Type E Botulism: A Hazard of the North

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Dolman, Claude E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
• Subjects: Crustacea; Epidemics; Food poisoning; Native peoples; Trichinella; Alaska; Arctic waters; Europe; Labrador; N.W.T; Nunavut; Yukon; Arctic; Northwest Territories; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66754

Describes the causes, symptoms and differences between trichinosis and botulism; epidemiology and geographic distribution of type E botulism, including the Yukon and Southeast Alaska; outbreaks among Eskimos of Alaska, Northwest Territories and Labrador, and in Europe. The distribution of type E spores in Arctic Sea mud, and prevalence of outbreaks after consumption of raw seafood, etc. are discussed, and preventive measures recommended.