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A report published by the French Ministry of Health indicated that between 2012 and 2017, 35 cases of tetanus were reported, mostly in the elderly, resulting in the death of eight people.
This means that France has not yet completely eliminated tetanus, although thanks to vaccination, the disease has become rare but still deadly.
Tetanus is the natural consequence of the presence of a toxin in Clostridium tetani, naturally present in the earth. Its symptoms are manifested by severe muscle cramps and are treated with the help of antibiotics, antitoxins and recovery methods.
In six years, 35 cases of the disease have been reported in France, including four in the Mayotte newspaper, all of which concern children aged between three and eight years and have been treated completely without leaving any residue.
Of the 35 cases recorded outside the Comoros, a large majority (71%) involved people aged 70 or over and the proportion of women was 63%.
The causes of the infection have been identified, due to equipment contaminated during gardening work or injuries caused by a fall on contaminated soil, according to the French newspaper La Croix.
Of the 35 people, 20 did not know whether or not they had received the vaccine, 13 did not receive the vaccination and two did not eat well.
In France, three compulsory doses are distributed at the age of 2 months, 4 months and 11 months, after which it is advisable to re-vaccinate at the age of 6, then to return between 11 and 13 years. Age 25, 45 and 65, and should then be revaccinated every ten years.
The effectiveness of the vaccine is not disputed, Emil Rowe of the Institut Pasteur demonstrated the very high efficiency of the vaccine, which saved several million lives during the First World War.
It is believed that one of the reasons for reducing the spread of tetanus is to reduce the use of the horse as a means of transportation or work, as the bacteria that cause tetanus are found in the digestive system of many animals, especially horses, and pollute the soil with its stool containing these bacteria, causing the spread of the disease. .
Source: AFP
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