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| Type of botulism | Suspected cases | Laboratory-confirmed cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | 95% CI | Number | % | 95% CI | |
| Food-borne | 1,173 | 93.3 | 91.9 to 94.7 | 421 | 90.4 | 87.7 to 93.0 |
| Infant | 70 | 5.6 | 4.3 to 6.8 | 36 | 7.7 | 5.3 to 10.1 |
| Wound | 9 | 0.7 | 0.2 to 1.2 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.3 to 2.3 |
| Adult intestinal colonisation | 5 | 0.4 | 0.0 to 0.7 | 3 | 0.6 | −0.1 to 1.4 |
| Total | 1,257 | 100 | NA | 466 | 100 | NA |
CI: confidence interval; NA: not applicable.
