Two cases of food-borne botulism in Finland caused by conserved olives, October 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 49, 2011, Pages

  Jalava, K ^a   Selby, K ^b   Pihlajasaari, A ^c   Kolho, E ^d   Dahlsten, E ^b   Forss, N ^d   Backlund T ^d   Korkeala, H ^b   Honkanen Buzalski, T ^c   Hulkko, T ^a   Derman, Y ^b   Jarvinen A ^d   Kotilainen, H ^e   Kultanen, L ^e   Ruutu, P ^a   Lyytikainen O ^a   Lindstrom M ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e City of Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN B;

ALMOND; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FATALITY; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; OLIVE; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; OLIVE TREE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD, PRESERVED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MICE; OLEA;

EID: 83655192447     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.49.20034-en     Document Type: Article

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