Botulism in the European Union

H Therre; Doctors who provided data

doi:10.2807/esm.04.01.00048-en

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Botulism in the European Union
H Therre¹ , Doctors who provided data²
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Affiliations: ¹ Eurosurveillance, CESES, Saint-Maurice, France ² Doctors who provided data are listed at the beginning of the article

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Citation style for this article: Therre H, Doctors who provided data. Botulism in the European Union. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(1):pii=48. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.01.00048-en

Abstract

Botulinum toxin was first described as a potent neurotoxin in the late eighteenth century. Currently three main distinct clinical and epidemiological botulism syndromes are described - foodborne botulism, which results from the ingestion of food contamina