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A 15-Year Retrospective Review of Ciguatera in the Madeira Islands (North-East Atlantic, Portugal). [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2023 The first ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) in Portugal dates from 2008 when 11 people reported CFP symptoms after consuming a 30 kg amberjack caught around the Selvagens Islands (Madeira Archipelago). Since then, 49 human poisonings have been reported. The
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EDIS, 2007 ENY-741S, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Jorge R. Rey, is the Spanish language version of ENY-741, Ciguatera. It describes this form of food poisoning caused by ingestion of saltwater fish and invertebrates that have accumulated in their tissues a certain amount of the toxins produced by dinoflagellates. Includes references.
Jorge R. Rey
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Reviewing Evidence for Disturbance to Coral Reefs Increasing the Risk of Ciguatera. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel)The hypothesis that disturbance to coral reefs creates new surfaces that increase the risk of ciguatera is premised upon the increased algal substrates that develop on these surfaces being colonised by high ciguatoxin (CTX)-producing Gambierdiscus ...
Holmes MJ, Lewis RJ.
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Ciguatera fish poisoning [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1999 SummaryCiguatera fish poisoning is one of a variety of non-bacterial forms of human seafood poisoning. Consuming large predatory fish from tropical reef ecosystems may be hazardous. We describe a case that is typical of the disease, and illustrates the persistence of neurological symptoms that occur in some patients.
J A, Crump, C L, McLay, S T, Chambers
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First Confirmed Occurrence of Ciguatera Poisoning in the UK from Imported Pinjalo Snapper (<i>Pinjalo pinjalo</i>). [PDF]
Mar DrugsTurner AD +4 more
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An Unusual Presentation of Severe Ciguatera Poisoning: Case Report. [PDF]
Am J Case RepBengio M +3 more
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First Detection of Algal Caribbean Ciguatoxin in Amberjack Causing Ciguatera Poisoning in the Canary Islands (Spain). [PDF]
Toxins (Basel)Estevez P +5 more
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 1995 Ciguatera poisoning is a worldwide problem associated with ingestion of certain toxin-containing fish. The disease was named after a turban-shelled snail known as "cigua" in the Spanish Antilles, which was mistakenly thought to be the cause of this disease.1 More than 200 species of fish have been implicated, the most common of which include grouper ...
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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning [PDF]
Military Medicine, 1997 Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most common form of toxin-related food poisoning in the United States. Originating from dinoflagellates living on coral reefs, it is spread up the food and affects humans who ingest the ciguatoxic fish. Ciguatera is primarily endemic in tropical regions of the world.
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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2001 Ciguatera is a widespread ichthyosarcotoxaemia with dramatic and clinically important neurological features. This severe form of fish poisoning may present with either acute or chronic intoxication syndromes and constitutes a global health problem. Ciguatera poisoning is little known in temperate countries as a potentially global problem associated ...
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