Diphtheria Studies II—Use of Intradermal Injections of Toxin-Toxoid Mixtures in Diphtheria Immunization

OPTIMIZATION OF DIPHTHERIA TOXOID PRECIPITATION BY USING SATURATED AMMONIUM SULPHATE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE DIPHTHERIA VACCINE

سابقه و هدف: کورینه باکتریوم دیفتریه باکتری هوازی و بی­هوازی اختیاری است. مهم­ترین گونه از خانواده کورینه ‌باکتریاها، عامل بیماری دیفتری است که به ­وسیله توکسین خود، بیماری دیفتری را ایجاد می­کند. آمونیم ­سولفات نمکی معدنی است که از آن برای ترسیب و خالص­سازی پروتئین ها استفاده می­شود که با افزایش مقدار نمک حلالیت پروتئینی کم شده و پروتئین ­ها به­ واسطه قطعه­ های هیدروفوب خود، به­هم پیوسته و رسو...

Studies on Diphtheria- Tetanus, combined immunization in children in some elementary school of Teheran

Diphtheria Immunization *

AT the beginning of the twentieth century diphtheria occupied a unique position in contrast to other infectious diseases. Its symptoms and course were well known and accurately described, the causal organism definitely recognized, and a specific remedy was available for its treatment, yet in spite of this wealth of scientific knowledge the control and prevention of the disease had proved a comp...

Preparation and Evaluation of Diphtheria Toxoid-Containing Microspheres

Preparation of chitosan (CS) microspheres as a novel drug delivery vehicle for intranasal immunization using high, medium and low CS molecular weight (MW) was investigated in this study. Diphtheria toxoid (DT) was used as a model antigen. The emulsion-solidification method was adopted for microencapsulation of DT.  In the first step, following the purification of semi-crude DT by the ion-exchan...

Studies of the Activity of Diphtheria Toxin

It has been demonstrated that a saturating dose of diphtheria toxin produced a 90% inhibition of polio-virus replication in HeLa cells. This inhibition was reflected in infectious viral RNA synthesis and in mature virus production. Toxin had no direct effect on virus particles or I-RNA, and poliovirus adsorption and eclipse appeared to be carried out normally in intoxicated cells. When toxin wa...