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Epidemiology: Last November Heinz Canada voluntarily recalled one of its canned food
products because some cans may not have been processed adequately to prevent …

Eurosurveillance | Botulism in the United Kingdom 1887 Other sites: ECDC European Antibiotic
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Eurosurveillance | Botulism in Norway 1887 Other sites: ECDC European Antibiotic
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The 4 unrelated outbreaks of botulism in Quebec, Canada, occurred in the summer and
early autumn of 1995. The first involved a 65-year-old man in Kangiqsualujjuaq who …

On a per capita basis, the incidence rate of type E botulism attributable to aged marine
mammal meat in Nunavik is very high, with an average rate greater than 3 reported cases …

Although wildfowl and domestic livestock botulism has been recognized as a problem in
southern Africa, very few human cases have ever been described in the region. In late …

Botulism commonly occurs when the anaerobic, gram-positive bacterium Clostridium
botulinum, under suitable conditions, produces botulinum neurotoxins. Named A–F, these …

3. Discussion C. botulinum is an anaerobic, spore forming, gram-positive bacillus. It
produces 7 immunologically distinct toxins denoted A to G. Serotypes A, B, E and F can …

It has now been 50 years since Dolman [1] reviewed type E botulism in Arctic and subarctic
regions. As Dolman reported, records of foodborne illness among North American aboriginal …