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Home Topics Infectious Diseases Infections A-Z Botulism Epidemiological Data ›  Wound botulism in people who inject drugs: suspected and confirmed cases reported to the Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, England and Wales*: 2000-2010

Wound botulism in people who inject drugs: suspected and confirmed cases reported to the Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, England and Wales*: 2000-2010

Year Cases Deaths** References
2000 4 -

Eurosurveillance 2000; 4 (20)

Eurosurveillance 2000; 4 (21)

Eurosurveillance 2000; 4 (25)
2001 3 - Eurosurveillance 2001; 5 (41)
2002 18 -

CDR 2002; 12 (44)

2003 11 2
 
2004 36 2

CDR 2004; 14 (35)

2005 25 2

CDR 2006; 16 (13)

2006 18 2

HPR 2007; 1 (17)

2007 3 -  
2008 4 -  
2009 19 - HPR 2009;03 (09)
2010 3 -  

*UK data is published in the Shooting Up report.

**Outcome information is not available for all reported cases.


Last reviewed: 27 October 2011