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Websites
Patient education on Tetanus (Lockjaw) offered in English and Spanish.
http://www.e-mds.com/healthinfo_view/i_000000070W/index.html

Factsheet from the FDA.
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/696_tet.html

Extensive factsheet on the disease from the CDC. In .pdf format.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/tetanus.pdf

Factsheet from the CDC on vaccination for tetanus.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vaccine/tetanus/default.htm

Includes cause, symptoms, tests, prognosis, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000615.htm

Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00227

Fact sheet with cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/tetanus.html

Article by Daniel J Dire, MD, FACEP, FAAEM.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic574.htm

Article by Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD, PhD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2254.htm

Article by Sonali Ray, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic3038.htm

Includes disease and vaccine information, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/neotetanus.shtml

Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tetanus.html

Provides travel preparation advice and information relating to this potentially fatal disease.
http://www.luggage-life.com/disease/tetanus.php

Offers facts about tetanus, and diptheria and their prevention.
http://www.tetanus.org