Diphtheria Carriage
The diphtheria carriage is a asympthomatic colonization of oro- and nasopharynx by toxigenic and nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae.The carriage of toxigenic strains prevents a complete eradication of diphtheria infection in spite of mass toxoid immunization.The contamination by toxigenic diphtheria bacteria leads to the carriage if Exhaust t