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Diphtheria in Glasgow 1934–42

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. S. Carter
H. S. Carter
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From the Corporation of Glasgow Public Health Laboratory
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1. A general survey of diphtheria in Glasgow during 1934–42 has been made. Over 11,000 strains of C. diphtheriae have been typed and the incidence of the types is recorded.

2. The period has been marked by a change in the predominant type of organism from intermedius to gravis, and gravis infections are now responsible for most of the mortality, though the average case fatality rate due to them is not high.

3. Diphtheria on the whole has been mild and complications relatively few, but some shift in the death-rate incidence to the higher age periods with increase in the corresponding case fatality rate has taken place. A small shift in the age incidence of diphtheria is noted.

4. Some account of the effect of immunization is given.

5. Comment is made upon colony variation among the types of C. diphtheriae.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 43 , Issue 5 , April 1944 , pp. 341 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1944

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