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- Title
Tetanus Vaccination 2020 and Collateral Protections against Pertussis and Diphtheria.
- Authors
KHOURY, ALEXANDRE; CAHILL, JOHN D.
- Abstract
Tetanus is a life-threatening but vaccine-preventable disease caused by the toxin of the bacterium Clostridium tetani and is characterized by muscle spasms and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. It is prevented through vaccination with tetanus toxoid, but because the causative agent is widespread in the environment, eradication is impossible. Therefore, efforts to reduce incidence are aimed at reaching elimination, rather than eradication. This article reviews the pathogenesis, clinical manifestation and treatment of tetanus, and summarizes all recommendations from CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding prevention and control of tetanus in the United States.
- Subjects
UNITED States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; TETANUS vaccines; TETANUS toxin; WHOOPING cough; DIPHTHERIA; AUTONOMIC nervous system
- Publication
Rhode Island Medical Journal, 2020, Vol 103, Issue 6, p38
- ISSN
0363-7913
- Publication type
Article