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Tetanus, also known as
lockjaw, is a disease caused by tetanospasmin, a type of neurotoxin produced by
Clostridium tetani that infects the nervous system and muscle so that nerves
and muscles become stiff (rigid).
Kitasato was the first
person to successfully isolate the organism from human victims affected by
tetanus and also reported that the toxin can be neutralized with specific
antibodies. The word tetanus is derived from the Greek tetanos of teinein which
means tension.
This disease is an
infectious disease in spasm of tonic and hiperrefleksia muscles causing trismus
(lockjaw), general muscle spasm, back curvature (opistotonus), glottal spasms,
seizures, and respiratory paralysis.
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