Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health at the University of Lagos and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Adebayo Onajole, tells LARA ADEJORO how to manage and curb the scourge of the ravaging deadly diphtheria disease
Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that spreads from person to person through airborne, that is air droplets. Usually, it is very common among under-five children, as such, most people get immuned or protected, either because they have had a mild case of the infection or because they have been immunised. The number of cases of diphtheria that we have seen in the past has been very small since we have childhood immunisation of which diphtheria is one of them.
If a victim sneezes or coughs into the atmosphere, it can be inhaled by a neutral person who consequently gets infected. So, being infected depends on many factors – the dosage of exposure, the frequency of exposure, level of exposure, and then, age, is equally a major factor too. The young ones are more likely to come down with it than the older person.
What are the signs and symptoms of the disease and how long does it take to start manifesting the strains after exposure?
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