 193 (1) E19-E22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200707
Scott Cholewa
Public Health Branch (Cholewa, Karachiwalla), Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, Ont.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Karachiwalla, Wilson), and Faculty of Medicine (Nadarajah), and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kus), University of Toronto; Public Health Ontario (Wilson, Kus), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine (Karachiwalla), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies, (Wilson), Toronto, Ont.
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Fareen Karachiwalla
Public Health Branch (Cholewa, Karachiwalla), Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, Ont.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Karachiwalla, Wilson), and Faculty of Medicine (Nadarajah), and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kus), University of Toronto; Public Health Ontario (Wilson, Kus), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine (Karachiwalla), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies, (Wilson), Toronto, Ont.
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Sarah E. Wilson
Public Health Branch (Cholewa, Karachiwalla), Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, Ont.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Karachiwalla, Wilson), and Faculty of Medicine (Nadarajah), and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kus), University of Toronto; Public Health Ontario (Wilson, Kus), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine (Karachiwalla), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies, (Wilson), Toronto, Ont.
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Jeya Nadarajah
Public Health Branch (Cholewa, Karachiwalla), Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, Ont.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Karachiwalla, Wilson), and Faculty of Medicine (Nadarajah), and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kus), University of Toronto; Public Health Ontario (Wilson, Kus), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine (Karachiwalla), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies, (Wilson), Toronto, Ont.
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Julianne V. Kus
Public Health Branch (Cholewa, Karachiwalla), Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, Ont.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Karachiwalla, Wilson), and Faculty of Medicine (Nadarajah), and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kus), University of Toronto; Public Health Ontario (Wilson, Kus), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine (Karachiwalla), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies, (Wilson), Toronto, Ont.
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