Summary of botulism cases reported in 2003

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
• Description:
  A total of 126 cases of botulism intoxication were reported to CDC in 2003. Among the 8 cases of foodborne intoxication, toxin type A accounted for 5 (63%) cases, toxin type E accounted for 2 (25%) cases, and toxin type F for 1 (12%) case. The median age of patients was 47 years; two deaths were reported. There were two multicase outbreaks; one in Utah, in which no food vehicle was identified and the other in Alaska, in which the food vehicle
  
  was fermented fish heads
  
  At head of title: APPENDIX A.
  
  File named: Botulism_CSTE_2003.pdf
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Botulism/diagnosis Botulism/epidemiology Botulism/prevention & Control Foodborne Diseases Public Health Surveillance
• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Annual Reports
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  9 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6ed157c8b7c0c010044736c48ab901043e30074b8aa2de80918711ca6d3b12d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33073/cdc_33073_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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