Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Adults who completed their childhood DTaP vaccine series may not need a booster shot, researchers say. DTaP is a combination vaccine that protects against tetanus, ...

Posts across multiple platforms claim tetanus shots are unnecessary because people can only be exposed via farm animals, and ...

Studies have indicated that protective antibody levels persist for over 10 years, supporting the elimination of routine adult ...

During a severe storm wide variety of animal injuries can result. When deep wounds result, Tetanus is a potential problem.

As a child, you must have received tetanus vaccine along with a combination (Tdap) that protects against diphtheria, Pertussis (whooping cough). But protection against tetanus cannot be life-long.

The tetanus shot doesn’t provide lifelong protection. Adults should get a booster at least every 10 years, or possibly earlier if there’s a chance you've been exposed to the bacteria.

The symptoms of tetanus may become evident any time for a few days to six weeks after the initial infection with Clostridium tetani bacteria. However, the standard incubation time is between five ...

Use the growth medium to grow new copies of the Clostridium tetani bacteria. With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but ...

Tetanus isn’t something we hear about often, but it’s a serious infection that can cause painful muscle spasms and stiffness, starting in the jaw and moving to other body parts.

A recent case of tetanus in an unvaccinated child highlights the continued threat of this rare but dangerous disease among the unvaccinated individuals in the United States. "Unvaccinated or ...

Neonatal tetanus resulted in the deaths of 550 Kenyan babies in 2013, and according to UNICEF, 58,000 babies worldwide died of neonatal tetanus in 2010 (a count that includes only known tetanus ...

Tetanus in horses is a bacterial infection, where the toxins produced attack the horse’s nervous system. The condition is also known as lockjaw because as the disease progresses, the mouth ...