Botulism in the north: A disease without borders

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-594

  Austin, John W ^a   Leclair, Daniel ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN E;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BOTULISM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79951846786     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq256     Document Type: Editorial

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