Tetanus in Poland in 2006
Zieliński, A.
Przeglad Epidemiologiczny 62(2): 333-335
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2100 PMID: 18807476 Document Number: 624636
Number of cases of tetanus in Poland remains low. In 2006, 22 cases of tetanus (13 women and 9 men) were reported in Poland. 17 of those cases were among people of age 50 or more. In 2006 6 deaths were reported, all of them among people older then 59 years. In 17 cases vaccination status was unknown. 4 cases were unvaccinated, 3 received buster dose of vaccine less then 10 years before infection. Post exposure anatoxine was applied only in case. The data show effectiveness of vaccination program in younger age groups, but they also show need for promotion of post exposure prophylaxis, especially among older people both in rural and in urban areas. No case of neonatal tetanus was noted in Poland since 1984.