Tetanus in Italy and in the Campania region: retrospective analysis. The importance of vaccinations

The authors intend to draw the attention on the issue of tetanus infections in adult patients whose history is often unknown or incomplete. For these people, current regulations (Presidential Decree 7th Nov 2001 no. 464) provides for more extended vaccination coverage. The input data were drawn by different sources (ISS; MS; National Statistics Institute; Campania Epidemiological Observatory) and allowed for the tetanus infections having occurred in Italy and Campania in the last ten years.