In Kazakhstan
Due to the wide coverage of vaccination in the past 25 years, Kazakhstan has not registered a single case of tetanus in children under 14 years. This incidence rate among the adult population decreased 7.5 times - from 15 cases per 100 thousand population in 1991 to 2 cases in 2015, BNews.kz reports.+
The main method of preventing tetanus is vaccination. According to the National immunization calendar, children are vaccinated from 2 months triply with DTP (or AbKDS), the first revaccination is carried out in 18 months, then - in 6 years, followed by boosters every 10 years, the press service pf MHSD reports.
The incubation period lasts from 4 to 14 days, in some cases 30 days or more. There is a dependence severity of the clinical course of the duration of the incubation period: the shorter it is, the more severe disease and more deaths.
Persons who have received injuries, injuries in violation of the skin and mucous membrane integrity should be vaccinated routinely.
