Monday, 29 February 2016

PRO/EDR> Clostridium perfringens foodborne illness - Nigeria: (AC) fatalities, RFI

Foodborne Illness -- Nigeria
Earlier this week, health officials in Abuja, Nigeria suspected that a "mystery outbreak" that killed some 13 people may have been due to dysentery or typhoid in Saburi [Abuja] community.
However, on Fri 27 Feb 2016, Dr Rilwanu Muhammad, the Executive Secretary, FCT [Federal Capital Territory] Primary Health Care Development Board, said that 13 people died, while 10 people survived food poisoning caused by _Clostridium perfringens_ in Abuja. _C. perfringens_ is a bacterium which exists as a

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1oUhT4z

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