Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 290-295 , May 2004

Fatal type A botulism in South Africa, 2002

  • John Frean

      Affiliations

    • National Health Laboratory Service and the University of the Witwatersrand, PO Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27-11-489-9345; fax: +27-11-489-9357.
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  • Lorraine Arntzen

      Affiliations

    • National Health Laboratory Service and the University of the Witwatersrand, PO Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
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  • Johann van den Heever

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Programmes, Gauteng Provincial Health Department, PO Box X085, Marshalltown 2017, South Africa
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  • Olga Perovic

      Affiliations

    • National Health Laboratory Service and the University of the Witwatersrand, PO Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa

Received 14 August 2003 ,Revised 29 September 2003 ,Accepted 1 October 2003.

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PII: S0035-9203(03)00069-5

doi: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00069-5

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 290-295 , May 2004

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