TY  - JOUR
T1  - SChool diphtheria and the germ-carrier
Y1  - 2009/06/03
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.747
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2279
EP  - 2279
VL  - 301
IS  - 21
N2  - 
The discovery of the importance of the living germ-carrier in disseminating diphtheritic infection is comparatively recent. At least four types of diphtheria-carriers can be distinguished: (1) the mild or unrecognized cases; (2) the convalescents released prematurely from quarantine; (3) certain nurses, physicians and members of the family who have been in more or less close contact with the patient or germ-carrying convalescent (this class is currently denominated “contacts”), and, finally (4) those persons who have never shown signs of illness and, so far as can be discovered, have had no recent contact with a germ-carrier, but who, nevertheless, harbor the specific germ.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.747
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.747
ER  -