Short communication Tetanus complicating snakebite in northern Nigeria: clinical presentation and public health implications (original) (raw)

2003

Abstract

Background: There is inequality in vaccination coverage, and adult farmers in tropical rural communities could have missed tetanus toxoid as campaigns target children. Snakebite is not uncommon and partly because of lack of effective antivenom, management in inaccessible areas could be complicated with tetanus in unimmunized victims. Patients and results: Four snakebite victims who developed tetanus were seen in northern

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