Editing Tetanus (section)

=== Neonatal tetanus ===
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Neonatal tetanus (''trismus nascentium'') is a form of generalized tetanus that occurs in newborns, usually those born to mothers who themselves have not been vaccinated. If the mother has been vaccinated against tetanus, the infants acquire [[passive immunity]], and are thus protected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wpro.who.int/immunization/factsheets/tetanus_nt/en/|title=Tetanus and neonatal tetanus (NT)|website=WHO Western Pacific Region|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503223407/http://www.wpro.who.int/immunization/factsheets/tetanus_nt/en/|archive-date=2014-05-03}}</ref> It usually occurs through infection of the unhealed [[Umbilical cord|umbilical stump]], particularly when the stump is cut with a non-sterile instrument. As of 1998, neonatal tetanus was common in many [[Developing country|developing countries]], and was responsible for about 14% (215,000) of all neonatal deaths.<ref name="WHO_2000">{{cite web | title=Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination by 2005 | date=November 2000 | publisher=UNICEF | url=http://www.unicef.org/immunization/files/MNTE_strategy_paper.pdf | access-date=2007-01-26 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111051802/http://www.unicef.org/immunization/files/MNTE_strategy_paper.pdf | archive-date=2007-01-11 }}</ref> In 2010, the worldwide death toll was approximately 58,000 newborns. As the result of a public health campaign, the death toll from neonatal tetanus was reduced by 90% between 1990 and 2010, and by 2013, the disease had been largely eliminated from all but 25 countries.<ref name="elimination">{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/health/index_43509.html|title=Elimination of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus|work=UNICEF|access-date=17 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230401/http://www.unicef.org/health/index_43509.html|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> Neonatal tetanus is rare in [[Developed country|developed countries]].