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Is it possible to contract tetanus from a tetanus booster?
7 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Extremely Unlikely: Study: http://www.Cdc.Gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/tetanus/default.Htm including the detail sections, http://www.Nvic.Org/vaccines-and-diseases/tetanus.Aspx and for one example of a prescribing insert of a booster: http://www.Fda.Gov/downloads/biologicsbloodvaccines/vaccines/approvedproducts/ucm166873.Pdf.
Answered 2/4/2018
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No: There are no germs or parts of germs in the booster. It is a material designed to create antibodies to the toxin released by living tetanus germs. A few rare individuals will have an allergy to components used in the creation of the booster, but you can't get tetanus from it.
Answered 2/4/2018
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