Open AccessCluster of cases of tetanus in injecting drug users in England: update
Author(s) -
Justin S. White,
Natasha S. Crowcroft,
Susan Hahné,
V Hope,
Liliane Todeschini de Souza
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.07.49.02340-en
Subject(s) - tetanus , drug , medicine , cluster (spacecraft) , pediatrics , medical emergency , pharmacology , virology , vaccination , computer science , programming language
Eight cases of clinical tetanus, including one death, have now been reported in injecting drug users (IDUs) in England since July 2003, six of which occurred since October