A diphtheria vaccine is effective for prevention and available in a number of formulations.
A diphtheria vaccine is effective for prevention and available in a number of formulations.
No! There has not been a case of Diphtheria in the US since 1999! You are most likely to find the disease in poor areas of Latin America. There vaccinations are not a big priority and so they are infected more.
can you die from Diphtheria?
The virulence factor for diphtheria is an exotoxin named diphtheria exotoxin.
Wikipedia indicates there were 3 cases of diphtheria in the US between 2000 and 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria). The National Institues of Health indicates that 10% of people with diphtheria die (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001608.htm). Extrapolating the math, there was a 30% chance that one of those 3 cases resulted in death.
No, the noun 'diphtheria' is a common noun, a word for any instance of diphtheria.
The bacterium that causes the infection diphtheria.
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Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.