Almost all reported cases of tetanus are in persons who have either never been vaccinated or who completed a primary series but have not had a booster in the preceding 10 years. From 1995-1997, 54% of the reported cases in the United States had an unknown tetanus vaccination history, 22% had no known previous...
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The History of Tetanus is an interesting one in light of the timing of the decline in the number of cases and the tetanus vaccine release and it's final widespread use around 1947 at the end of WWII. ... The history of tetanus dating back to the mid 1800's, the number of cases ran around 200 per 100,000 and dropped to about 0...
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History of tetanus. • Epidemiology in the United States. • Causative organism ... History of Tetanus. Cambridge illustrated history of medicine. ...
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With wounds that involve the possibility of tetanus contamination, a patient with an unknown or incomplete history of tetanus vaccination needs a tetanus- and diphtheria-containing shot (Td or Tdap) and a dose of tetanus immune globulin (TIG) as soon as possible.
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From 1995-1997, 54% of the reported cases in the United States had an unknown tetanus vaccination history, 22% had no known previous tetanus vaccination, 9% had 1 previous dose, 3% had 2 previous doses, 3% had 3 previous doses, and 9% had 4 or more previous doses.
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The history of tetanus is very long and people have know the cause of this disease since Kitasato isolated the bacterium in 1889. My summary of the information below is taken from the following webpage.
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Definition of Tetanus ... Causes and Risk Factors of Tetanus ... The diagnosis is made clinically by the medical history and physical findings.
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