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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Synopsis

Global Epidemiology of Diphtheria, 2000–20171

Kristie E.N. ClarkeComments to Author , Adam MacNeil, Stephen Hadler, Colleen Scott, Tejpratap S.P. Tiwari, and Thomas Cherian2
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.E.N. Clarke, A. MacNeil, S. Hadler, C. Scott, T.S.P. Tiwari); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (T. Cherian)

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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.

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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.

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