Botulism Type E Outbreak Associated with Eating a Beached Whale, Alaska

McLaughlin, Joseph B.; Sobel, Jeremy; Lynn, Tracey; Funk, Elizabeth; Middaugh, John P.

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Botulism Type E Outbreak Associated with Eating a Beached Whale, Alaska

Published Date:

Sep 2004

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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1685-1687.

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English

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Emerg Infect Dis

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McLaughlin, Joseph B. ; Sobel, Jeremy ; Lynn, Tracey ; Funk, Elizabeth ; Middaugh, John P. ;

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We report an outbreak of botulism that occurred in July 2002 in a group of 12 Alaskan Yu'pik Eskimos who ate blubber and skin from a beached beluga whale. Botulism death rates among Alaska Natives have declined in the last 20 years, yet incidence has increased.

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Alaska

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Botulism Type E Outbreak Associated with Eating a Beached Whale, Alaska

Botulism Type E Outbreak Associated with Eating a Beached Whale, Alaska

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