Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015

• Main Authors: Hmwe H. Kyu (Author), John Everett Mumford (Author), Jeffrey D. Stanaway (Author), Ryan M. Barber (Author), Jamie R. Hancock (Author), Theo Vos (Author), Christopher J. L. Murray (Author), Mohsen Naghavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although preventable, tetanus still claims tens of thousands of deaths each year. The patterns and distribution of mortality from tetanus have not been well characterized. We identified the global, regional, and national levels and trends of mortality from neonatal and non-neonat...