TY - JOUR AU - Mclaughlin, Joseph B. AU - Sobel, Jeremy AU - Lynn, Tracey AU - Funk, Elizabeth AU - Middaugh, John P. T1 - Botulism Type E Outbreak Associated with Eating a Beached Whale, Alaska T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 9 SP - 1685 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report an outbreak of botulism that occurred in July 2002 in a group of 12 Alaskan Yu’pik Eskimos who ate blubber and skin from a beached beluga whale. Botulism death rates among Alaska Natives have declined in the last 20 years, yet incidence has increased. KW - Alaska KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1009.040131 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/9/04-0131_article ER - End of Reference