Background Certain infectious diseases are caused by specific bacterial pathogens,including syphilis,gonorrhea,typhoid and paratyphoid fever,diphtheria,pertussis,tetanus,leprosy,and tuberculosis.These diseases signifi...
Tetanus is an infection caused by Clostridium tetani. The disease has been described from the earliest medical literature. Despite this old knowledge, the existence of a vaccine, and the progress made in pathophysiolo...
supported by Guangxi Health Commission Project [No.Z20200514];Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Project [No.AD22035052]。
Tetanus is the only non-communicable disease among vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.It is caused by an infection with Clostridium tetanus bacterium and is characterized by continuous tonic contraction and parox...
Introduction: Tetanus portals of entry are numerous. Amongst these, the carerelated portals of entry are rarely reported. The aim of the study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and outcome aspects and iden...
supported by grants from the Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province of China(Grant No.[2019]1185).
Aim:Pertussis is a respiratory tract infection,the vaccine for which was introduced in the Expanded Programme on Immunization(EPI)in Guizhou Province of China(hereafter referred as Guizhou)in the 1980s.This vaccine ra...
Background: The regression of post-vaccination immunity with age exposes elderly subjects to certain infectious diseases, in particular tetanus. The aim was to compare the clinical and prognostic feat...
Background:Neonatal tetanus(NT)is a deadly nervous system disorder that is endemic to Afghanistan.Administering sufficient doses of tetanus toxoid containing vaccine(TTCV)during pregnancy can pass antibodies to the fe...
Background: In Nigeria Pentavalent vaccine had replaced Diphtheria-Pertussis- Tetanus [DPT] vaccine in the prevention of pertussis since 2012. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this stu...
Tetanus is an acute non-contagious and infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani exotoxins that affect many animal species and humans. It is associated with high mortality rate, ranging from 58% to 80% in Equida...
Introduction: The tetanus-diphtheria vaccine administered during pregnancy is used as a toxoid vaccine with an intact antigen structure. In this study, we investigated the association of tetanus-diphtheria vaccination...