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Tetanus toxin is still a main concern to public health taking several hundred lives each year. It mainly affects subtropical and tropical regions where hygiene levels are low and treatment and vaccines is not readily available. The most commonly used human vaccine is the chemically modified form of the tetanus neurotoxin. This tetanus toxoid is an effective prevention treatment that is normally distributed to infants over a few months period. | Tetanus toxin is still a main concern to public health taking several hundred lives each year. It mainly affects subtropical and tropical regions where hygiene levels are low and treatment and vaccines is not readily available. The most commonly used human vaccine is the chemically modified form of the tetanus neurotoxin. This tetanus toxoid is an effective prevention treatment that is normally distributed to infants over a few months period. | ||
== References == | |||
Bizzini, B. (1979). Tetanus toxin. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 43(2), 224-240. Retrieved from http://mmbr.asm.org/content/43/2/224 | |||
