Type E Botulism: A Hazard of the North

Authors

  • Claude E. Dolman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3704

Keywords:

Crustacea, Epidemics, Food poisoning, Native peoples, Trichinella, Alaska, Arctic waters, Europe, Labrador, N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon

Abstract

Describes the causes, symptoms and differences between trichinosis and botulism; epidemiology and geographic distribution of type E botulism, including the Yukon and Southeast Alaska; outbreaks among Eskimos of Alaska, Northwest Territories and Labrador, and in Europe. The distribution of type E spores in Arctic Sea mud, and prevalence of outbreaks after consumption of raw seafood, etc. are discussed, and preventive measures recommended.

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Published

1960-01-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (1960): December: 209–280

Section

Articles