[Botulism in 1998].

Total 93 cases of botulism were registered in Poland in 1998. The morbidity amounted 0.24/100,000. In the rural regions were registered 61 (morbidity 0.41), and in the urban regions 32 (morbidity 0.13) cases. The morbidity of men (0.34) outnumbered the morbidity of women (0.15). In 1998 there were 57 outbreaks of one person noted, 8 outbreaks of two people, 4 of three people and 2 of four people. Among the vehicles of the botulinum toxin dishes from meat remained on the first position (50.5% of the cases) and in these numbers prevailed weeks of home production (18.3%). In 1998 were noted 4 deaths from botulism. In this number were 4 men (46, 57, 74 and 78 years old).