Multilocus outbreak of foodborne botulism linked to contaminated sausage in Hebei province, China.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Botulism
- Clostridium botulinum
- Disease Outbreaks
- Food Microbiology
- Foodborne Diseases