Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease and it is one of the diseases that routine immunisation protects against in ...

The serious bacterial infection affects the respiratory system but can also damage the heart, kidneys, and nervous system.

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More than 78% of the cases have been in adults," Sabani added. Nine of the 40 people died. The best protection against diphtheria, caused by a bacteria called toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, is ...

Szenborn said to the Polish Press Agency. Diphtheria is a dangerous bacterial disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Until the 1950s, it triggered epidemics and frequent deaths.

She says diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection that spreads through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing and direct contact with infected wounds. Ajetunmobi said it ...

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the US is also facing a surge in pertussis, or whooping cough. As vaccine rates drop, other ...

the state capital at the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), described diphtheria as a highly contagious bacterial infection that spreads through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing and ...

A patient at the Provincial Specialist Hospital in Olsztyn has been admitted with suspected diphtheria, a rare bacterial infection. The incident was first reported by RMF FM. No link to previous ...

NICD spokesperson Vuyo Sabani said that since mid-June 2024 to March 23, 2025, 40 cases of diphtheria caused by a bacteria called toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae have been confirmed in the ...