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

But if he has never had toxoid, or is unconscious and cannot answer questions, the doctor has a difficult choice.

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

At one of its camps, CWS prepared a toxoid against botulism, a form of food poisoning which it was feared the Germans might use in Normandy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, when the researchers injected these mice with tetanus toxoid, most of the animals produced human antietanus antibodies, further proof that their new immune systems were functioning as though they were naturally human.

From Time Magazine Archive