(immunology) An antibody produced in animals or in humans after contact with diphtheria toxin or toxoid.
diphtheria antitoxin
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(dif′thir·ē·ə ′ant·i′täk·sən)
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n.
The antitoxin specific for the toxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
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- Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin (French-Swiss microbiologist)
- Neutralization reaction (immunology)
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- Skin test (immunology)
- Charles Robert Richet
- Diphtheria (infectious diseases/epidemiology)
- Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (British physiologist)
- Shibasaburo Kitasato (Japanese physician)
- William Hallock Park
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