Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 39.1, Problem 1.3RIA
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the causative agent of diphtheria, a contagious disease. Corynebacterium diphtheriae is well adapted to airborne transmissions through nasopharyngeal secretions. Mostly, diphtheria affects unimmunized people. The common symptoms of diphtheria include fever, sore throat, and barky cough. Some strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae produce a toxin, which causes serious complications of diphtheria.
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