Diphtheria - Nature Reviews Disease Primers
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Humans are the only known natural host for C. diphtheriae, whereas disease associated with C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis infections is of zoonotic origin (from domestic and wild mammals).
This bacterium was perpetuated by its eponymous name, the Klebs–Löffler bacillus, since it was first identified by Klebs in 1883 and successfully cultured by Löffler in 1884 (Fig. 1).
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