Multilocus outbreak of foodborne botulism linked to contaminated sausage in Hebei province, China.
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.
Zhang
Shouyin
S
National Institute for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
Wang
Yong
Y
Qiu
Shaofu
S
Dong
Yonghui
Y
Xu
Yuanyong
Y
Jiang
Deyong
D
Fu
Xiuping
X
Zhang
Jingshan
J
He
Jinrong
J
Jia
Leili
L
Wang
Ligui
L
Zhang
Chuanfu
C
Sun
Yansong
Y
Song
Hongbin
H
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
D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A