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Botulism  
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Latest News  

Sep 11
New Item Firm wins $65 million contract for botulism treatments

Jul 29
New Item Anthrax vaccine maker wins NIAID grants

Aug 2, 2007
New Item Health officials probe more botulism cases

Jul 23, 2007
New Item Company widely expands botulism recall

Jul 20, 2007
New Item FDA warns of possible link between botulism and chili sauce

Dec 11, 2006
New Item CDC rates hospital bioterrorism preparedness

Oct 10, 2006
New Item Carrot juice cited in 2 botulism cases in Canada

Oct 3, 2006
New Item Fourth botulism case linked to carrot juice

Sep 18, 2006
New Item Three botulism cases tied to carrot juice

Apr 18, 2006
New Item Thai botulism outbreak sickened 163

Mar 22, 2006
New Item Bamboo shoots blamed for botulism cases in Thailand

Feb 8, 2006
New Item Antitoxin for infant botulism slashes hospital stays

Jan 21, 2005
New Item Botulism cases lead to physician suspensions, company shutdown

Dec 15, 2004
New Item Reports blame Florida botulism cases on misused toxin

Dec 7, 2004
New Item Botulism confirmed in three cases linked to Florida clinic

Dec 1, 2004
New Item Possible botulism reported after cosmetic injections

Aug 20, 2004
New Item Certain symptoms may predict fatal foodborne botulism

Apr 18, 2002
New Item FDA approves cosmetic use of botulinum toxin

      
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New Item Infant botulism: two recent cases and literature review
From Nov J Child Neurol

 
New Item Expression of a recombinant Hc of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin serotype F and its evaluation as an effective subunit vaccine
From Clin Vaccine Immunol, published online Oct 8

 
New Item International outbreak of severe botulism with prolonged toxemia caused by commercial carrot juice
From Clin Infect Dis, published online Oct 3

 
New Item Substrate binding mode and its implication on drug design for botulinum neurotoxin A
From PLoS Pathog, published online Sep 26

 
New Item An alternative approach to combination vaccines: intradermal administration of isolated components for control of anthrax, botulism, plague, and staphylococcal toxic shock
From J Immune Based Ther Vaccines, published online Sep 3

 
New Item Infant botulism type Ba: first culture-confirmed case in the United Arab Emirates
From Sep Pediatr Neurol

 
New Item Neutralization of botulinum neurotoxin by a human monoclonal antibody specific for the catalytic light chain
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 20

 
New Item Crystal structure of botulinum neurotoxin type A in complex with the cell surface co-receptor GT1b--insight into the toxin-neuron interaction
From PLoS Pathog, published online Aug 15

 
New Item Characterization of new formalin botulinum neurotoxin toxoids
From Clin Vaccine Immunol, published online Jul 30

 
New Item Global occurrence of infant botulism, 1976-2006
From Jul Pediatrics

 
New Item Development and partial characterization of high-affinity monoclonal antibodies for botulinum toxin type A and their use in analysis of milk by sandwich ELISA
From Jul 20 J Immunol Methods

 
New Item Botulism: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment
CIDRAP-authored overview updated May 23 with new research


  
New Item Attomolar detection of botulinum toxin type A in complex biological matrices
From Apr 30 PLoS ONE

 
New Item What not to say: risk communication for botulism
From Mar Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item Subunit vaccine against the seven serotypes of botulism
From Mar Infect Immun

 
New Item Presence of Clostridium botulinum spores in Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile) and its relationship with infant botulism
From Feb 10 Int J Food Microbiol

 
New Item Differentiation of Clostridium botulinum serotype A strains by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis
From Feb Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Recombinant holotoxoid vaccine against botulism
From Jan Infect Immun

 
New Item Enhanced immune responses using plasmid DNA replicon vaccine encoding the Hc domain of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin serotype A
From Dec 17 Vaccine

 
New Item Analysis of the neurotoxin complex genes in Clostridium botulinum A1-A4 and B1 strains: BoNT/A3, /Ba4 and /B1 clusters are located within plasmids
From Dec 5 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Evaluation of the effect of acetylsalicylic acid on Clostridium botulinum growth and toxin production
From Dec J Food Prot

 
New Item Botulism: Information and Guidance for Clinicians
From CDC, released Jun 14, 2006

 
New Item Botulism Facts for Health Care Providers
From CDC, updated frequently

 
 

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