An outbreak of botulism on a pig farm due to the newly described Clostridium botulinum type C.

Caroline Le MaréchalMartine DenisLouis VanlemmensLéa JambouGauthier DelvallezTyphaine PoezevaraMouna Abed-ZaharLaure DiancourtMarie-Agnès BaudouardEric EvenoMarie-Hélène Bayon-AuboyerMustapha FellagSandra RouxelNadia AmennaChristelle MazuetJean-Marc GuéguenNicolas Rose

Published in: Anaerobe (2024)

This study reports a botulism outbreak on a pig farm. Clostridium botulinum type C was detected using PCR. The gene encoding the toxin corresponds to a novel type C neurotoxin recently described in a human botulism outbreak, raising the question of its prevalence in pigs and the related risks to humans.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
escherichia coli
risk factors
gene expression
risk assessment
transcription factor