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[tungiasis and tetanus at the university hospital center in brazzaville].

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.