Analysis on the Epidemiological Status of Neonatal Tetanus and Serological Survey on Tetanus Antibody Level of Normal Populationin Jiangsu Province 1996~1999
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Abstract
casesofNeonatalTetanus (NNT)werereportedinJiangsuprovince 1 996~ 1 999.Theincidence ratewas 0 .0 2‰~ 0 .0 7‰ .ReportedNNTdeathcaseswere1 6rankedatthetopinallnotifiablediseases.Thereport edcasesinthemaleweremuchmorethanthatinthefemmale,andthereportedcaseswereconcentratedintheeco nomicaldevelopedareas .Parturitionsituationofpregnantwomenandtheantibodylevelofchildbearingwomendirectly influencedNNToccurrence .Aserologicalsurveyontetanusantibodylevelwascarriedoutinnormalpopulation 1 999. The result showed that the average antitoxin was 0.0320 IU/ml,positive rate of antibody was 70.19%.The above mentioned two indexes were not related with age and were decreased gradually by year. The antibody level of child-bearing women were not reached to the protective antibody level ni 1998 and 1999.
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