If infected, people who have not been vaccinated against diphtheria may present with skin infections or respiratory ...

While respiratory diphtheria is the classical presentation, cutaneous diphtheria, characterized by skin ulcers, also plays a major role in transmission, particularly in outbreak settings.

Following the spread of the diphtheria outbreak in Edo State, the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and the Delta State Government have supplied vaccines to the state.

“The detection of Austria’s first respiratory diphtheria case in nearly 30 years, in 2022, highlights the critical importance of cross-border information sharing and international ...

Diphtheria is caused by the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacterium, spreads through respiratory droplets or direct contact with infected individuals.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the largest diphtheria epidemic in Western Europe for 70 years, which broke out in 2022 among migrants and in 2023 spread to ...

Two additional sporadic respiratory diphtheria cases were reported in Cape Town, with no links to the cluster. The Western Cape has seen a significant rise in diphtheria cases since November 2024.

The number of diphtheria cases identified in South Africa has increased to 40 after nine new cases were recorded between 9 and 23 March, according to the latest report from the National Institute for ...

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