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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 1997 Equine botulism is being recognized with increasing frequency by veterinarians throughout North America. Muscular weakness and dysphagia that progress during a period of 1 to 4 days, in the absence of laboratory derangements that indicate the presence of systemic disease, are suggestive of botulism.
R H, Whitlock, C, Buckley
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Public Health Risk Associated with Botulism as Foodborne Zoonoses
Toxins, 2019 Botulism is a rare but severe neurological disease in man and animals that is caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by Clostridium botulinum and atypical strains from other Clostridium and non-Clostridium species.
Christine Rasetti-Escargueil +2 more
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Botulism disguised as parotitis
IDCases, 2020 Botulism is an acute toxin-mediated neuroparalytic syndrome caused by some Clostridium species. It typically presents itself as an acute symmetric descending paralysis of cranial and peripheral nerves, which can potentially evolve to respiratory failure ...
João Paulo Caldas +9 more
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THE DIFFICULTIES OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BOTULISM
Архивъ внутренней медицины, 2019 The popularity of home canning contributes to a sufficiently high incidence of botulism worldwide. The canned products containing botulinum toxin do not change neither color, taste, nor smell of contents of canned food.
V. V. Nikiforov +4 more
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Human and animal botulism surveillance in France from 2008 to 2019
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Botulism is a human and animal neurological disease caused by the action of bacterial neurotoxins (botulinum toxins) produced by bacteria from the genus Clostridium.
Sophie Le Bouquin +10 more
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Foodborne Botulism in the Republic of Georgia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 Foodborne botulism is a potentially fatal, paralytic illness that can cause large outbreaks. A possible increase in botulism incidence during 2001 in Georgia prompted this study.
Jay K. Varma +12 more
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Exploring the genetic background of the botulism neurotoxin BoNT/B2 in Spain
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 To determine whether the neurotoxin BoNT/B2 causing botulism in Spain is clonal, the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Clostridium botulinum from food-borne episodes and infant cases of the condition were explored.
Sylvia Valdezate +7 more
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Botulism in the 21st Century: A Scoping Review
Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023 Botulism is a potentially deadly neuroparalytic disease that affects all age groups; it is highly challenging to diagnose due to its nonspecific symptoms. Infant botulism is the most common form of botulism in the United States, followed by foodborne and
Ketino Kobaidze, Zanthia Wiley
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Local outbreak of foodborne botulism in Krasnoyarsk
Детские инфекции (Москва), 2023 Botulism is a serious infectious disease that has not lost its relevance today. Due to the widespread popularity of home canning, botulism is widespread everywhere, more often recorded in the form of sporadic cases and small (local) outbreaks.
G. P. Martynova +7 more
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The binding of botulinum neurotoxins to different peripheral neurons [PDF]
, 2017 Botulinum neurotoxins are the most potent toxins known. The double receptor binding modality represents one of the most significant properties of botulinum neurotoxins and largely accounts for their incredible potency and lethality.
Rossetto, O.
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