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Child with painful muscle contractions from tetanus.
Courtesy of the World Health Organization
Baby with neonatal tetanus with complete rigidity.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A 46-year-old man in Manila displaying characteristic facial muscle spasm known as rictus, caused by tetanus.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Baby with neonatal tetanus with neck and belly stiffness, and lockjaw.
Courtesy of the World Health Organization
An adult tetanus patient showing classic signs of tetanus, a bodily posture known as "opisthotonos."
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An adult patient with tetanus.
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A frightened farmer carries his wife, stricken with tetanus, to the People's Health Centre in Savar, Bangladesh.
Courtesy of the World Health Organization (Photo by P. Harrison)
An adult patient with facial tetany. Note the contraction of the jaw and neck muscles.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
