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Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Foodborne Botulism in Canada, 1985–2005

Daniel Leclair, Joe Fung, Judith L. Isaac-Renton, Jean-Francois Proulx, Jennifer May-Hadford, Andrea Ellis, Edie Ashton, Sadjia Bekal, Jeffrey M. Farber, Burke Blanchfield, and John W. AustinComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (D. Leclair, J.W. Austin, J.M. Farber, B. Blanchfield); British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (J.L. Isaac-Renton, J. Fung); Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada (J.-F. Proulx); Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario (J. May-Hadford); Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada (S. Bekal); ProvLab, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (E. Ashton); Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa (A. Ellis)

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Table 5

Results of laboratory analyses of clinical and food specimens submitted for botulism investigation, Canada, 1985–2005

Specimen type Test type No. outbreaks No. specimens No. (%) specimens with positive results
Serum
 BoNT
 82
 212
 74 (34.9)
Gastric contents BoNT 48 73 8 (11.0)
Clostridium botulinum
 47
 78
 40 (51.3)
Feces BoNT 57 84 29 (34.5)
C. botulinum
 60
 139
 56 (40.3)
Liver
Blood BoNT 1 2 0 (0.0)
Tissue
 C. botulinum
 1
 2
 2 (100)
Cerebrospinal fluid
 BoNT
 1
 1
 0 (0.0)
Food BoNT 69 69 54 (78.3)
C. botulinum 66 66 55 (83.3)

*BoNT, botulinum neurotoxin.

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