Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries / Vol. 75 / No. 1, April 16, 2026

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• Alternative Title:
  Tetanus Surveillance — United States, 2009–2023
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Hughes, Michelle M. ; Amin, Avnika B. ; Rubis, Amy B.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  Tetanus is a serious but vaccine-preventable disease caused by the toxin produced by germinated spores of Clostridium tetani bacteria. Despite substantial declines in incidence resulting from immunization, cases continue to occur, particularly among unvaccinated and undervaccinated populations. Surveillance of cases using the National Notifable Diseases Surveillance System from 2009-2023
• Subjects:
  • Population Surveillance
  • Tetanus
  • Tetanus Toxoid
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2026; v. 75, no.1
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  14 pdf pages
• Volume:
  75
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255816/cdc_255816_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 598.89 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ecc827ce4bdf4c7d64c1abfe6590261d38916ed3a7955a3a4ea215785394dce86aaa9697de9de540434719ff1dfbd2ac3a22ae0a55e49004e8dfde17e01bdc0