 Diphtheria
"Diphtheria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A localized infection of mucous membranes or skin caused by toxigenic strains of CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE. It is characterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane at the site of infection. DIPHTHERIA TOXIN, produced by C. diphtheriae, can cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic toxic effects.
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D004165
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.246.388
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diphtheria" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Diphtheria" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Diphtheria" by people in Profiles.
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Podolsky SH, Smith GD. Park's story and Winters' tale: alternate allocation clinical trials in turn of the century America. J R Soc Med. 2011 Jun; 104(6):262-8.
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Sandora TJ, Pfoh E, Lee GM. Adverse events after administration of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine to healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr; 30(4):389-91.
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Ding Z, Verbaan FJ, Bivas-Benita M, Bungener L, Huckriede A, van den Berg DJ, Kersten G, Bouwstra JA. Microneedle arrays for the transcutaneous immunization of diphtheria and influenza in BALB/c mice. J Control Release. 2009 May 21; 136(1):71-8.
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Lee GM, Lorick SA, Pfoh E, Kleinman K, Fishbein D. Adolescent immunizations: missed opportunities for prevention. Pediatrics. 2008 Oct; 122(4):711-7.
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Gidengil CA, Sandora TJ, Lee GM. Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccination of adults in the USA. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2008 Jul; 7(5):621-34.
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Kretsinger K, Broder KR, Cortese MM, Joyce MP, Ortega-Sanchez I, Lee GM, Tiwari T, Cohn AC, Slade BA, Iskander JK, Mijalski CM, Brown KH, Murphy TV. Preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adults: use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and recommendation of ACIP, supported by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), for use of Tdap among health-care personnel. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006 Dec 15; 55(RR-17):1-37.
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Heilmann C, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Nielsen F, Budtz-Jørgensen E. Reduced antibody responses to vaccinations in children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls. PLoS Med. 2006 Aug; 3(8):e311.
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Calvert J, Shors AR, Hornung RL, Poorsattar SP, Sidbury R. Relapse of Wells' syndrome in a child after tetanus-diphtheria immunization. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006 May; 54(5 Suppl):S232-3.
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Winau F, Winau R. Emil von Behring and serum therapy. Microbes Infect. 2002 Feb; 4(2):185-8.
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Collier RJ. Understanding the mode of action of diphtheria toxin: a perspective on progress during the 20th century. Toxicon. 2001 Nov; 39(11):1793-803.
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