Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT ... Tetanus is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani, which can enter the body through wounds or during childbirth when hygiene practices are inadequate.

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 ...

Background: In 1988, WHO estimated around 787,000 newborns deaths due to neonatal tetanus. Despite few success stories majority of the Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are still struggling ...

In Nigeria, the inci­dence of tetanus ranges from 14.6 to 20 per 1000 live births and it is the leading cause of death in the neonatal age group (3–5). Neonatal tetanus, the most common tetanus ...