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Diphtheria [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2019
Diphtheria is a potentially fatal infection mostly caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains and occasionally by toxigenic C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis strains. Diphtheria is generally an acute respiratory infection, characterized by the formation of a pseudomembrane in the throat, but cutaneous infections are possible.
Igor Mokrousov, Ankur Mutreja, Bhabatosh Das   +2 more
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The Relationship Between Knowledge of Mother and Family Support with Immunization Status Td in Sub PIN Difteri [PDF]

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2014
The number cases of diphtheria in East Java have increased more years. Surabaya is one of cities that implemented the Sub Pekan Imunisasi Nasional (PIN) Diphtheria.
Ishmatul Fajriyah
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Autochthonous outbreak of respiratory diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Germany, September 2024 [PDF]

Eurosurveillance
In September 2024, a school-aged child (P1), unvaccinated against diphtheria, was hospitalised with severe respiratory diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. P1 subsequently died from the disease.
Andreas Sing
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On Diphtheria [PDF]

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J. WEST WALKER
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A population-level analysis of armed conflict and diphtheria at the subnational level in the WHO African Region 2017–2024 [PDF]

BMC Global and Public Health
Background Diphtheria has been re-emerging around the world at alarming rates, raising concerns about emergency preparedness, especially when global supplies of life-saving diphtheria antitoxin are insufficient.
Tierney O’Sullivan, Lindsay T. Keegan
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Lateral flow immunoassay-based laboratory algorithm for rapid diagnosis of diphtheria [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Open Research Europe, 2023
Background: In industrialised countries diphtheria is a rare but still life-threatening disease with a recent increase in cases due to migration and zoonotic aspects.
Anja Berger, Vyacheslav G. Melnikov, Andreas Sing, Alexandra Dangel   +3 more
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DIPHTHERIA AND PSEUDO-DIPHTHERIA. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1894
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Park, W.-M. Hallock, Beebe, Alfred L.
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Determination of Diphtheria Toxin in Bacterial Cultures by Enzyme Immunoassay

Diagnostics, 2022
Since diphtheria toxin (DT) is the main virulence factor of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans, the detection of DT in corynebacterial cultures is of utmost importance in the laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria.
Maria A. Simonova, Vyacheslav G. Melnikov, Olga E. Lakhtina, Ravilya L. Komaleva, Anja Berger, Andreas Sing, Sergey K. Zavriev   +6 more
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Describing the burden of diphtheria in Canada from 2006 to 2017, using hospital administrative data and reportable disease data

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: Canada has maintained a low incidence of toxigenic diphtheria since the 1990s, supported by continued commitment to publicly funded vaccination programs.
Dolly Lin, Brigitte Ho Mi Fane, Susan G Squires, Catherine Dickson   +3 more
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IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF DIPHTHERIA. RECENT APPROACHES FOR THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE [PDF]

Biotechnologia Acta, 2013
Diphtheria is a highly contagious life-threatening disease caused by the toxi genic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheria, which are transformed by a bacteriophage carrying the toxin gene.
D. V. Kolybo, A. A. Labyntsev, S. I. Romaniuk, A. A Kaberniuk, O. M. Oliinyk, N. V. Korotkevich, S. V. Komisarenko   +6 more
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