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Could use expert help with why people get tetanus shots?
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To avoid disease: This germ is found worldwide as a containment of the soil or surfaces.Any cut can allow the germs to enter and multiply in any wound ; elaborate their toxins that produce tetanus, severe muscle spasms that last a week or more in those who survive.
Answered 12/28/2013
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