Botulism surveillance and emergency response: A public health strategy for a global challenge

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 433-435

  Shapiro, Roger L ^a,b   Hatheway, Charles ^a   Becher, John ^a   Swerdlow, David L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM ANTISERUM;

BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MONITORING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0030851385     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.5.433     Document Type: Note

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