Tetanus neonatorum--a curiosity?

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Editorial Notes1 November 1966Tetanus Neonatorum—a Curiosity?NORMAN A. CHRISTENSEN, M.D.NORMAN A. CHRISTENSEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-5-1149 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThough tetanus neonatorum is so rare in most highly developed countries as to be for them a medical curiosity, this is not so for most of the world. Representatives at the recent International Conference on Tetanus*from India (Patel of Bombay), Africa (Rey of Dakar, Senegal), South America (Veronesi of São Paulo, Brazil, and Newell of Colombia), and the islands of the South Pacific (Schofield of New Guinea) reaffirmed the worldwide epidemiologic report of Bytchenko from the World Health Organization (WHO) that tetanus neonatorum is still a major problem in several of the large populous countries of the worldãthat thousands...Reference1. NEWELLLEHMANNLEBLANCOSORIO KWADDRNG: The use of toxoid for the prevention of tetanus neonatorum: final report of a double-blind control field trial. Bull. WHO. In press. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Section of Medicine Mayo Clinic Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minn.*Held in Bern, Switzerland, July 15 through 19, 1966, sponsored by the Swiss Academy of Medicine, and supported by the World Health Organization; Dr. Leo Eckmann, Chairman.*"Guide Lines for the Medical Profession Regarding the Prevention of Tetanus" adopted at the Conference appears on p. 1079 of this issue of the ANNALS. Copies of "Guide Lines" can be obtained from the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 November 1966Volume 65, Issue 5Page: 1149-1149KeywordsEpidemiologyGlobal healthTetanus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1966 PDF downloadLoading ...