This report analyses the availability and effectiveness of different types of antitoxins to neutralise type F botulism. A literature review was performed in consultation with the European Medicines Agency.
Botulism is a serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The disease may occur after eating foods containing the toxin or due to development of the spores within the intestine of young children or within wounds.
This report shows information submitted by European Union Member States on the occurrence of zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in 2008, analysed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority.
This report shows information submitted by European Union Member States on the occurrence of zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in 2006, analysed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority.
This report shows information submitted by European Union Member States on the occurrence of zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in 2005, analysed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority.
From April to early July 2012 an unusual number and pattern of fatalities among young children were reported by Kantha Bopa Children’s Hospital in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. The patients presented with fever, respiratory distress and signs of encephalitis, and most of the children were under 3 years old.