Translation for 'diphtheria' from English to Russian

diphtheria

дифтерия {ж}мед.

дифтерит {м} [разг.]мед.

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diphtheria toxin <DT>

дифтерийный токсин {м}мед.

• Balto was the lead dog of the sled dog team that carried the diphtheria serum on the last leg of the relay to Nome during the 1925 diphtheria epidemic. Seppala had also bred Balto.
• Antitoxins to diphtheria and tetanus toxins were produced by Emil Adolf von Behring and his colleagues from 1890 onwards.
• The tetanus and whooping cough vaccinations are generally administered in combination during pregnancy, for example as the DTaP vaccine (which also protects against diphtheria) or the 4-in-1 vaccine (which also protects against diphtheria and polio).
• In 1888 Emile Roux and Alexandre Yersin showed that the clinical effects of diphtheria were caused by diphtheria toxin and, following the 1890 discovery of an antitoxin-based immunity to diphtheria and tetanus by Emil Adolf von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburō, antitoxin became the first major success of modern therapeutic immunology.
• For instance, "Corynebacterium diphtheriae" produces diphtheria toxin, which alters protein function in the host by inactivating elongation factor (EF-2).

• Diphtheria antitoxin (DAT) is a medication made up of antibodies used in the treatment of diphtheria.
• Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacteria "Corynebacterium diphtheria".
• In 1958, he started to use Sabin vaccine on a mass scale to protect young children and adults from polio to wipe-out beri-beri with Vitamin B-1 and eliminated diphtheria in children.
• DTaP-IPV vaccine is a combination vaccine whose full generic name is diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed and inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).
• Currently, diphtheria resurgence is a large concern.

• In addition to classical diphtheria, "C. ulcerans" can also cause skin infections that resemble classical cutaneous diphtheria as a result of production of the diphtheria toxin.
• He is known for his work on epidemic of diphtheria in California.
• In 1888 Emile Roux and Alexandre Yersin isolated diphtheria toxin, and following the 1890 discovery by Behring and Kitasato of antitoxin based immunity to diphtheria and tetanus, the antitoxin became the first major success of modern therapeutic immunology.