Open AccessDid we forget tetanus?
Author(s) -
Đjorđje Alempijević,
Ivana Baralić,
Milosav Kiurski,
Dragan Ječmenica,
Snežana Pavlekić,
Vladimir Živković,
Slobodan Savić
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0908430a
Subject(s) - medicine , tetanus , surgery , immunization , disease , foreign body , wound care , pediatrics , vaccination , antigen , immunology
Currently, in our country (Republic of Serbia) tetanus is a rarely occurring disease, mainly affecting people older than 65 years of age. A small number of reported cases is mainly due to appropriate immunization. Therefore, each case of tetanus may be considered as failure of health care system to provide adequate immunization.