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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: McLaughlin, Joseph B., Sobel, Jeremy, Lynn, Tracey, Funk, Elizabeth, Middaugh, John P.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
Subjects:
Dispatch
Beluga
Beluga whale
Beluga*
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320302
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15498179
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1009.040131
Description
Summary: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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