0 a type of serious disease, caused by an infected wound etc, in which certain muscles ( especially of the jaw) become stiff. -- tetanus
Duration of protective efficacy of equine influenza immunostimulating complex\tetanus vaccines.
Although additional codes examined may have indicated possible miscoding as tetanus in a number of other cases, they were not excluded from further analysis.
The average annual incidence of reported tetanus was 0.20 per million population (annual range 0.04-0.39).
Although a number of patients developed altered mental status, none had focal neurological changes indicative of botulism or tetanus.
Once infected, the child becomes ill and often dies within 4-14 days of age from tetanus toxemia.
These differences were due to the fact that men receive a booster dose against tetanus toxoid on entering military service.
Only 6 of these 13 work-related cases were reported as having received any previous tetanus vaccination.
The high levels of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria have two main causes.
