Is the Infant Botulism Laboratory a section of the Microbial Disease Laboratory (MDL) at California Department of Public Health?
No. The Infant Botulism Laboratory (IBL) is part of the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program and is administratively separate from the MDL. Specimens from suspected cases of foodborne or wound botulism need to be submitted to the MDL for testing. Please contact your local public health laboratory to make arrangements for MDL testing of suspected cases of foodborne or wound botulism.
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