| 1. | Europe now accounts for 80 percent of diphtheria cases reported worldwide.
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| 2. | A Wisconsin soldier who died of diphtheria was buried at sea.
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| 3. | An epidemic of diphtheria swept through in the mid-1990s.
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| 4. | Malaria, and now diphtheria, represent the latest health risks.
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| 5. | Cases of diphtheria have increased three-fold nationwide since 1993.
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| 6. | A highly contagious disease, diphtheria can be prevented by vaccination.
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| 7. | Diphtheria is an acute bacterial infection of the nose and throat.
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| 8. | Thirteen of the 15 deaths from diphtheria this year were adults.
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| 9. | He said 65 adults had died of diphtheria and 10 children.
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| 10. | When the twins were three years old, they contracted diphtheria.
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