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Botulism (from Latin botulus, "sausage") is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin, botulin, that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botulin is a potent known toxin, blocking nerve function and leading to respiratory and musculoskeletal paralysis. There are three main kinds of botulism: Foodborne botulism is a form of foodborne illness and is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin. Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a woun ...
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- Botulinum Toxin Study May Lead to Inhaled Vaccine (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Botulism (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Botulism News Headlines
- Baby food breakfast recalled in Singapore after US alert
The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:12 EST
- Botulism Study Could Lead To New Vaccines And Treatments To Counter Bioterrorist Attacks
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:00 EST
- Botulism Study Could Lead To New Vaccines And Treatments To Counter Bioterrorist Attacks
ScienceDaily - Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Molecular Structure Reveals How Botulinum Toxin Attaches To Nerve Cells
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
- Fraudulent botulism treatment was killer dose: study
Reuters - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:05 EST
- Highly Concentrated Botulinum Preparation For Cosmetic Injections Can Result In Severe Illness
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:00 EST
- Highly Concentrated Botulinum Preparation For Cosmetic Injections Can Result In Severe Illness
ScienceDaily - Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Botulism Alert over Carrot Juice
The Earth Times - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:56 EST
- Botulism-tainted juice paralyzes two in Canada
Reuters - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:55 EST
- Botulism-tainted juice paralyzes two in Canada
Reuters - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:55 EST
- Botulism-tainted juice paralyzes two in Canada
Reuters - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:53 EST
- Botulism scare leads FDA to warn against use of carrot juice
The Earth Times - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:22 EST
- Mexico suspends sale of U.S. carrot juice on botulism
Reuters - Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:08 EST
- Botulism Alert In Mexico Over American Carrot Juice
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- FDA Warns Consumers Not To Drink Bolthouse Farms Carrot Juice Due To Botulism Concerns, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- 2 more paralyzed after drinking tainted juice
MSNBC - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:33 EST
- Fla. woman paralyzed by carrot juice
MSNBC - Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:44 EST
- FDA Consumer Advisory On Refrigeration Of Carrot Juice - Three Cases Of Botulism Possibly Caused By Improper Refrigeration
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- E Coli Contamination In Ground Beef
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- American Carrot Juice Paralyzes Two In Canada
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:00 EST
- Botulism In Thailand
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:00 EST
- Thailand battles major outbreak of botulism
Reuters - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:46 EST
- ''Botox'' doctor sentenced for botulism poisoning
MSNBC - Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:23 EST
- Improving food industry''s ability to predict foodborne botulism
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:00 EST
- Doctors in Training Don''t Recognize Botulism or Smallpox
MedicineNet - Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:00 EST
- System drastically cuts down botulism detection time
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:00 EST
- System Drastically Cuts Down Botulism Detection Time
ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:00 EST
- Physicians Ill-prepared To Diagnose, Treat Bioterrorism Diseases
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:00 EST
- American victims of bioterrorism can trust their Docs to know less
The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:02 EST
- Report: Bioterrorists Could Poison Milk Supply With Botulism
MedicineNet - Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:00 EST
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