Search Results - "Austin, John W"
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Foodborne Botulism, Canada, 2006-2021
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-09-2023)“…During 2006–2021, Canada had 55 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism, involving 67 cases. The mean annual incidence was 0.01 case/100,000…”
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Editorial: New insights on botulism, botulinum neurotoxins, and botulinum toxin-producing clostridia
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (18-07-2022)Get full text
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Adult Intestinal Toxemia Botulism
Published in Toxins (24-01-2020)“…Intoxication with botulinum neurotoxin can occur through various routes. Foodborne botulism results after consumption of food in which botulinum…”
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Foodborne botulism in Canada, 1985-2005
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-06-2013)“…During 1985-2005, a total of 91 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism occurred in Canada; these outbreaks involved 205 cases and 11 deaths. Of…”
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Independent evolution of neurotoxin and flagellar genetic loci in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum
Published in BMC genomics (19-03-2009)“…Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum is the causative agent of botulism, a severe neuroparalytic illness. Given the severity of botulism, surprisingly little is…”
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Distribution of Clostridium botulinum Type E Strains in Nunavik, Northern Quebec, Canada
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-01-2013)“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Tracking sources of Clostridium botulinum type E contamination in seal meat
Published in International journal of circumpolar health (2017)“…Botulism in Nunavik, Quebec is associated with the consumption of aged marine mammal meat and fat. The objective was to identify meat handling practices…”
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Flagellar glycosylation in Clostridium botulinum
Published in The FEBS journal (01-09-2008)“…Flagellins from Clostridium botulinum were shown to be post-translationally modified with novel glycan moieties by top-down MS analysis of purified flagellin…”
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Genome-wide Expression Analyses of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 Reveals Coordinate Regulation of Motility and Virulence by flhA
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (07-05-2004)“…We examined two variants of the genome-sequenced strain, Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168, which show marked differences in their virulence properties including…”
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Comparison of DNA Fingerprinting Methods for Use in Investigation of Type E Botulism Outbreaks in the Canadian Arctic
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-05-2006)“…Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis, and automated ribotyping were compared for epidemiological typing…”
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Inactivation of Group I and Group II Clostridium botulinum spores by ultraviolet irradiation in water
Published in International journal of food microbiology (16-06-2023)“…Spores of Clostridium botulinum are widely distributed in the environment, including in foods. Prevention of foodborne botulism relies on the inhibition of…”
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Foodborne Botulism, Canada, 2006–20211
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-09-2023)“…During 2006–2021, Canada had 55 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism, involving 67 cases. The mean annual incidence was 0.01 case/100,000…”
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Flagellin Diversity in Clostridium botulinum Groups I and II: a New Strategy for Strain Identification
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-05-2007)“…Strains of Clostridium botulinum are traditionally identified by botulinum neurotoxin type; however, identification of an additional target for typing would…”
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Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in Retail Peanut Butters from a 2007 Survey in Ottawa, Canada
Published in Current microbiology (01-10-2024)“…The spore-forming, anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum , can cause intestinal toxemia (colonization) botulism in adults and infants by colonizing the…”
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Viable Clostridium botulinum spores not detected in the household dust of major Canadian cities
Published in Epidemiology and infection (07-09-2023)“…Clostridium botulinum causes infant botulism by colonising the intestines and producing botulinum neurotoxin in situ. Previous reports have linked infant…”
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Historical Perspectives and Guidelines for Botulinum Neurotoxin Subtype Nomenclature
Published in Toxins (18-01-2017)“…Botulinum neurotoxins are diverse proteins. They are currently represented by at least seven serotypes and more than 40 subtypes. New clostridial strains that…”
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Intestinal toxemia botulism in 3 adults, Ontario, Canada, 2006-2008
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-01-2012)“…Five cases of intestinal toxemia botulism in adults were identified within an 18-month period in or near Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We describe findings for 3…”
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Botulism in the North: A Disease Without Borders
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Complete genomes of Clostridium botulinum type B(F) isolates associated with a 1995 foodborne botulism outbreak from commercial pâté reveals a recombination event disrupting the ntnh gene
Published in Microbial genomics (01-01-2024)“…Foodborne botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by ingestion of foods contaminated with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), produced by . In 1995 a husband and…”
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Bowel loops and eyelid droops
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (21-10-2008)“…A patient presented with a small-bowel obstruction associated with signs and symptoms of botulism. Fecal cultures were positive for viable Clostridium…”
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