Immunity to tetanus among Italians born between 1956 and 1963
✍ Scribed by F. Rosmini; G. Gentili; M. Wirz; C. Collotti; A. Pana; I. Terzi; S. Conti; P. Pasquini
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 465 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0393-2990
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✦ Synopsis
Systematic mandatory immunization of children against tetanus begun in Italy in 1968. Preceeding birth cohorts, accounting for all~ost 80% of present Italian population, were poorly ~mmune or totally non-immune: around 90% of cases of tetanus occurring in Italy in recent years are observed among them.
In a national sample of 4770 young ~nales born between 1956 and 1963, about one third was not protected. Prevalence of non-immune subjects was greater in the Southern Regions and the Islands, in rural areas, among the unemployed, among the older birth cohorts.