Molecular epidemiology and risk assessment of human botulism in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Leclair, Daniel
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2008
• Subjects: Biology, Microbiology.; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Nunavik; Hudson; Ungava Bay; Koksoak River; inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-19813; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/29577

On a per capita basis, the incidence rate of type E botulism attributable to aged marine mammal meat in Nunavik is very high, with an average rate greater than 3 reported cases per 10,000 population for the period from 1996 to 2004. All cases reported for this period were clustered in Northern villa...