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Botulism and the Lack of Protection by Alcohol; Experimental and Epidemiological Studies

Sigma R. Alpha, Larry E. Davis, Jonathan Mann

SUMMARY. Ethanol concentrations > 20% denatured botulinum A toxin and protected mice. However, this alcohol concentration was not achieved in the stomachs of human volunteers drinking cocktails and consumption of alcohol did not protect in a recent botulism outbreak.