tetanus

bacterial infection characterized by muscle spasms
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tetanus

Summary

tetanus is an infectious disease[1]. tetanus ranks in the top 9% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,456 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tetanus's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • tetanus's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • tetanus is a type of primary bacterial infectious disease[5].
  • tetanus is a type of infectious disease of the nervous system[6].
  • tetanus is a type of bacterial infectious disease[7].
  • tetanus is a type of geonosis[8].
  • tetanus is a type of notifiable disease[9].
  • tetanus is a type of disease[10].
  • tetanus's Commons category is recorded as Tetanus[11].
  • tetanus's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N72[12].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as spasm[13].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever[14].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as headache[15].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as respiratory failure[16].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as irritability[17].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as pain[18].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as trismus[19].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as Risus sardonicus[20].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as dysphagia[21].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as tetanus triad[22].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as neck stiffness[23].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as saliva secretion[24].
  • tetanus's symptoms and signs is recorded as tachycardia[25].
  • tetanus's has cause is recorded as Clostridium tetani[26].
  • tetanus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tetanus[27].

Why It Matters

tetanus ranks in the top 9% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,456 views/month).[2] tetanus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] tetanus is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths {'amount': '+38000'}
    Topic's main category Category:Tetanus
    Subclass of primary bacterial infectious disease, infectious disease of the nervous system, bacterial infectious disease +3
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Medicine, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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