Tetanus in Poland in 2009
Zieliński, A.
Przeglad Epidemiologiczny 65(2): 271-272
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2100 PMID: 21913473 Document Number: 655692
In 2009, 19 cases of tetanus (10 women and 9 men) were reported in Poland. Except for two cases in males at age 20-29 most of those cases were among people of age 60 or more. In 2009 4 deaths were recorded. All cases were unvaccinated or vaccination status was unknown. Only in 2 cases post exposure anatoxine was applied. Younger age groups were spared which indicated effectiveness of vaccination program for those groups. There is a need for promotion of vaccinations in older age groups, which are mostly affected, and also are of the risk of death from tetanus.