Tetanus is a dangerous infection caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani. These bacteria are commonly found in the ...

Tetanus (lockjaw) is a dangerous nerve ailment caused by the toxin of a common bacteria, Clostridium tetani. You can find these bacterial spores everywhere, but mostly in soil. They're also found ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...

As fewer children die or are debilitated due to measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus and polio, we tend to forget that this is the result of an evidence-based childhood vaccination program.

Early last year Boyd 1 reviewed the British experiences with tetanus in the African and European theaters of operation, and his report has already been commented on in these columns. 2 Active ...

The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some ...

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What is Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis? Tetanus is caused by a germ that enters the body through a cut or a wound. Tetanus (Lockjaw) causes painful tightening of the muscles all over the body and ...

Students who missed one or two vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic will have a chance to complete their jabs when the ...

A tetanus-diphtheria toxoid preparation containing 1 L f of diphtheria toxoid and 5 L f of tetanus toxoid, purified, without alum adjuvant, is recommended for adult use in the civil population.

On Mondays and Fridays, we see more patients. For pregnant women, we give two doses of the tetanus vaccine, one month apart, and continue the vaccination after delivery." The morning stretches ...

Public health experts are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases increase nationwide. Numbers of cases of the ...