Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Synopsis
Global Epidemiology of Diphtheria, 2000–20171
Table 1
Strategy for systematic literature search for diphtheria, January 1, 2000-September 18, 2018*
Database | Initial search strategy |
---|---|
Medline |
(Diphtheria/ AND Disease Outbreaks/) OR (diphtheria.ti AND (outbreak* OR cluster*
OR epidemic*).ti,ab.) OR (diphtheria ADJ3 (outbreak* OR cluster* OR epidemic*)).ab. |
Embase |
(Diphtheria/ AND Disease Outbreaks/) OR (diphtheria.ti AND (outbreak* OR cluster*
OR epidemic*).ti,ab.) OR (diphtheria ADJ3 (outbreak* OR cluster* OR epidemic*)).ab. |
Scopus |
TITLE-ABS-KEY(diphtheria W/2 outbreak*) |
Database |
Secondary Search Strategy |
Medline |
*diphtheria/ or diphtheria.ti,ab. AND Epidemics/ OR Disease Outbreaks/ OR (outbreak*
OR cluster* OR epidemic*).ti,ab. AND Limit 2000– |
Embase |
*diphtheria/ or diphtheria.ti,ab. AND Epidemic/ OR (outbreak* OR cluster* OR epidemic*).ti,ab. AND Limit 2000– |
Global Health |
diphtheria/ OR diphtheria.ti,ab,sh. AND Epidemics/ OR (outbreak* OR cluster*
OR epidemic*).ti,ab,sh. AND Limit 2000– |
CINAHL |
(MJ diphtheria) or (TI diphtheria) OR (AB diphtheria) AND (MH “Disease Outbreaks”)
OR (MH Epidemics) OR (TI (outbreak* OR cluster* OR epidemic*)) OR (AB (outbreak*
OR cluster* OR epidemic*)) AND Limit 2000- ; Exclude Medline records |
Cochrane Library |
[mh diphtheria] or diphtheria:ti,ab AND [mh “Disease Outbreaks”] OR [mh Epidemics]
OR (outbreak* OR cluster* OR epidemic*):ti,ab AND Limit 2000– |
LILACS |
Diphtheria AND (outbreak* OR cluster* OR epidemic*) |
Scopus | INDEXTERMS(Diphtheria) AND INDEXTERMS(“disease outbreak*” OR epidemic*) AND (LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2015) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2014) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2013) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2012) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2011) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2010) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2009) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2008) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2007) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2006) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2005) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2004) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2003) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2002) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2001) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2000)) AND (LIMIT-TO(DOCTYPE,”ar”) OR LIMIT-TO(DOCTYPE,”re”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(EXACTKEYWORD,”Diphtheria”)) |
*CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; LILACS, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, Geneva, Switzerland, April 25–27, 2017.
2Retired.