aThe Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases, Research and Training, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia bSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, ...

Dr MKO AbimbolaDiphtheria, first described by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, in the fifth century BC, is a highly communicable disease that primarily affects the skin or upper throat ...

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