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Eurosurveillance - Volume 7, Issue 7, 01 July 2002
Volume 7, Issue 7, 2002
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Epidemiology of tetanus in Italy in years 1971-2000
The incidence of reported tetanus in Italy decreased from 0.5/100 000 in the 1970s to 0.2/100 000 in the 1990’s. During this period of time, the case-fatality ratio decreased from 68% to 39%. Italy has the highest reported number of tetanus cases in European countries. Elderly women are the most affected: the proportion of women aged over 64 years among cases has increased from 60% in the 1970s to 76% in the 1990s. Vaccination campaigns need to be conducted to target this group, and the surveillance of tetanus has to be improved to identify additional groups of population at risk.
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Two recent cases of severe tetanus
Two cases of severe tetanus in women aged 61 years with histories of incomplete vaccination were notified in April 2002, the first cases reported sofar this year (1). The first case from West Yorkshire developed symptoms eight days after sustaining a head injury from a fall down stairs. Neither tetanus toxoid nor immunoglobulin was given at the time of her injury, which required stitches. She was admitted to intensive care four days later with respiratory and cardiac arrest, and severe trismus, and died two and a half weeks later. Only one dose of tetanus toxoid given eight years ago was shown in her medical records.
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Profile and evolution of the chemosusceptibility of falciparum malaria imported into France in 2000
P Ralaimazava , R Durand , N Godineau , A Keundjian , Z Jezic , B Pradines , O Bouchaud and J Le BrasIn 2000, the chemosusceptibility of imported malaria was stable in France. All countries of infection considered, the bi-resistance to chloroquine and cycloguanil has not changed from 1996 to 2000. The monotherapy using quinine or mefloquine remains the first-line treatment to falciparum malaria. Resistance to these two antimalarials is rare in Africa and has not evolved over the past 15 years.
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