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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Foodborne Botulism, Canada, 2006–20211

Richard A. Harris, Christine Tchao, Natalie Prystajecky, Kelly Weedmark, Yassen Tcholakov, Manon Lefebvre, and John W. AustinComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (R.A. Harris, K. Weedmark, J.W. Austin); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (C. Tchao, N. Prystajecky); McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Y. Tcholakov); Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada (M. Lefebvre)

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Table 1

Foodborne botulism cases by province or territory and BoNT serotype, Canada, 2006–2021

Province/territory Serotype, no. cases
 Total
A B E F AB Unknown
Quebec 5 2 21 1 1 1 31
Ontario 4 6 4 1 0 0 15
Alberta 4 1 0 0 0 1 6
Nunavut 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
British Columbia 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Northwest Territories 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Manitoba 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Saskatchewan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Newfoundland and Labrador
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
Total 16 11 35 2 1 2 67

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1Results of this study were originally presented at the 58th Annual Interagency Botulism Research Coordinating Committee (IBRCC) Meeting, Richmond, California, USA, October 17–18, 2022.

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