Does the long dense habitation and cultivation of lands correlate with a high incidence of tetanus and gangrene in badly disinfected wounds?

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Gas gangrene is caused by Clostridium perfringens, which is more common in agricultural lands enriched by manure.

ref. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2444017

Tetanus similarly caused by Clostridium tetani, with horse manure particularly blamed.

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