Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Diphtheria as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Types of Diphtheria:
Broader types of Diphtheria:
Incidence (annual) of Diphtheria: 1 annual case notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Incidence Rate of Diphtheria: approx 1 in 272,000,000 or 0.00% or 1 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Diphtheria:
Approximately 0.001 cases per 100,000
population in the U.S. since 1980; before the introduction
of vaccine in the 1920s incidence was 100-200 cases per 100,000
population. Diphtheria remains endemic in developing countries.
The countries of the former Soviet Union have reported >150,000
cases in an epidemic which began in 1990. (Source: excerpt from Diphtheria: DBMD)
Profile for Diphtheria: Recently, diphtheria has primarily affected adults in the sporadic cases reported in the U.S. and in the large outbreaks in Russia and New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. (Source: excerpt from Diphtheria: DBMD)
Complications of Diphtheria:
see complications of Diphtheria
Causes of Diphtheria: see causes of Diphtheria
Cause of Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria
Symptoms of Diphtheria: see symptoms of Diphtheria
Complications of Diphtheria: see complications of Diphtheria
Incubation period for Diphtheria: 1 to 4 days
Contagion of Diphtheria: Highly contagious but vaccination usually prevents children contracting it.
More information:
see contagiousness of Diphtheria
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Diphtheria.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Diphtheria.
Treatments for Diphtheria:
see treatments for Diphtheria
Prevention of Diphtheria:
see prevention of Diphtheria
Research for Diphtheria:
see research for Diphtheria
Hospitalization statistics for Diphtheria:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Diphtheria:
Organs and body systems related to Diphtheria include:
Main name of condition: Diphtheria
Class of Condition for Diphtheria: bacterial
Bretonneau's angina, Bretonneau's disease
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus
Source - Diseases Database
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