| skin infections and the epidemiology of diphtheria: acquisition and persistence of c diphtheriae infections. | acquisition and persistence of c. diphtheriae infections of skin lesions and of the respiratory tract were observed in households exposed to c. diphtheriae carriers in a community experiencing a diphtheria outbreak and in households in two communities free of the disease. acquisition of c. diphtheriae was more frequent in epidemic households, apparently due to a greater frequency of respiratory tract acquisition. skin lesion acquisition was constant in both situations. the pattern of persistence ... | 1975 | 808123 |