Diphtheria vaccine

Diphtheria vaccine

Vaccine description
Target disease	Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Type	Toxoid
Clinical data
MedlinePlus	a607027
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status	?
Routes	Intramuscular injection
Identifiers
ATC code	J07AF01
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Diphtheria vaccine is a vaccine used against Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the agent that causes diphtheria.^[1]

Several combination vaccines are used to prevent Diptheria. ^[2] It is a component of the DPT vaccine.

References

1. ^ "MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diphtheria immunization (vaccine)". http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/002018.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Diptheria Vaccination". Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/diphtheria/default.htm#vacc. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 

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