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Human genes for intestinal botulism

Intestinal botulism [DOID:0050141]

A botulism that involves intoxication caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTA, B, E and F) in adults, has_material_basis_in Clostridium botulinum A, has_material_basis_in Clostridium botulinum B, has_material_basis_in Clostridium botulinum E and has_material_basis_in Clostridium botulinum F, which are transmitted by ingestion of bacterial spores, which then grow in the intestine and release toxins.

Synonyms:  intestinal botulism,  DOID:0050141,  intestinal botulisms

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.