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BOTULISM

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2004
Background. Human botulism is a serious, relatively rare and potencial lethal disease, caused by Clostridium botulinum, a gram positive obligat anaerobic spore forming bacili which strain produced seven potent nevrotoksins (type A-G).
Anica Berginc Dolenšek, Branka Ožek, Feliks Starič, Rafael Kapš, Jasmina Patkovič Colarič   +4 more
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Botulism outbreak in a rural Ethiopia: a case series

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Foodborne botulism, a toxin-mediated illness caused by Clostridium botulinum, is a public health emergency. Types A, B, and E C. botulinum toxins commonly cause human disease.
Tigist Bacha, Ermias Abebaw, Ayalew Moges, Amsalu Bekele, Afework Tamiru, Ishmael Shemsedin, Dawd S. Siraj, Daddi Jima, Wondwossen Amogne   +8 more
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Infant Botulism

Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine, 2023
This oral board case is appropriate for emergency medicine residents and medical students (with senior resident assistance) on emergency medicine rotation.Although a somewhat rare disease, infant botulism is a true pediatric emergency that carried a 90% rate of mortality prior to the development of an antitoxin.1 While botulism infections can be ...
Garispe, DO, Ashley, Cherry, MD, Steven
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Emergence, spread, and impact of high‐pathogenicity avian influenza H5 in wild birds and mammals of South America and Antarctica

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract The currently circulating high‐pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5 causes variable illness and death in wild and domestic birds and mammals, as well as in humans. This virus evolved from the Goose/Guangdong lineage of the HPAI H5 virus, which emerged in commercial poultry in China in 1996, spilled over into wild birds,
Thijs Kuiken, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Ashley Banyard, Lineke Begeman, Andrew C. Breed, Meagan Dewar, Ruben Fijn, Patricia Pereira Serafini, Marcela Uhart, Michelle Wille   +9 more
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Wound botulism in injectors of drugs: upsurge in cases in England during 2004. [PDF]

, 2005
Wound infections due to Clostridium botulinum were not recognised in the UK and Republic of Ireland before 2000. C. botulinum produces a potent neurotoxin which can cause paralysis and death. In 2000 and 2001, ten cases were clinically recognised, with a
Akbulut, D, de Souza-Thomas, L, Dennis, J, Gent, M, Grant, KA, Hope, V, McLauchlin, J, Mithani, V, Mpamugo, O, Ncube, F, Ohai, C   +10 more
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Healthcare workers’ knowledge and preparedness for unprecedented foodborne botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: The recent unprecedented foodborne botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia necessitated an assessment of healthcare workers' (HCWs) knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP).
Abdullah Alhuzaimi, Fatimah S. Alshahrani, Fadi Aljamaan, Fatema H. AL-Ajwad, Ibraheem Altamimi, Abdullah Bukhari, Lama Al-Eyadhy, Sarah Al-Subaie, Nasser S. Alharbi, Mazin Barry, Yamen Shayah, Amr Jamal, Alaa A. Alanteet, Khalid Alhasan, Sameera M. Aljuhani, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Mohamad-Hani Temsah   +16 more
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Botulism with Unusual Rapid Progression to Complete Paralysis in a Child

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2015
Botulism is a severe neuroparalytic illness which is difficult to diagnose accurately, especially in children. We report a child with type A botulism intoxication, with very rapid progression to coma-like consciousness and respiratory failure.
Hui-Ju Tsai, Wen-Chen Liang, Chien-Hua Wang, Po-Ching Chou, Jong-Hau Hsu, Chia-Tsuan Huang, Yuh-Jyh Jong   +6 more
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of molybdenum in form of a chelate with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) for honeybees and bumblebees (SATT Paris Saclay)

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of molybdenum in form of a chelate with EDTA as a nutritional feed additive for honeybees and bumblebees. The FEEDAP Panel concludes that additive MoNa is safe for honeybees and bumblebees at the maximum recommended use ...
EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Katerina Theodoridou, Vasileios Bampidis, Maria Bastos, Georges Bories, Paul Brantom, Jürgen Gropp, Secundino López Puente, Alberto Mantovani, Fernando Ramos, Guido Rychen, Kettil Svensson, Luca Tosti, Ruud Woutersen, Jaume Galobart, Orsolya Holczknecht, Alberto Navarro Villa, Jordi Ortuño, Paola Manini, Jordi Tarrés‐Call, Maria Vittoria Vettori, Fabiola Pizzo   +35 more
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EPI Update, July 20, 2007 [PDF]

, 2007
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...

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Review of published research on primary dysautonomia of domestic animals

Veterinary Record, Volume 198, Issue 1, Page e30-e40, 3/10 January 2026.
Abstract An article published in 1992 by Marion M. Pollin and I.R. Griffiths reviewed the topic of primary dysautonomias of the autonomic nervous system of unidentified origin in multiple domestic species, specifically cats, dogs and horses. Thirty‐one years later, we appear no closer to identifying the causal agents of these strikingly similar ...
Tanith Harte, David Smith, Jo Moore, Beth Wells   +3 more
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