Open AccessBotulism in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
M M Brett
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.01.00045-en
Subject(s) - botulism , clostridium botulinum , microbiology and biotechnology , epidemiology , medicine , environmental health , biology , toxin , pathology
Clostridium botulinum is a spore forming bacterium that grows in the absence of oxygen and is responsible for three main epidemiological categories of disease: foodborne, infant, and wound botulism. Foodborne botulism is an intoxication caused by ingestio
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