RAPID RISK ASSESSMENT Wound botulism in people who inject heroin : Norway and the United Kingdom 14 February 2015
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Since December 2014, and as of 10 February 2015, 23 cases of botulism have been reported in Norway (eight cases) and Scotland (15 cases), affecting people who inject drugs (PWID). All the reported cases used heroin, and it is assumed that the source of the infections is contaminated heroin. The batch or batches of the heroin suspected of being contaminated with the spores of Clostridium botulinum have so far not been identified. It is therefore not possible to estimate the volume and distribution of contaminated heroin. However, the clustering of the cases in time and place suggest that the 23 cases could be linked to heroin from a common contaminated batch.
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