The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has commenced a campaign on the causes and prevention of diphtheria in Ebonyi ...

If not treated early, diphtheria causes difficulty in breathing and can lead to complete blockage of the airway and death. The organism also produces a toxin which affects the heart muscle, kidneys ...

However, despite medical intervention, he succumbed to severe myocarditis—a known complication of diphtheria toxin—on March 6. At the time of his death, 34 close contacts were already under ...

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The Lagos State Government has confirmed 14 cases of Diphtheria at King’s College Annex, Victoria Island, with one fatality recorded. In response, the State’s ministry of health launched an ...

In a separate experiment, the technique also enabled mice to develop antibodies against diphtheria toxin. The results were published in Nature on Dec. 11.

Diphtheria is a disease caused by a bacterium that affects the upper respiratory tract and less often the skin. It also produces a toxin that damages the heart and the nerves.

Perhaps the most damning aspect of this crisis is the unavailability of Diphtheria Anti-Toxin (DAT), the only effective treatment, anywhere in Sindh, including Karachi.

It produces a toxin that damages the heart and the nerves. Although Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease, but multiple doses and booster doses are needed to produce and sustain immunity.

It produces a toxin that damages the heart and the nerves. Although Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease, but multiple doses and booster doses are needed to produce and sustain immunity.

Diphtheria, caused by a bacterium that affects the respiratory tract and skin, produces a toxin that can damage the heart and nerves, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

KARACHI: Amid lack of diphtheria anti toxin , more than 100 kids in Karachi have passed away this year from diphtheria disease, which can be prevented by vaccination, a health official said on ...