Table 2.

Types of Botulinum Pathogens in Ukraine (1955–2018)

Years		1955–1985	1991–2002	2017–2018	Total
Total cases of botulism		1989	2982	258	5229
Including laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis
N		996	1201	112	2309
%		50.08	40.27	43.41	44.16
Type A
N		115	64	5	184
%		11.55	5.33	4.46	7.97
Type B
N		623	718	36	1377
%		62.55	59.78	32.14	59.64
Type Ca
N		11	0	2	13
%		1.10	0.00	1.79	0.56
Type E
N		247	302	39	588
%		24.80	25.15	34.82	25.47
Other types of botulism
N		0	117	6	123
%		0.00	9.74	5.36	5.33
Indeterminate type
N		0	0	24	24
%		0.00	0.00	21.43	1.04

^aSuspected type C.