Foodborne botulism in the United States, 1990-2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1606-1611

  Sobel, Jeremy ^a   Tucker, Nicole ^a   Sulka, Alana ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph ^a,b   Maslanka, Susan ^a  

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

^b Alaska Department of Health and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN E;

ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CANNED FOOD; CATERING SERVICE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444322182     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1009.030745     Document Type: Article

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