Botulinum and ricin toxins
Heegaard, N.H.H.; Beyer, N.H.; Kogutowska, E.; Tanassi, J.T.; Jensen, S.ør.M.; Andresen, K.; Christensen, J.J.ør.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 167(36): 3387-3389
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 16159488 Document Number: 592143
Due to their acute toxicity, accessibility and history of use, ricin and botulinum toxins are at the present time the most relevant bioterror toxins. We give a brief review of their toxicity and possible uses in bioterror attacks and describe two cases in Denmark in which immunochemical, PCR and mass spectrometric assays developed in-house were used to confirm a foodborne botulinum toxin E case and to identify bovine serum albumin as the powder enclosed in a letter sent to the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen.