DIPHTHERIA is one of the best understood human bacterial diseases and its study has enriched bacteriology with several ideas of prime importance. The isolation of the bacillus by Loeffler (1884 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that the country continues to grapple with a diphtheria ...

A 10-year-old boy has died from a diphtheria infection in a Berlin hospital, German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday, saying the child had not had the well-established vaccination. The ...

Chandigarh: Punjab's vaccination coverage for diphtheria remains below the national average, underscoring the need for ...

A century ago, a deadly outbreak gripped the remote town of Nome, Alaska. In the harsh winter of 1925, diphtheria threatened ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 41,336 suspected diphtheria cases across the country. Diphtheria is ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says six confirmed cases of diphtheria have been recorded in Nigeria as of ...

The NCDC, via its official website, said that a total of 41,336 suspected cases of diphtheria had been reported from 37 ...

The infectious disease body noted that the deaths accounted for a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 5.1 per cent Nigeria has ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

Since the implementation of diphtheria immunisation in South Africa in the 1950s, cases have been uncommon. However, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has warned clinicians countrywide ...