After the decline before the pandemic, tetanus returns to show a trend in growth in the European Union. In 2024 the EU/See countries notified 73 cases, the same number of 2023 but clearly above 32 in 2020 and 50 in 2021. To worry is not only the epidemiological trend, but above all the profile of patients: the disease continues to affect mainly the elderly, especially men, and maintains a high lethality. In 2024 19 deaths, equal to 28% of cases …
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After the decline before the pandemic, tetanus returns to show a trend in growth in the European Union. In 2024 the EU/See countries notified 73 cases, the same number of 2023 but clearly above 32 in 2020 and 50 in 2021. To worry is not only the epidemiological trend, but above all the profile of patients: the disease continues to affect mainly the elderly, especially men, and maintains a high lethality. In 2024 19 deaths, equal to 28% of cases …