True about tetanus are all EXCEPT?
Tetanus bacilli cannot spread through blood
Spread along the nerves
Requires oxygen
Incubation period is variable
Option a True Tetanus bacillus is not an invasive organism Option b True Tetanus toxin binds at neuromuscular junction & enters motor nerve by endocytosis, after which it undergoes retrograde axonal transpo to cytoplasm of neuron Option c False Clostridium tetani, is a motile, Gram-positive, spore-forming obligate anaerobe Option d True The incubation period of tetanus is typically is 2-14 days but may be as long as months after the injury.
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