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Volume 12, Number 4—April 2006
Letter

Tetanus in Injecting Drug Users, United Kingdom

Susan J.M. Hahné*1Comments to Author , Joanne M. White*, Natasha S. Crowcroft*, Moira M. Brett*, Robert C. George*, Nick J. Beeching†, Kirsty Roy‡, and David Goldberg‡
Author affiliations: *Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom; †Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ‡Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Cases of tetanus in injecting drug users by residence (25 cases) and place from which heroin was supplied (14 cases with information), United Kingdom, July 2003–September 2004. The large circle indicates the Liverpool area. Squares indicate the residence of patients for whom the origin of heroin was not reported, open circles indicate the residence of patients for whom the origin of heroin was reported, and solid circles indicate the origin of heroin.

Figure. Cases of tetanus in injecting drug users by residence (25 cases) and place from which heroin was supplied (14 cases with information), United Kingdom, July 2003–September 2004. The large circle indicates the Liverpool area. Squares indicate the residence of patients for whom the origin of heroin was not reported, open circles indicate the residence of patients for whom the origin of heroin was reported, and solid circles indicate the origin of heroin.

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1Current affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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