Tetanus

Tetanus is an acute infectious disease characterized by the invasion of Clostridium tetanus into a human wound, growth and reproduction in an anaerobic environment, producing neuro exotoxin and causing systemic muscle tonic spasm. Severe patients can die from laryngeal spasm or secondary lung infections. Neonatal tetanus is caused by umbilical cord infection and has a high mortality rate. Although the World Health Organization is actively pursuing the global immunization plan, it is estimated that there are still nearly one million tetanus cases worldwide each year, and hundreds of thousands of newborns die from tetanus.

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