title: Carriage of non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae by Australian Aboriginals.
abstract: A survey of 200 Aboriginals in Western Australia revealed five carriers of non-toxogenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae; four of these were variety mitis and one was variety gravis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples