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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2024

Tetanus: historical and palaeopathological aspects considering its current health impact.

Francesco Maria Galassi, Raffaella Bianucci, Simon T Donell, Valentina Vittori, Andreas Nerlich, Mariano Martini, Elena Varotto

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Francesco Maria GalassiDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódz, Poland.
Raffaella BianucciParis-Saclay University, Laboratory of Anthropology, Archaeology and Biology (LAAB), Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Yvelines, France.
Simon T DonellNorwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Valentina VittoriFAPAB Research Center, Avola, Italy.
Andreas NerlichDepartment of Forensic Histology, Paleopathology and Mummy Research, Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.
Mariano MartiniDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Elena VarottoFAPAB Research Center, Avola, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present article summarises the historical and palaeopathological evidence of tetanus, an ineradicable yet vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani. The antiquity of the disease is described thanks to historical written sources, artistic references and very recent palaeogenetic data. A recollection of now long-supplanted therapies is offered together with a focus on the introduction of an effective vaccine. Moreover, a potential identification of tetanus in the Bible is analysed and general considerations on the current health relevance of tetanus are presented.

Indexed as

TetanusClostridium tetaniHistory, 15th CenturyHistory, 16th CenturyHistory, 17th CenturyHistory, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, AncientHistory, MedievalHumansPaleopathologyTetanus ToxoidTetanus ToxoidClostridium tetaniHistory of medicineInfectious diseasesPalaeopathologyTetanusToxinVaccination

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PMID40026424
PMCPMC11870127

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