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Distribution of Clostridium botulinum type E strains in Nunavik, Northern Quebec, Canada.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2013
Leclair Daniel, Farber Jeffrey M, Doidge Bill, Blanchfield Burke, Suppa Sandy, Pagotto Franco, Austin John W
Abstract excerpt
The distribution and levels of Clostridium botulinum type E were determined from field sites used by Inuit hunters for butchering seals along the coast of Nunavik. The incidence rates of C. botulinum type E in shoreline soil along the coast were 0, 50, and 87.5% among samples tested for the Hudson Strait, Hudson Bay, and Ungava Bay regions, respectively. Spores were detected in seawater or coastal rock surfaces...
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