Foodborne botulism in the Republic of Georgia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1601-1605

  Varma, Jay K ^a,b   Katsitadze, Guram ^c   Moiscrafishvili, Maia ^c   Zardiashvili, Tamar ^c   Chokheli, Maia ^c   Tarkhashvili, Natalia ^c   Jhorjholiani, Ekaterina ^c   Chubinidze, Maia ^c   Kukhalashvili, Teimuraz ^c   Khmaladze, Irakli ^c   Chakvetadze, Nelli ^c   Imnadze, Paata ^c   Sobel, Jeremy ^a  

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

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

EID: 3943102504     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1009.030806     Document Type: Article

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