National botulism surveillance summary 2016

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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 205 confirmed botulism cases were reported to CDC in 2016—150 (73%) infant, 29 (14%) foodborne, 24 (12%) wound, and 3 (1%) of unknown etiology. Ten probable cases were reported—eight foodborne and two wound (Table 1).
  
  The 150 cases of infant botulism were reported from 29 states and the District of Columbia, with California reporting the most (n=47; 32%). The median age of patients was 4 months (range: 0–10 months); 74 (49%) were boys. Toxin types were B (n=89; 59%), A (n=54; 36%), Ab (n=2; 1%), Bf (n=2; 1%), F (n=2; 1%), and Ba (n=1; 1%). No deaths were reported.
  
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  Botulism-2016-SUMMARY-508.pdf
  
  
• 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:
  10 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:687e32c5eac39ff890400f55e665bb8f888e397ecd05181634e6c182e4eacd76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58451/cdc_58451_DS1.pdf
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