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* Adekar SP, Takahashi T, Jones RM, et al. Neutralization of botulinum neurotoxin by a human monoclonal antibody specific for the catalytic light chain. PLoS ONE 2008 Aug 20;3(8):e3023 [Full text]

* Agarwal R, Eswaramoorthy S, Kumaran D, et al. Structural analysis of botulinum neurotoxin type E catalytic domain and its mutant Glu212-Gln reveals the pivotal role of Glu212 carboxylate in the catalytic pathway. Biochemistry 2004 Jun 1;43(21):6637-44 [Abstract]

* Alberts B. Modeling attacks on the food supply. (Editorial) Proc Natl Acad Sci 2005 Jul 12;102(28):9737-8 (pertains to Wein article below) [Citation]

* Alexeter Technologies [Home page]

* Allergan, Inc. Botox information [Webpage]

* American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health and Committee on Infectious Diseases. Chemical-biological terrorism and its impact on children: a subject review. Pediatrics 2000;105(3 Pt 1)662-70 [Abstract]

* Angulo FJ, Getz J, Taylor JP, et al. A large outbreak of botulism: the hazardous baked potato. J Infect Dis 1998;178(1):172-7 [Abstract]

* Arnon SS, Midura TF, Damus K. Honey and other environmental risk factors for infant botulism. J Pedriatr 1979 Feb;94(2):331-6 [Abstract]

* Arnon SS, Schechter R, Inglesby TV, et al, for the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense. Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. JAMA 2001;285(8):1059-70 [Full text]

* Arnon SS, Schechter R, Maslanka SE, et al. Human botulism immune globulin for the treatment of infant botulism. N Engl J Med 2006 Feb 2;354(5):462-71 [Full text]

* Artin I, Bjorkman P, Cronqvist J, et al. First case of type E wound botulism diagnosed using real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol 2007 Nov;45(11):3589-94 [Abstract]

* Aureli P, Fenicia L, Pasolini B, et al. Two cases of type E infant botulism caused by neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum in Italy. J Infect Dis 1986;154(2):207-11 [Abstract]

* Austin JW, Leclair D. Botulism in the north: a disease without borders. (Editorial) Clin Infect Dis 2011 Mar;52(5):593-4 [Extract]

* Bagramyan K, Barash JR, Arnon SS, et al. Attomolar detection of botulinum toxin type A in complex biological matrices. PLoS ONE 2008 Apr 30;3(4):e2041 [Full text]

* Baldwin MR, Tepp WH, Przedpelski A, et al. Subunit vaccine against the seven serotypes of botulism. Infect Immun 2008 Mar;76(3):1314-8 [Abstract]

* Barash JR, Arnon SS. Dual toxin-producing strain of Clostridium botulinum type Bf isolated from a California patient with infant botulism. J Clin Microbiol 2004 Apr;42(4):1713-5 [Abstract]

* Barash JR, Tang TW, Arnon SS. First Case of Infant Botulism Caused by Clostridium baratii Type F in California. J Clin Microbiol 2005 Aug;43(8):4280-2 [Abstract]

* Barr JR, Moura H, Boyer AE, et al. Botulinum neurotoxin detection and differentiation by mass spectrometry. Emerg Infect Dis 2005 Oct;11(10):1578-83 [Full text]

* Bartlett JC. Infant botulism in adults. N Engl J Med 1986;315(4):254-5

* Bianco MI, Luquez C, de Jong LI, et al. Presence of Clostridium botulinum spores in Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile) and its relationship with infant botulism. Int J Food Microbiol 2008 Feb 10;121(3):357-60 [Abstract]

* Black RE, Gunn RA. Hypersensitivity reactions associated with botulinal antitoxin. Am J Med 1980;69:567-70 [Abstract]

* Borodic G. Myasthenic crisis after botulinum toxin. (Letter) Lancet 1998;352:1832 [Extract]

* Breidenbach MA, Brunger AT. Substrate recognition strategy for botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. Nature 2004 Dec 16;432(7019):925-9 [Abstract]

* Brett MM, Hood J, Brazier JS, et al. Soft tissue infections caused by spore-forming bacteria in injecting drug users in the United Kingdom. Epidemiol Infect 2005 Aug;133(4):575-82 [Abstract]

* Brett MM, McLauchlin J, Harris A, et al. A case of infant botulism with a possible link to infant formula milk powder: evidence for the presence of more than one strain of Clostridium botulinum in clinical specimens and food. J Med Microbiol 2005 Aug;54(Pt 8):769-76 [Abstract]

* Brook I. Infant botulism. J Perinatol 2007 Mar;27(3):175-80 [Abstract]

* Browning LM, Prempeh H, Little C, et al. An outbreak of food-borne botulism in Scotland, United Kingdom, November 2011. Euro Surveill 2011 Dec 8;16(49):pii=20036 [Full text]

* Brunger AT, Breidenbach MA, Jin R, et al. Botulinum neurotoxin heavy chain belt as an intramolecular chaperone for the light chain. PLoS Pathog 2007 Sep 28;3(9):e113 [Full text]

* Campbell WW, Swift TR. Differential diagnosis of acute weakness. South Med J 1981;74(11):13715

* CDC. Botulism associated with commercial carrot juice--Georgia and Florida, September 2006. MMWR Dispatch 2006 Oct 6;55:1-2 [Full text]

* CDC. Botulism associated with commercially canned chili sauce--Texas and Indiana, July 2007. MMWR 2007 Jul 30;56(Dispatch):1-3 [Full text]

* CDC. Botulism from home-canned bamboo shoots: Non province, Thailand, March 2006. MMWR 2006 Apr 14;55(14):389-92 [Full text]

* CDC. Botulism in the United States, 1899-1996: Handbook for epidemiologists, clinicians, and laboratory workers. Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998. [Full text]

* CDC. Case definitions for infectious conditions under public health surveillance. MMWR 1997;46(RR10):1-55 [Full text]

* CDC. Emergency preparedness and response [Webpage]

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* CDC. Infant botulism: New York City, 2001-2002. MMWR 2003 Jan 17;52(02);21-4 [Full text]

* CDC. Investigational heptavalent botulinum antitoxin (HBAT) to replace licensed botulinum antitoxin AB and investigational botulinum antitoxin E. MMWR 2010 Mar 19;59(10):299 [Full text]

* CDC. Laboratory Response Network for Biological Terrorism [Webpage]

* CDC. Laboratory security and emergency response guidance for laboratories working with select agents. MMWR 2002 Dec 6;51(RR-19):1-6 [Full text]

* CDC. Medical examiners, coroners, and biologic terrorism: a guidebook for surveillance and case management. MMWR 2004 Jun 11;53(RR08):1-27 [Full text]

* CDC. National Select Agent Registry [Webpage]

* CDC. Notes from the field: Botulism caused by consumption of commercially produced potato soups stored improperly--Ohio and Georgia, 2011. MMWR 2011 Jul 8;60(26):890 [Full text]

* CDC. Notice of CDC's discontinuation of investigational pentavalent (ABCDE) botulinum toxoid vaccine for workers at risk for occupational exposure to botulinum toxins. MMWR 2011 Oct 28;60(42):1454-5 [Full text]

* CDC. Outbreak of botulism type E associated with eating a beached whale: western Alaska, July 2002. MMWR 2003 Jan 17;52(02):24-6 [Full text]

* CDC. Specimen selection table [Full text]

* CDC. Wound botulism among black tar heroin users: Washington, 2003. 2003 Sep 19;52(37):885-6 [Full text]

* CDC/ASM/APHL. Sentinel laboratory guidelines for suspected agents of bioterrorism: bolulinum toxin. Jul 30, 2003 [Full text]

* CDC/ASM/APHL. Sentinel laboratory guidelines for suspected agents of bioterrorism: packing and shipping infectious substances, diagnostic specimens, and biological agents. Revised Jan 1, 2008 [Full text]

* Chai Q, Arndt JW, Dong M, et al. Structural basis of cell surface receptor recognition by botulinum neurotoxin B. Nature 2006 Dec 21;444:1096-100 [Abstract]

* Chao HY, Wang YC, Tang SS, et al. A highly sensitive immuno-polymerase chain reaction assay for Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type A. Toxicon 2004 Jan;43(1):27-34 [Abstract]

* Cherington M. Clinical spectrum of botulism. Muscle Nerve 1998:21;701-10 [Abstract]

* Chou JH, Hwant PH, Malison MD. An outbreak of type A foodborne botulism in Taiwan due to commercially preserved peanuts. Int J Epidemiol 1988;17:899-902 [Abstract]

* Clemmens MR, Bell L. Infant botulism presenting with poor feeding and lethargy: a review of 4 cases. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007 Jul;23(7):492-4 [Abstract]

* Cowden J. Food-borne Clostridium botulinum intoxication from mass produced foodstuffs in Europe. (Editorial) Euro Surveill 2011 Dec 8;49(8):pii=20033 [Full text]

* Craven KE, Ferreira JL, Harrison MA, et al. Specific detection of Clostridium botulinum types A, B, E, and F using the polymerase chain reaction. J AOAC Int 2002 Sep-Oct;85(5):1025-8 [Abstract]

* Dahlenborg M, Borch E, Radstrom P. Development of a combined selection and enrichment PCR procedure for Clostridium botulinum Types B, E, and F and its use to determine prevalence in fecal samples from slaughtered pigs. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67(10):4781-8 [Full text]

* Darby SM, Miller ML, Allen RO. Forensic determination of ricin and the alkaloid marker ricinine from castor bean extracts. J Forensic Sci 2001 Sep;46(5):1033-42 [Abstract]

* Date K, Fagan R, Crossland S, et al. Three outbreaks of foodborne Botulism caused by unsafe home canning of vegetables--Ohio and Washington, 2008 and 2009. J Food Prot 2011 Dec;74(12):2090-6 [Abstract]

* Davis LE. Botulism. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2003 Jan;5(1):23-31 [Abstract]

* De Medici D, Anniballi F, Wyatt GM. Multiplex PCR to detect botulinum neurotoxin-producing Clostridia in clinical, food, and environmental samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009 Oct;75(20):6457-61 [Abstract]

* Dezfulian M, Bartlett JG. Identification of toxigenic Clostridium botulinum type E by enzyme immunoassay. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1991;14(1):11-5 [Abstract]

* Dickerson TJ, Janda KD. The use of small molecules to investigate molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets for treatment of botulinum neurotoxin A intoxication. ACS Chem Biol 2007 Apr 24;2(4):359-69 [Abstract]

* Domingo RM, Haller JS, Gruenthal M. Infant botulism: two recent cases and literature review. J Child Neurol 2008 Nov;23(11):1336-46 [Abstract]

* Dong M, Richards DA, Goodnough MC, et al. Synaptotagmins I and II mediate entry of botulinum neurotoxin B into cells. J Cell Biol 2003 Sep 29;162(7):1293-303 [Abstract]

* Dong M, Yeh F, Tepp WH, et al. SV2 is the protein receptor for botulinum neurotoxin A. Science 2006;312(5773):592-6. [Full text - see also Jahn below]

* Fach P, Micheau P, Mazuet C, et al. Development of real-time PCR tests for detecting botulinum neurotoxins A, B, E, F producing Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium baratii, and Clostridium butyricum. J Appl Microbiol 2009 Aug;107(2):465-73 [Abstract]

* Fagan RP, McLaughlin JB, Castrodale LJ, et al. Endemic foodborne botulism among Alaska native persons--Alaska, 1947-2007. Clin Infect Dis 2011 Mar;52(5):585-92 [Abstract]

* Fagan RP, McLaughlin JB, Middaugh JP. Persistence of botulinum toxin in patients' serum: Alaska, 1959-2007. J Infect Dis 2009 Apr 1;199(7):1029-31 [Abstract]

* Fagan RP, Neil KP, Sasich R, et al. Initial recovery and rebound of type F intestinal colonization botulism after administration of investigational heptavalent botulinum antitoxin. Clin Infect Dis 2011 (published online Sep 6) [Abstract]

* Fathalla WM, Mohammed KA, Ahmed E. Infant botulism type Ba: first culture-confirmed case in the United Arab Emirates. Pediatr Neurol 2008 Sep;39(3):204-6 [Abstract]

* Fenicia L, Anniballi F, De Medici D, et al. SYBR green real-time PCR method to detect Clostridium botulinum type A. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007 May;73(9):2891-6 [Abstract]

* Fenicia L, Franciosa G, Pourshaban M, et al. Intestinal toxemia botulism in two young people, caused by Clostridium butyricum type E. Clin Infect Dis 1999 Dec;29(6):1381-7 [Abstract]

* Ferreira JL, Eliasberg SJ, Edmonds P, et al. Comparison of the mouse bioassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedures for the detection of type A botulinal toxin in food. J Food Prot 2004 Jan;67(1):203-6 [Abstract]

* Ferreira JL, Eliasberg SJ, Harrison MA, et al. Detection of preformed type A botulinal toxin in hash brown potatoes by using the mouse bioasssay and a modified ELISA test. J AOAC Int 2001;84(5):1460-4 [Abstract]

* Ferreira JL, Maslanka S, Johnson E, et al. Detection of botulinal neurotoxins A, B, E, and F by amplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: collaborative study. J AOAC Int 2003 Mar-Apr;86(2):314-31 [Abstract]

* Filozov A, Kattan JA, Jitendranath L, et al. Asymmetric type F botulism with cranial nerve demyelination. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 Jan;18(1):102-4 [Full text]

* Franciosa G, Ferreira JL, Hatheway CL. Detection of type A, B, and E botulism neurotoxin genes in Clostridium botulinum and other Clostridium species by PCR: evidence of unexpressed type B toxin genes in type A toxigenic organisms. J Clin Microbiol 1994;32(8):1911-7 [Abstract]

* Franciosa G, Maugliani A, Scalfaro C, et al. Evidence that plasmid-borne botulinum neurotoxin type B genes are widespread among Clostridium botulinum serotype B strains. PLoS ONE 2009 Mar 16;4(3):e4829 [Full text]

* Franz DR, Jahrling PB, Friedlander AM, et al. Clinical recognition and management of patients exposed to biological warfare agents. JAMA 1997;278(5):399-411 [Abstract]

* Glik DC, Drury A, Cavanaugh C, et al. What not to say: risk communication for botulism. Biosecur Bioterror 2008 Mar;6(1):93-107 [Abstract]

* Gottlieb SL, Kretsinger K, Tarkhashvili N, et al. Long-term outcomes of 217 botulism cases in the Republic of Georgia. Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jul 15;45(2):174-80 [Abstract]

* Green J, Spear H, Brinson RR. Human botulism (type F)--a rare type. Am J Med 1983;75:893-5 [Abstract]

* Griffin PM, Hatheway CL, Rosenbaum RB, et al. Endogenous antibody production to botulinum toxin in an adult with intestinal colonization botulism and underlying Crohn's disease. J Infect Dis 1997 Mar;175(3):633-7 [Abstract]

* Gupta A, Sumner CJ, Castor, et al. Adult botulism type F in the United States, 1981-2002. Neurology 2005 Dec 13;65(11):1694-700 [Abstract]

* Hall JD, McCroskey LM, Pincomb BJ, et al. Isolation of an organism resembling Clostridium barati which produces type F botulinal toxin from an infant with botulism. J Clin Microbiol 1985;21(4):654-5 [Abstract]

* Hatheway CL, Johnson EA. Clostridium: the spore-bearing anaerobes. In: Collier L, Ballows A, Sussman M, eds. Topley & Wilson's microbiology and microbial infections. Ed 9. New York, NY: Oxford University Press,1998:731-82

* Hatheway CL, Snyder JD, Seals JE, et al. Antitoxin levels in botulism patients treated with trivalent equine botulinum antitoxin to toxin types A, B, and E. J Infect Dis 1984 Sep;150(3):407-12 [Abstract]

* HHS. 42 CFR Part 73: Possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins. Interim Final Rule. Fed Reg 2002 Dec 13;240(67):76885-905 [Full text]

* HHS. HHS awards BioShield contract for botulism antitoxin. Jun 1, 2006 [Press release]

* Hill KK, Smith TJ, Helma CH, et al. Genetic diversity among botulinum neurotoxin-producing Clostridial strains. J Bacteriol 2007 Feb;189(3):818-32 [Abstract]

* Horman A, Nevas M, Lindstrom M, et al. Elimination of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) type B from drinking water by small-scale (personal-use) water purification devices and detection of BoNT in water samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005 Apr;71(4):1941-5 [Abstract]

* Hughes JM, Blumenthal JR, Merson MH, et al. Clinical features of types A and B food-borne botulism. Ann Intern Med 1981;95:442-5 [Abstract]

* Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program [Wepage]

* Jahn R. A neuronal receptor for botulinum toxin. (Perspective) Science 2006 Apr 28;312(5773):540-1 [Full text - see also Dong above]

* Jalava K, Selby K, Pihlajasaari A, et al. Two cases of food-borne botulism in Finland caused by conserved olives, October 2011. Euro Surveill 2011 Dec 8;16(49):pii=20034 [Full text]

* Jin R, Rummel A, Binz T, et al. Botulinum neurotoxin B recognizes its protein receptor with high affinity and specificity. Nature 2006, published online Dec 13 [Abstract]

* Kalluri P, Crowe C, Reller M, et al. An outbreak of foodborne botulism associated with food sold at a salvage store in Texas. Clin Infect Dis 2003 Dec 1;37(11):1490-5 [Abstract]

* Keller JE. Characterization of new formalin botulinum neurotoxin toxoids. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2008 Sep;15(9):1374-9 [Abstract]

* Keller JE. Recovery from botulinum neurotoxin poisoning in vivo. Neuroscience 2006;139(2):629-37 [Abstract]

* Kirma N, Ferreira JL, Baumstark BR. Characterization of six type A strains of Clostridium botulinum that contain type B toxin gene sequences. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004 Feb 16;231(2):159-64 [Abstract]

* Kobayashi R, Kohda T, Kataoka K, et al. A novel neurotoxoid vaccine prevents mucosal botulism. J Immunol 2005 Feb 15;174(4):2190-5 [Abstract]

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* Kongsaengdao S, Samintarapanya K, Rusmeechan S, et al. An outbreak of botulism in Thailand: clinical manifestations and management of severe respiratory failure. Clin Infect Dis 2006 Nov 15;43(10):1247-56 [Abstract]

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