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Other Works Consulted
American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Tetanus (Lockjaw). In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 655–660. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Tetanus. In W Atkinson et al., eds., Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 11th ed., pp. 273–282. Washington, DC: Public Health Foundation. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/tetanus.pdf.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Updated recommendations for use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2010. MMWR, 60(01): 13–15. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6001a4.htm?s_cid=mm6001a4_w.
Reddy P, Bleck TP (2010). Clostridium tetani (Tetanus). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 3091–3096. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: January 25, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease | |
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