Botulism — Nigeria
According to the Nigerian Centres for Disease Control (NCDC), 3 family members contracted suspected foodborne botulism, resulting in the deaths of the father and mother. Fish appears to be the common food source.
The event descriptions of the 2 fatalities is provided by the WHO:
The woman, a 47-year-old, presented to King’s Care Hospital, Abuja, on 7 Jan 2018, with vomiting, fever, sudden blurring of vision, generalized body weakness, dysphagia and odynophagia, and left ptosis. She was
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