Tetanus toxoid vaccine: Elimination of neonatal tetanus in selected states of India
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Tetanus toxoid immunization to reduce mortality from neonatal tetanus
BACKGROUND Neonatal tetanus remains an important and preventable cause of neonatal mortality globally. Large reductions in neonatal tetanus deaths have been reported following major increases in the coverage of tetanus toxoid immunization, yet the level of evidence for the mortality effect of tetanus toxoid immunization is surprisingly weak with only two trials considered in a Cochrane review. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2164-5515,2164-554X
DOI: 10.4161/hv.21145