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. 2012 Nov;40(9):896-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.012. Epub 2012 Mar 2.

Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia

Maria Esteve  1 , Angela Domínguez, Luis Urbiztondo, Eva Borrás, Josep Costa, Sonia Broner, Magda Campins, Jose Maria Bayas; Working Group for the Study of the Immune Status in Healthcare Workers in Catalonia
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Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia

Maria Esteve et al. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

A seroprevalence study of tetanus and diphtheria was carried out in a sample of 537 health care workers in Catalonia. The prevalence of protective antibodies against tetanus was 93.9% (95% confidence interval: 91.5-95.7). The prevalence of protective antibodies against diphtheria was 46.4% (95% confidence interval: 42.1-50.7). Tetanus protection should be improved in health care workers born before 1975. The immune status against diphtheria was poor, with less than half of people born before 1975 correctly immunized.

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