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
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5580039&promed&0
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