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Development of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for detecting ciguatoxin-producing microalgae

Frontiers in Protistology
The seafood illness, ciguatera poisoning (CP) is a significant public health concern in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In Japan, CP is particularly prevalent in Okinawa Prefecture, where is the subtropical region of Japan, due to the ...
Shota Ohara, Goshi Araki, Takashi Kadono, Haruo Yamaguchi, Takeshi Tsumuraya, Kirsty F. Smith, Lesley L. Rhodes, Masao Adachi   +7 more
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Large Outbreaks of Ciguatera after Consumption of Brown Marbled Grouper

Toxins, 2014
Brown marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) is an apex predator from coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific region. All five published case series of ciguatera after consumption of brown marbled grouper were reviewed to characterize the types, severity ...
Thomas Y. K. Chan
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Raising awareness of ciguatera poisoning in Australia: a survey of recreational fishers

, 2022
Andreas Seger, Natalie Dowsett, Alison E. Turnbull   +2 more
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Primer informe del género Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) y otros dinoflagelados bentónicos en el Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Pacífico Tropical Oriental

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
El Pacífico Tropical Oriental se ha indicado como una región de los océanos libre de ciguatera, una intoxicación que causa serios trastornos gastrointestinales, neurológicos y cardiovasculares, en casos extremos, la muerte.
Maribelle Vargas-Montero, Alvaro Morales, Jorge Cortés   +2 more
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Peak occurrences of ciguatera fish poisoning precede cholera outbreaks in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2003
L. C. KWAN, D. K. F. CHEUNG, Kai Man Kam
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Ciguatera: Current concepts

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 1995
Abstract Ciguatera poisoning develops after ingestion of certain coral reef-associated fish. With travel to and from the tropics and importation of tropical food fish increasing, ciguatera has begun to appear in temperate countries with more frequency.
openaire   +2 more sources

La Ciguatera

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 ...
Jorge R. Rey
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Indigenous knowledge with science forms an early warning system for ciguatera fish poisoning outbreak in Vanuatu

Communications Earth & Environment
Indigenous and traditional knowledge of the natural environment is crucial for policymakers and community leaders in Vanuatu. Here, we employ a mixed-methods approach to collect data from East, North, and West Area councils in Ambae Island, Vanuatu, and ...
Allan Rarai, Eberhard Weber, John Ruben, Meg Parsons   +3 more
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Ionic mechanisms of spinal neuronal cold hypersensitivity in ciguatera [PDF]

, 2015
Ryan Patel, Nicola Brice, Richard J. Lewis, Anthony H. Dickenson   +3 more
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Development of a quantitative PCR assay for the detection and enumeration of a potentially ciguatoxin-producing dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus lapillus (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae).

PLoS ONE, 2019
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is an illness contracted through the ingestion of seafood containing ciguatoxins. It is prevalent in tropical regions worldwide, including in Australia. Ciguatoxins are produced by some species of Gambierdiscus.
Anna Liza Kretzschmar, Arjun Verma, Gurjeet Kohli, Shauna Murray   +3 more
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