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Prevention of Diphtheria

Immunisation with diphtheria toxoid, combined with tetanus toxoid and pertussis (whooping cough) toxoid (DTP vaccine), should be given to all children at two, three and four months of age.

Diphtheria epidemics still occur in countries where only some of the population are immunised, and people travelling to these areas may contract the disease. There are more than 120 countries for which travellers are recommended to protect themselves by vaccination against diphtheria.

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