title: Multilocus outbreak of foodborne botulism linked to contaminated sausage in Hebei province, China.
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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
authors.forename: Shouyin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shaofu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Yonghui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yuanyong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Deyong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xiuping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jingshan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jinrong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Leili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Ligui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chuanfu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yansong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D001906:Botulism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A