Serological surveys provide an objective biological measure of population immunity, and
tetanus serological surveys can also assess vaccination coverage. We undertook a national …

Recent tetanus cases associated with male circumcision in Eastern and Southern Africa
(ESA) prompted an examination of tetanus immunity by age and sex using multiplex …

Background The low uptake of tetanus vaccine and its resultant high burden of tetanus in
Nigeria suggest the need to improve routine and booster vaccination in children and …

BACKGROUND: The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh accounted for 50% diphtheria and 3%
tetanus cases reported globally during 2005. During 2003–2006, there was a rising trend of …

Background The drastic decline of Ukraine's immunization coverage since 2009 led to
concerns about potential resurgence diphtheria and tetanus, along with other vaccine …

Background Tajikistan had a major diphtheria outbreak (∼ 10,000 cases) in the 1990s,
which was controlled after nationwide immunization campaigns with diphtheria-tetanus …

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness of
supplementary immunization activities to prevent neonatal tetanus in the Loralai district of …

Tetanus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Nigeria is
aiming to eliminate tetanus by maintaining coverage of routine vaccinations for infants and …

In Hyderabad, India, diphtheria is common among children aged 5–19 years. On account of
low coverage of diphtheria vaccine boosters recommended under the universal …

Tetanus a known childhood killer is an entirely preventable disease with tetanus toxoid (TT).
Most of the research today is on neonatal tetanus owing to its high case fatality rate. Though …