Research shows 97% of the patients were 'young Afghan males' aged under 18 with 'unknown vaccination history', with 73 cases of diphtheria reported in 2022 - up from 12 the previous year.
A"sharp increase" in cases of diphtheria in the UK and across Europe has been linked to small boat crossings, research has found.
Scientists at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases said the new outbreaks across the continent over the last 12 months have been"mostly linked to incoming migrants".a record for the year so farDiphtheria is a contagious infection and can be fatal, but is rare in the UK due to a vaccination programme for babies and children which has been in place since the 1940s.
The report for England by the ESCMID uses data from the UK Health Security Agency , and is based on the testing of hundreds of cases across 10 countries in Europe.One further case has been recorded this year so far.
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