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BIOTERRORISM >> 

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Botulism  
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Latest News  

Dec 12
New Item Health officials find lessons in EU botulism outbreaks

Oct 27
New Item NEWS SCAN: Flu and kids' seizures, botulism vaccine stopped, rotavirus in seniors, polio in DR Congo, preparedness video winner

Jul 8
New Item NEWS SCAN: Botulism cases, Tdap vaccine for seniors, BC mumps outbreak, animal welfare & eggs

Jun 15
New Item Panel calls for refining, paring select-agent list

Feb 3
New Item NEWS SCAN: Sick food workers, botulism in Alaska, blood test for vCJD, pandemic vaccine safety

Mar 18, 2010
New Item NEWS SCAN: New botulism drug, avian flu outbreak in Nepal

Sep 11, 2008
New Item Firm wins $65 million contract for botulism treatments

Jul 29, 2008
New Item Anthrax vaccine maker wins NIAID grants

Aug 2, 2007
New Item Health officials probe more botulism cases

Jul 23, 2007
New Item Company widely expands botulism recall

Jul 20, 2007
New Item FDA warns of possible link between botulism and chili sauce

Dec 11, 2006
New Item CDC rates hospital bioterrorism preparedness

Oct 10, 2006
New Item Carrot juice cited in 2 botulism cases in Canada

Oct 3, 2006
New Item Fourth botulism case linked to carrot juice

Sep 18, 2006
New Item Three botulism cases tied to carrot juice

Apr 18, 2006
New Item Thai botulism outbreak sickened 163

Mar 22, 2006
New Item Bamboo shoots blamed for botulism cases in Thailand

Feb 8, 2006
New Item Antitoxin for infant botulism slashes hospital stays

Jan 21, 2005
New Item Botulism cases lead to physician suspensions, company shutdown

Dec 15, 2004
New Item Reports blame Florida botulism cases on misused toxin

Dec 7, 2004
New Item Botulism confirmed in three cases linked to Florida clinic

Dec 1, 2004
New Item Possible botulism reported after cosmetic injections

Aug 20, 2004
New Item Certain symptoms may predict fatal foodborne botulism

Apr 18, 2002
New Item FDA approves cosmetic use of botulinum toxin

      
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New Item Asymmetric type F botulism with cranial nerve demyelination
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28

 
New Item An outbreak of food-borne botulism in Scotland, United Kingdom, November 2011
From Dec 8 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Two outbreaks of botulism associated with consumption of green olive paste, France, September 2011
From Dec 8 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Two cases of food-borne botulism in Finland caused by conserved olives, October 2011
From Dec 8 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Food-borne Clostridium botulinum intoxication from mass produced foodstuffs in Europe
Editorial on above 3 reports from Dec 8 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Botulism toxemia following laparoscopic appendectomy
From Clin Infect Dis, published online Dec 5

 
New Item Three outbreaks of foodborne Botulism caused by unsafe home canning of vegetables--Ohio and Washington, 2008 and 2009
From Dec J Food Prot

 
New Item Notice of CDC's discontinuation of investigational pentavalent (ABCDE) botulinum toxoid vaccine for workers at risk for occupational exposure to botulinum toxins
From Oct 28 MMWR

 
New Item Initial recovery and rebound of type F intestinal colonization botulism after administration of investigational heptavalent botulinum antitoxin
From Clin Infect Dis, published online Sep 6

 
New Item Botulism caused by consumption of commercially produced potato soups stored improperly--Ohio and Georgia, 2011
 
New Item Epidemiology of foodborne botulism in Romania 1980-2009
From Foodborne Pathog Dis, published online Apr 15

 
New Item Recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users in California
From Apr 1 Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Botulinum neurotoxin D uses synaptic vesicle protein SV2 and gangliosides as receptors
From Mar 31 PLoS Pathog

 
New Item Endemic foodborne botulism among Alaska native persons--Alaska, 1947-2007
From Mar Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Botulism in the north: a disease without borders
Editorial on above study from Mar Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Cluster of Botulism among Dutch tourists in Turkey, June 2008
From Apr 8, 2010, Euro Surveill

 
New Item Investigational heptavalent botulinum antitoxin (HBAT) to replace licensed botulinum antitoxin AB and investigational botulinum antitoxin E
From Mar 19, 2010, MMWR

 
New Item What not to say: risk communication for botulism
From Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item Botulism: Information and Guidance for Clinicians
From CDC

 
New Item Botulism Facts for Health Care Providers
From CDC, updated frequently