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78 G Ital M<strong>ed</strong> Lav Erg 2006; 28:3, Suppl<br />

www.gimle.fsm.it<br />

P-07<br />

ANTICORPI CONTRO LA TOSSINA TETANICA NEI LAVORATORI<br />

ESPOSTI A RISCHIO<br />

L. Di Marco1 , M. Moran<strong>di</strong>n1 , C. Frasson1 , A. Bruno1 , M. Beggio1 ,<br />

E. Davanzo1 , M. Galdarossa2 , M. Cattai3 , A. Trevisan1 1 Dipartimento <strong>di</strong> Me<strong>di</strong>cina Ambientale e Sanità Pubblica,<br />

Università <strong>di</strong> Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova<br />

2 Servizio <strong>di</strong> Farmacia, Azienda Osp<strong>ed</strong>aliera <strong>di</strong> Padova<br />

3 Servizio <strong>di</strong> Microbiologia e Virologia, Azienda Osp<strong>ed</strong>aliera <strong>di</strong> Padova<br />

Corrispondenza: Prof. Andrea Trevisan - Dipartimento <strong>di</strong> Me<strong>di</strong>cina<br />

Ambientale e Sanità Pubblica, Università <strong>di</strong> Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2<br />

- 35128 Padova, Italy - Tel. 049-821.1362, Fax 049-876.3238,<br />

E-mail: andrea.trevisan@unipd.it<br />

ANTIBODIES AGAINST TETANUS TOXIN IN WORKERS<br />

EXPOSED TO RISK<br />

Key words: tetanus, vaccination, biological risk, tetano, vaccinazione,<br />

rischio biologico.<br />

ABSTRACT. Vaccination against tetanus is mandatory in Italy since<br />

1963 for children and for some professional categories such as farmers,<br />

metal workers, stock-bre<strong>ed</strong>ers, other than agonistic athletes. The aim<br />

of the research was to verify if the decennial booster is ne<strong>ed</strong>ful.<br />

Hundr<strong>ed</strong> subjects (59 males and 41 females) 35.0±11.0 years old,<br />

working in Padua University, were admitt<strong>ed</strong> to health surveillance and<br />

antibody titre against tetanus toxin was determin<strong>ed</strong> after an average of<br />

5.3 vaccine doses (range 2-10 doses) and an interval since the last dose<br />

of 6.4 years (range 0-21 years). Accurate tetanus vaccination history<br />

was collect<strong>ed</strong> bas<strong>ed</strong> on document<strong>ed</strong> data. On the average, antibody titre<br />

was 1.59 IU/ml; only two subjects (2%) had titre lower than 0.15 IU/ml.<br />

Slight (r=-0.224), but significant (p

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