Clostridium tetani
"Clostridium tetani" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The cause of TETANUS in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin.
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D003017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.200.725 B03.510.415.400.200.725
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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