diphtheria

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diphtheria
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diphtheria

Summary

diphtheria is an infectious disease[1]. diphtheria ranks in the top 6% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • diphtheria's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • diphtheria's instance of is recorded as notifiable disease[4].
  • diphtheria's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • diphtheria is a type of primary bacterial infectious disease[6].
  • diphtheria is a type of Corynebacterium infection[7].
  • diphtheria is a type of disease[8].
  • diphtheria is a type of pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[9].
  • diphtheria's Commons category is recorded as Diphtheria[10].
  • diphtheria's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as R83[11].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as sore throat[12].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever[13].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as barking cough[14].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as tonsillitis[15].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as heart failure[16].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as peripheral neuropathy[17].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as swelling[18].
  • diphtheria's symptoms and signs is recorded as pseudomembrane[19].
  • diphtheria's has cause is recorded as Corynebacterium diphtheriae[20].
  • diphtheria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diphtheria[21].
  • diphtheria's medical examination is recorded as Elek's test[22].
  • diphtheria's medical examination is recorded as microbiological culture[23].
  • diphtheria's medical examination is recorded as physical examination[24].
  • diphtheria's possible treatment is recorded as antibiotic[25].
  • diphtheria's possible treatment is recorded as tracheotomy[26].
  • diphtheria's possible treatment is recorded as antitoxin[27].

Why It Matters

diphtheria ranks in the top 6% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,176 views/month).[2] diphtheria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] diphtheria is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . admin.ch. admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . emro.who.int. emro.who.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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