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Diphtheria Additional Resources



MedlinePlus: Diphtheria
Directory of articles, news stories, and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diphtheria.html

Kidshealth: Diphtheria
Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/diphtheria.html

MayoClinic.com : Diphtheria
Features cause, symptoms and signs, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00495

Diphtheria
Scientific and medical article.
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturediphth

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diphtheria
Factsheet with symptoms, cause, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001608.htm

Diphtheria Facts
Includes symptoms, cause, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/dip.html

Diphtheria - Dr. Greene
Information on this childhood disease and immunization against it.
http://www.drgreene.com/21_1071.html

eMedicine: Diphtheria
Emergency MD offers a clinical report on the respiratory form of diphtheria, including risk factors, common symptoms and treatments for this infectious disease.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic138.htm

An Old Plague Coming Back to Haunt Us: Diphtheria
Approximately 1200 deaths per year have resulted from the ongoing diphtheria epidemic in the former Soviet Union which began in 1990 and is still going strong.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/1667

HealtHub
A brief definition of diptheria, followed by links to overviews, research articles, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
http://www.healthubs.com/diptheria