Abstract
Immunization of non-pregnant women in rural Bangladesh with two doses of aluminium-adsorbed tetanus-diphtheria toxoids reduced neonatal mortality by one-third during a period of 9-32 months after vaccination. The reduction in mortality rate was attributable almost entirely to a 75% lower mortality rate among 4- to 14-day-old infants, when tetanus was the predominant cause of death. In the period up to 20 months following vaccination, the reduction in deaths among 4- to 14-day-old infants after a single dose of tetanus-diphtheria toxoids was about the same as that after two doses. However, beyond 20 months a single dose did not appear to provide protection.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 927-930 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 6 |
State | Published - 1980 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health