Diphtheria ( Greek διφθέρα ( diphthera ) " pair of leather scrolls ") is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium.

Diphtheria is a contagious disease spread by direct physical contact or breathing the aerosolized secretions of infected individuals.

Diphtheria toxin is produced by C. diphtheriae only when infected with a bacteriophage that integrates the toxin-encoding genetic elements into the bacteria.

Diphtheria toxin is a single, 60, 000 molecular weight protein composed of two peptide chains, fragment A and fragment B, held together by a disulfide bond.

It is similar to the childhood vaccine called " DTaP " ( Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis ), with the main difference that the adult version contains smaller amounts of the diphtheria and pertussis components — this is indicated in the name by the use of lower-case " d " and " p " for the adult vaccine.

Diphtheria can also cause paralysis in the eye, neck, throat, or respiratory muscles.

On 12 December 1901, the first transatlantic wireless transmission was received here by Guglielmo Marconi in an abandoned fever and Diphtheria hospital, which has since been destroyed by fire.

Among his more professional works are " On the Treatment of Diphtheria by Frequent Small Doses of Sulphur ," " On the Treatment of Gout by Salicylate of Potash " and the like.

* 1887-A short treatise on the cure of Diphtheria by small doses of sulphur.

Diphtheria broke out in 1887 and also in 1893 which, with an additional outbreak of whooping cough, led to the death of 31 children under 10.

* Diphtheria epidemic in Naples, during which Marco Aurelio Severino performs successful tracheotomies.

Murphy was stricken with Diphtheria in the winter of 1911 but was allowed to begin his course in the Law Department from which he received his LL. B.

From the 19th century up until today, it has became compulsory that all children get vaccinated against Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, Tetanus, Polio, Rubella and Diphtheria.

Diphtheria killed 256 children in Haverhill between November 17, 1735 and December 31, 1737.

In Heavy / Power metal there were bands of great quality such as Diphtheria and later Arryan Path leading the genre.

* Diphtheria: Its Nature and Treatment, Varieties and Local Expressions.

* On Diphtheria, 1860.

** It may be secondary to infections like Diphtheria, acute rheumatic fever, viral myocarditis.

* Emile Roux ( 1853-1933 ) and Emil von Behring ( 1854-1917 ), Diphtheria.

Older brother Clarence Stanley Turton II died in 1953 of Diphtheria.

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If cell Af is an information cell, it and any information cells in the Y-region that have been linked to Af each contain an address in the W-region where a potentially matching form is stored.

Achilles, like Siegfried in The Nibelungenlied, is potentially the swiftest of men and may accordingly be called swift-footed even when he stands idle.

Costly signaling is pointless if everyone has the same traits, resources, and cooperative intentions but become a potentially more important signal if the population increasingly varies on these characteristics.

In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings.

Data for arable land are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable.

This might indicate that anxiety is a protective mechanism designed to prevent the organism from engaging in potentially harmful behaviors.

The narrative tone is similar to Kafka's, especially in The Trial, wherein individual sentences potentially have multiple meanings, the material often pointedly resonating as stark allegory of phenomenal consciousness and the human condition.

Unlike ethanol, methanol is extremely toxic: As little as 10 ml can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve and 30 ml ( one fluid ounce ) is potentially fatal.

An abscess could potentially be fatal ( although this is rare ) if it compresses vital structures such as the trachea in the context of a deep neck abscess.

However, this theory is undermined by the disproportional fear of spiders in comparison to other, potentially dangerous creatures that were present during Homo sapiens environment of evolutionary adaptiveness.

If an antibody is developed to stabilize a molecule that's similar to an unstable intermediate of another ( potentially unrelated ) reaction, the developed antibody will enzymatically bind to and stabilize the intermediate state, thus catalyzing the reaction.

The immune system will try to destroy or neutralize any antigen that is recognized as a foreign and potentially harmful invader.

Armour or armor ( see spelling differences ) is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action ( e. g., cycling, construction sites, etc .).

In anthroposophy, artistic expression is also treated as a potentially valuable bridge between spiritual and material reality.

If the traffic on a virtual circuit is exceeding its traffic contract, as determined by the GCRA, the network can either drop the cells or mark the Cell Loss Priority ( CLP ) bit ( to identify a cell as potentially redundant ).

* A potentially serious side effect of many antipsychotics is that they tend to lower an individual's seizure threshold.

But Sapir had since become influenced by a current of logical positivism, such as that of Bertrand Russel and the early Ludwig Wittgenstein, particularly through Ogden and Richards ' The Meaning of Meaning, from which he adopted the a view that natural language potentially obscures, rather than facilitates, the mind to perceive and describe the world as it really is.

In the definition of man as a two-legged animal Aristotle presumes that " two-legged " and " animal " are parts of other beings, but as far as man is concerned, are only potentially man.

Although Burundi is potentially self-sufficient in food production, the ongoing civil war, overpopulation, and soil erosion have contributed to the contraction of the subsistence economy by 25 % in recent years.

It is important in one's reading of the text of Jeremiah that one remember that the recorder of these events ( i. e. the author of the text ) had neither the same audience nor, potentially, the same intent that Jeremiah had in performing these prophetic gestures.

There is speculation as to whether this condition may occur with greater frequency in the general, untreated population ; successful social function of these potentially high-achieving individuals may lead to being labeled as normal, rather than as individuals suffering any substantial dysregulation.