- CDC: Botulism
General and technical information devoted to the rare but serious illness caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism_g.htm
- Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management
February 2001 article from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/285/8/1059
- MedlinePlus: Botulism
Contains links to general overviews and facts about the illness.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/botulism.html
- Wikipedia: Botulin Toxin
Hyperlinked information on the toxin used in minute amounts (under the trademarked name, Botox) for producing long-term paralysis of muscles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulin_toxin
- KidsHealth: Infant Botulism
Provides symptoms and treatment of the infection caused by Clostridium bacteria that live in soil and dust.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/botulism.html
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