Case Fatality Rate
Botulinum toxin is widely recognized as the most lethal toxin known to humans, and it indeed has the highest case fatality rate among naturally occurring toxins if left untreated.
Van Ermengem was a professor
of bacteriology at the University of Ghent.
He meticulously investigated the
outbreak by analyzing:
The contaminated ham
Tissue samples from
deceased individuals (including liver and intestines)
Stool and gastric samples
from survivors
Findings:
He isolated an anaerobic,
spore-forming bacillus from both the ham and the bodies.
He demonstrated that this bacterium produced a powerful neurotoxin.
Botulinum Toxin
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