Endemic foodborne botulism among Alaska Native persons-alaska, 1947-2007

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-592

  Fagan, Ryan P ^a,b   McLaughlin, Joseph B ^b   Castrodale, Louisa J ^b   Gessner, Bradford D ^b   Jenkerson, Sue A ^b   Funk, Elizabeth A ^b   Hennessy, Thomas W ^c   Middaugh, John P ^d   Butler, Jay C ^b  

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

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Division of Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; BOTULISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951830499     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq240     Document Type: Article

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