ArticleBMC public health2017
Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015.
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- Mortality and risk factors in hospitalised adult patients with tetanus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
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- Phase I Evaluation of Siltartoxatug, a First-in-Class Anti-Tetanus Monoclonal Antibody: Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Healthy Australian and Chinese Populations.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026Article
- Assessment of hepatitis B and tetanus toxoid vaccination coverage and associated factors among healthcare workers at Kabul University of Medical Sciences affiliated hospitals in Afghanistan.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Tetanus Health Information on YouTube and TikTok: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Quality, Reliability, and Public Health Implications.JMIR infodemiology · 2026Article
- Determinants of tetanus toxoid immunization among pregnant women in Somaliland: evidence from the 2020 nationwide survey using a zero-inflated negative binomial model.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
- 10 years trends and hospitalization outcomes of non-neonatal tetanus: a large-scale multicenter retrospective study in China.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Article
- Tetanus infection in an 11-year-old male with full infant vaccination history: a rare case report.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Analysis of 92 hospitalized cases of non-neonatal tetanus in Guizhou Province, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Cephalic Tetanus Following Auricular Metallic Trauma in an Adult: A Rare Clinical Case Presentation.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Tetanus: recognition and management.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding tetanus: a case of healthcare workers in the emergency and intensive care departments of a regional hospital in the northern region of Morocco.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- Neonatal tetanus in South Sudan: a case series.African health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough preventable, tetanus still claims tens of thousands of deaths each year. The patterns and distribution of mortality from tetanus have not been well characterized. We identified the global, regional, and national levels and trends of mortality from neonatal and non-neonatal tetanus based on the results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.
methodsData from vital registration, verbal autopsy studies and mortality surveillance data covering 12,534 site-years from 1980 to 2014 were used. Mortality from tetanus was estimated using the Cause of Death Ensemble modeling strategy.
resultsThere were 56,743 (95% uncertainty interval (UI): 48,199 to 80,042) deaths due to tetanus in 2015; 19,937 (UI: 17,021 to 23,467) deaths occurred in neonates; and 36,806 (UI: 29,452 to 61,481) deaths occurred in older children and adults. Of the 19,937 neonatal tetanus deaths, 45% of deaths occurred in South Asia, and 44% in Sub-Saharan Africa. Of the 36,806 deaths after the neonatal period, 47% of deaths occurred in South Asia, 36% in sub-Saharan Africa, and 12% in Southeast Asia. Between 1990 and 2015, the global mortality rate due to neonatal tetanus dropped by 90% and that due to non-neonatal tetanus dropped by 81%. However, tetanus mortality rates were still high in a number of countries in 2015. The highest rates of neonatal tetanus mortality (more than 1,000 deaths per 100,000 population) were observed in Somalia, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Kenya. The highest rates of mortality from tetanus after the neonatal period (more than 5 deaths per 100,000 population) were observed in Somalia, South Sudan, and Kenya.
conclusionsThough there have been tremendous strides globally in reducing the burden of tetanus, tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths from tetanus could be prevented each year by an already available inexpensive and effective vaccine. Availability of more high quality data could help narrow the uncertainty of tetanus mortality estimates.
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