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Virtually every U.S. infant born under a doctor's care gets three shots, spaced a month apart, of a three-way vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus, or "lockjaw." Most children receive a booster shot a year later. Many get additional tetanus toxoid boosters in school or college-and, of course, in the armed forces...
...these shots necessary? No, says a group of experts headed by Harvard's Dr. Thomas C. Peebles, who shared a Nobel prize for his part in the research that made polio vaccines possible. The experts do not intend to minimize the importance of vaccination against tetanus, the infection that usually results from deep and dirty wounds in which the tetanus bacteria can thrive without air. Every year it kills almost 200 Americans, the doctors point out in the New England Journal of Medicine...
...addition to the required smallpox vaccination, the United States Public Health Service recommends immunization against typhoid, tetanus, and poliomyelitis for all international travelers. Any records of previous immunizations from other sources will be helpful in determining individual recommendations. Information regarding other required or recommended immunizations for specific countries is available at the University Health Services...
...Public Health Service requires smallpox vaccinations and recommends immunization against typhoid, tetanus, and poliomyelitis. Information regarding other required and recommended immunizations for specific countries is available at the Health Services...
...addition to the required smallpox vaccination, the U.S. Public Health Services recommends immunization against typhoid, tetanus and poliomyelitis for all international travelers...