Diphtheria: From polio to chickenpox, vaccines run gamut

Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease. It is a very contagious and potentially life-threatening bacterial infection. Diphtheria was a common cause of death in children up until the 1940s . Because of immunisation of childrenCertain areas have seen outbreaks of whooping cough and measles, and though experts think it's unlikely to happen in the US, people are now coming down with polio and diphtheria in parts of the world where the diseases had been eliminated.Certain areas have seen

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