toxoid

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This toxoid vaccine, widely available in the United States as of the early 1940s, was what actually wiped out diphtheria in the country.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

If an emergency patient has had the toxoid within a couple of years, said Dr. Christensen, all he needs is an immediate booster.

From Time Magazine Archive

U.S. health officials disagree with the current British theory: that more dangerous new strains of diphtheria bacilli have developed, in the U.S., the standard treatments�immunization with toxoid injections, therapy with antitoxin�are still effective.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many get additional tetanus toxoid boosters in school or college�and, of course, in the armed forces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Lim now plans to pasture a herd of ponies for serums, manufacture 200,000 doses a day of vaccine for typhoid, cholera, bubonic plague and tetanus toxoid.

From Time Magazine Archive