Food-borne botulism in Canada, 1971-84

• Main Authors: Hauschild, A.H.W., Gauvreau, L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Clinical and Community Studies; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1346371; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2866023

Sixty-one outbreaks of food-borne botulism involving a total of 122 cases, of which 21 were fatal, were recorded from 1971 to 1984 in Canada. Most occurred in northern Quebec, the Northwest Territories or British Columbia. Of the 122 victims 113 were native people, mostly Inuit. Most of the outbreak...