 Botulism
"Botulism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease caused by potent protein NEUROTOXINS produced by CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM which interfere with the presynaptic release of ACETYLCHOLINE at the NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION. Clinical features include abdominal pain, vomiting, acute PARALYSIS (including respiratory paralysis), blurred vision, and DIPLOPIA. Botulism may be classified into several subtypes (e.g., food-borne, infant, wound, and others). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1208)
| Descriptor ID |
D001906
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.222.151 C10.668.758.200 C10.720.150 C25.723.415.151
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| Concept/Terms |
Botulism- Botulism
- Botulism, Toxico-Infectious
- Botulism, Toxico Infectious
- Toxico-Infectious Botulism
- Toxico Infectious Botulism
Wound Botulism- Wound Botulism
- Botulism, Wound
- Botulisms, Wound
- Wound Botulisms
Botulism, Infantile- Botulism, Infantile
- Infantile Botulism
- Infant Botulism
- Botulism, Infant
- Botulisms, Infant
- Infant Botulisms
Foodborne Botulism- Foodborne Botulism
- Botulism, Foodborne
- Botulisms, Foodborne
- Foodborne Botulisms
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Botulism" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Botulism" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Botulism" by people in Profiles.
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Risko W. Infant botulism. Pediatr Rev. 2006 Jan; 27(1):36-7.
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Amersdorfer P, Wong C, Smith T, Chen S, Deshpande S, Sheridan R, Marks JD. Genetic and immunological comparison of anti-botulinum type A antibodies from immune and non-immune human phage libraries. Vaccine. 2002 Feb 22; 20(11-12):1640-8.
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Li LY, Kelkar P, Exconde RE, Day J, Parry GJ. Adult-onset "infant" botulism: an unusual cause of weakness in the intensive care unit. Neurology. 1999 Sep 11; 53(4):891.
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Villar RG, Shapiro RL, Busto S, Riva-Posse C, Verdejo G, Farace MI, Rosetti F, San Juan JA, Julia CM, Becher J, Maslanka SE, Swerdlow DL. Outbreak of type A botulism and development of a botulism surveillance and antitoxin release system in Argentina. JAMA. 1999 Apr 14; 281(14):1334-8, 1340.
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Shapiro RL, Hatheway C, Swerdlow DL. Botulism in the United States: a clinical and epidemiologic review. Ann Intern Med. 1998 Aug 1; 129(3):221-8.
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Shapiro RL, Hatheway C, Becher J, Swerdlow DL. Botulism surveillance and emergency response. A public health strategy for a global challenge. JAMA. 1997 Aug 6; 278(5):433-5.
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Shapiro BE, Soto O, Shafqat S, Blumenfeld H. Adult botulism. Muscle Nerve. 1997 Jan; 20(1):100-2.
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Kothare SV, Kassner EG. Infant botulism: a rare cause of colonic ileus. Pediatr Radiol. 1995; 25(1):24-6; discussion 27.
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Shugar MA, Granich MS, Reardon EJ. The otolaryngologic presentation of botulism. Laryngoscope. 1981 Jan; 91(1):121-4.
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Kane JA, Blacklow NR. Infectious diarrhea. Prim Care. 1979 Mar; 6(1):63-80.
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