Tetanus

References

Other Works Consulted

• American Academy of Pediatrics (2003). Tetanus (Lockjaw). In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2003 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 26th ed., pp. 611–616. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

• Bleck TP (2005). Clostridium tetani (Tetanus). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 2817–2821. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003). Summary: Tetanus. In Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: The Pink Book, 6th ed., chap. 5. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/tetanus.pdf.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Recommended adult immunization schedule—United States, October 2007–September 2008. MMWR, 56(41): Q1–Q4.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0–18 years—United States, 2008. MMWR, 57(01): Q1–Q4. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5701a8.htm. [Erratum in MMWR, 57(12): 319. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5712a6.htm.]

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Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH	Last Updated: February 23, 2007
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