How to Use diphtheria in a Sentence

diphtheria

noun

• Cholera and diphtheria have been rampant, and once again, Yemen faces a new surge in hunger.
  — Author: Kathy Gannon, Andrew Meldrum and Lee Keath, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2020
• Epidemics such as cholera and diphtheria ravaged the poor and rich alike.
  — Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
• And every member of the family should record the date of their last tetanus-diphtheria shot in this record.
  — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
• In Venezuela there are at least three epidemics at work, measles, diphtheria and malaria.
  — Luciana Magalhaes and Juan Forero, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
• Balto led the sled dogs on the last part of the trip that got a diphtheria anti-toxin to Nome, Alaska, to counter an outbreak of the disease.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
• Balto is the celebrated Siberian Husky who led his dog team on the last stretch of the 1925 diphtheria run to Nome.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2021
• Eleanor was 9 when her parents died of diphtheria, and she was packed off to her grandmother's house.
  — Jacqueline Cutler, Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
• But la dolce vita was short lived: On the trip, two of their children died of diphtheria and Percy drowned in Tuscany.
  — Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• One of Putin's elder brothers died of diphtheria during the siege and the other died a few months after birth.
  — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
• And adults should get booster shots to protect against tetanus and diphtheria every 10 years or so.
  — Donavyn Coffey, SELF, 21 May 2021
• In the opener, Dr. Turner and Nurse Crane must deal with an alarming outbreak of diphtheria.
  — Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2020
• All family members should also record the date of their last tetanus-diphtheria shot in this record as well.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• Victoria succumbed to a bad cold, her doctor suffered from a sore throat, the cook had diphtheria.
  — Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
• Neel’s daughter—her second, after a baby who died of diphtheria—grew up mostly in the care of those in-laws in Havana.
  — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 20 June 2022
• Von Behring had taken serum from sheep exposed to diphtheria and used it to treat a child infected with the bacteria.
  — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2020
• In 1924, a diphtheria outbreak killed at least nine members and made dozens of others sick, according to the Lebanon Daily News.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2017
• Four doses of diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis are required for preschool, child care and Head Start.
  — OregonLive.com, 16 Aug. 2017
• Some still have not caught up on shots for diseases like polio, measles, whooping cough and diphtheria, all of which can be dangerous.
  — Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022
• The best vaccines—such as the ones for measles, rubella, and diphtheria—provide almost 100% protection for life.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2020
• Putin's older brother Viktor died of diphtheria during the siege of Leningrad before Putin was born.
  — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2022
• Tdap, which stands for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis.
  — Laura Dorwart, Health.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• This includes the shingles vaccine and the tetanus-diphtheria-whooping cough vaccine.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
• This is one of my favorite novels of the past 25 years — about a small Wisconsin town hemmed in by a diphtheria epidemic on one side and wildfire on the other.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 3 Oct. 2022
• Recent years have seen a global increase in rates of diphtheria and measles; in 2019, the U.S. experienced its largest measles outbreaks in decades.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2022
• Other vaccines, like ones for diphtheria, tetanus, and polio are four doses or more.
  — William Haseltine, CNN, 14 Sep. 2021
• In 16 states, rates for kids entering kindergarten were at least 95% for measles shots and for the combination diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough shot.
  — Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
• In 1925, a Siberian husky named Balto was part of a dog-sled team that raced across Alaska to deliver a serum to combat a diphtheria epidemic in Nome.
  — Jiji Lee, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2021
• Reports indicate that there were only 180 camp beds in the center, leaving the rest to sleep on the floor in cramped conditions—which led to outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria.
  — Time, 1 Nov. 2022
• To keep newborns and infants safe, Schauer said pregnant individuals should get the Tdap vaccine, which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
  — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2024
• Whooping cough is covered by a common childhood vaccination, as part of the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) or Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) shot.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024