Tetanus Images
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We have made these photos available for many vaccine-preventable diseases as an added resource to help you educate staff and patients about the importance of vaccination. We list them separately from each disease’s main page. Download these images for use in lectures and presentations.
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Child has painful muscle contractions from tetanus
Courtesy of World Health Organization
Baby has neonatal tetanus with complete rigidity
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adult with classic signs of tetanus
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tetanus in a 46-year-old man, Manila
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patient with facial tetany: note the contraction of the masseter and neck muscles
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A frightened farmer carries his wife, stricken with tetanus, to the People’s Health Centre in Savar, Bangladesh
Photo by P. Harrison, Courtesy of the World Health Organization
Adult with tetanus
Copyright American Academy of Pediatrics
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