Foodborne botulism in Canada, 1985-2005

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During 1985-2005, a total of 91 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism occurred in Canada; these outbreaks involved 205 cases and 11 deaths. Of the outbreaks, 75 (86.2%) were caused by Clostridium botulinum type E, followed by types A (7, 8.1%) and B (5, 5.7%). Approximately 85% of the …
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Authors Leclair D;Fung J;Isaac-Renton JL;Proulx JF;May-Hadford J;Ellis A;Ashton E;Bekal S;Farber JM;Blanchfield B;Austin JW;;
Journal emerging infectious diseases
Year 2013
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23735780
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medical National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine pregnancy adult female male adolescent aged middle aged young adult Child preschool 80 and over Incidence mortality disease outbreaks* food microbiology morbidity historical article history 20th century geography 21st century canada / epidemiology pmid:23735780 pmc3713816 doi:10.3201/eid1906.120873 daniel leclair joe fung john w austin botulism / epidemiology* botulism / history botulism / transmission clostridium botulinum* / classification clostridium botulinum* / isolation & purification

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