Kidshealth: Diphtheria
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Scan day: 13 February 2014 UTC
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Teachers - Looking for Health Lessons? Visit KidsHealth in the Classroom Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that spreads easily and occurs quickly. It mainly affects the nose and throat. Children under 5 and adults over 60 years old are particularly at risk for contracting the infection. People living in crowded or unclean conditions, those who aren't
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| Page title: | Diphtheria |
| Keywords: | diphtheria, diptheria, dipptheeria, dipthyria, deptheria, sore throat, sore throats, immunizations, immunized, immunization, getting immunized, vaccines, vaccine, vaccination, vaccinations, getting vaccinated, malnutrition, DTP, DtaP, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis, throats, throat |
| Description: | Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that's rare in the United States, where health officials immunize kids against it. But it's still common in developing countries where immunizations aren't given routinely. |
| IP-address: | 208.67.123.164 |