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Bad Bug Book - Clostridium botulinum
Includes information about the organism, symptoms, diagnosis, associated foods, and outbreaks.
Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon
Article from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Botulism - NIAID Factsheet
Includes cause, prevention, risks, and treatment.
Botulism: What You Don't See Can Hurt You
Ohio State University Extension fact sheet providing basic information on the subject.
CDC: Botulism Emergency Preparedness and Response
Examines botulism used as a biological weapon.
DBMD - Botulism
Information about this disorder, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.
eMedicine - Botulism
An in depth look at botulism which is a paralytic disease caused by the neurotoxins of Clostridium botulinum and, in rare cases, Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii.
eMedicine - Botulism :
Article by Kirk M Chan-Tack, MD.
Frozen, Fully-Cooked Products and Botulism
Food safety advisory from the USDA.
Health Canada - Emergency Preparedness - Botuliism
Factsheet on the disease.
Infant Botulism
Includes causes, foods associated with the disease, symptoms, and prevention.
Infant Botulism
Read an article that explains a disease of infants that is sometimes caused by the ingestion of honey.
Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program
Official sites for physicians to obtain BabyBIG, an FDA approved orphant drug for treatment of infant botulism type A and B. Also provides parent support forum and medical/clinical information on the disease.
MayoClinic.com: Honey - Why you shouldn't fee
Discusses the danger of children less than one year old getting botulism from honey.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Botulism
Includes information on the causative agent, Clostridium botulinum, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, and prevention.
NORD: Botulism
Offers synonyms, a general discussion and further resources.
The Merck Manual: Botulism
Includes types of the disease, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Virginia Department of Health
Provides a fact sheet for botulism.
WHO: Botulism
Factsheet from the World Health Organization.