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ArticleGerms2023

Adult tetanus is not gone yet, but could be ready to leave: A case-series from central India.

Mahadev Meena, Vaibhav Yadav, Manish M Yadav, Rajnish Joshi, Prachi Singh, Rajesh Panda, Saurabh Saigal

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Article in Germs, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mahadev MeenaMD, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
Vaibhav YadavMD, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
Manish M YadavPG Resident, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
Rajnish JoshiMD, MPH, PhD, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
Prachi SinghPG Resident, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
Rajesh PandaDM, Department of Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
Saurabh SaigalMD, Department of Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Adult tetanus is a neurotoxin mediated infectious disease, that continues to be seen despite availability of a highly efficacious vaccine. In India population-based burden estimates for adult tetanus are not available. Elimination of neonatal and maternal tetanus from India was achieved in 2015 with DPT (diphtheria, pertusis, and tetanus) vaccine during childhood and tetanus toxoid (TT) during antenatal care. Vaccine coverage in adults is uneven. While pregnant women receive the vaccine as part of ante-natal care, booster dose coverage in all other non-pregnant women and men is poor. Case report: We describe four cases of adult tetanus that presented to our tertiary care hospital in central India. Out of four cases, two were homemakers, one was a farmer, another was a student. Three of them were not aware regarding primary tetanus vaccination and none of the four received any booster dosages of tetanus vaccine. Conclusions: These cases highlight complexity of disease management and reinforce the need for adult booster immunization against tetanus.

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adult immunizationAdult tetanuscentral Indiatetanus boosters

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PMCPMC10659751
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