Service d'Infectiologie, C.H.U. de Brazzaville, Congo.
Dakar Med. 1989;34(1-4):44-8.
Just like other tropical countries, Congo is not free from Tetanus. Over a period of 11 months the authors treated 44 cases where tetanus entered by various means. The removal of a chick-flea (Tunga penetrans) leaves a hole through which the tetanus spore can penetrate: this accounted for 25% of the cases (11 cases). In the group under observation, no death attributable to tetanus occurred.
和其他热带国家一样，刚果也有破伤风病例。在11个月的时间里，作者治疗了44例因各种途径感染破伤风的病例。去除穿皮潜蚤（Tunga penetrans）会留下一个破伤风孢子可穿透的洞：这占病例的25%（11例）。在观察组中，没有发生因破伤风导致的死亡。
