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Can the vaccine cause tetanus?
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No: The component of the vaccines given to prevent tetanus is a toxoid. This is a non-living, chemically altered form of the toxin that clostridium tetanae releases to produce the illness. This altered material can not produce the disease, but does allow the body to develop anti-toxin antibodies that will prevent tetanus.
Answered 11/23/2012
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