(2015) Botulism Fact sheet, July 2015. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Botulism is a rare but serious muscle-paralyzing illness caused by a nerve toxin (botulinum toxin) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three forms of the disease–foodborne, infant, and wound botulism.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | botulism, fact sheet, public health |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Diseases Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 23865 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 12 Apr 2017 13:41 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2017 13:41 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/23865 |