Botulism

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...through food, but it is also a disease that can be contracted in other ways as well. It is a muscle-paralyzing disease caused by a toxin made by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum ()CDC, 2008). This bacteria is found in soil (MedlinePlus, 2008). The following paper offers an overview of botulism.

Botulism
As mentioned there is the botulism that is contracted through food but this is only one of three forms of botulism. With foodborne botulism the disease occurs when a person ingests pre-formed toxin that leads to illness within a few hours to days. Foodborne botulism is a public health emergency because the contaminated food may still be available to other persons besides the patient (CDC, 2008). Then there is infant botulism which happens to a very small number of infants (CDC, 2008). This disease occurs in those infants who posses the bacteria in their intestinal tract (CDC, 2008). One author notes that this...

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