tetanus
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Importantly, antibodies generated by earlier vaccinations, including those against chickenpox and tetanus, could still be detected.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The parents of the third child refused a tetanus jag for their daughter, who was bitten by the family dog, because they "disputed the medical science" behind it.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The affected data include childhood immunization rates against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella, hepatitis, chicken pox and flu; and rates for 13 year olds and expectant mothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
These horses occasionally answered the call of nature, creating a bacteria-filled environment that required the athletic trainer to keep a supply of tetanus shots on hand, to be administered when players’ wounds broke the skin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
It won’t be tetanus, as they inoculated us, but may be septicemia; I don’t think those pins were very clean.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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