EXOGENIC AND ENDOGENIC GENESIS FACTORS INFLUENCE IN DIPHTHERIA MORBIDITY

Retrospective analysis of diphtheria morbidity in Kharkov region was done. State of specific immunity to diphtheria in children under 14 in Kharkov city was studied. Inhibitive influence of acute glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis, hepatitis A, diabetes mellitus on state of artificial antitoxic immunity to diphtheria was proved.