Multilocus Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism Linked to Contaminated Sausage in Hebei Province, China

In 2007, an outbreak of foodborne botulism occurred in Hebei province, China. An epidemiological investigation and laboratory detection studies showed that sausage contaminated by type A Clostridium botulinum caused this outbreak of food poisoning. Its clinical and epidemiological features were diff...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2010-08, Vol.51 (3), p.322-325
Main Authors: Zhang, Shouyin, Wang, Yong, Qiu, Shaofu, Dong, Yonghui, Xu, Yuanyong, Jiang, Deyong, Fu, Xiuping, Zhang, Jingshan, He, Jinrong, Jia, Leili, Wang, Ligui, Zhang, Chuanfu, Sun, Yansong, Song, Hongbin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bacteria
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
Biological and medical sciences
Botulinum toxins
Botulinum Toxins, Type A - analysis
Botulinum Toxins, Type A - blood
Botulism
Botulism - epidemiology
BRIEF REPORT
Child
Child, Preschool
China - epidemiology
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum - isolation & purification
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Feces - chemistry
Feces - microbiology
Female
Food history
Food Microbiology
Food poisoning
Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nervous system diseases
Preventive medicine
Sausages
Toxins
Young Adult
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Summary:In 2007, an outbreak of foodborne botulism occurred in Hebei province, China. An epidemiological investigation and laboratory detection studies showed that sausage contaminated by type A Clostridium botulinum caused this outbreak of food poisoning. Its clinical and epidemiological features were different from previous reports of food poisoning.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/653945