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Intoxicación por ciguatera: Estudio de 227 pacientes durante el periodo 1999 al 2005 Ciguatera poisoning: Study of 277 patients in the 1999-2005 period.

Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología, 2007
La ciguatera es la intoxicación alimentaría causada por el consumo de pescados ciguatóxicos, cuyos efectos sobre el ser humano pueden ser graves y conducir a la muerte.
Carlos Manuel Maya Entenza, Miladys Martín Labrador, Marisol Monteagudo Torres   +2 more
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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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Primer informe del género Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) y otros dinoflagelados bentónicos en el Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Pacífico Tropical Oriental First report of the genus Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) and other benthic dinoflagellates from Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific

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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Ictiotoxismo por consumo de barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) y morena manchada (Gymnothorax moringa) en la comunidad de pescadores artesanales de Tasajera, caribe colombiano

Duazary, 2013
ResumenSe estudió un evento de ictiotoxismo en la comunidad de pescadores de la población de Tasajera, departamento del Magdalena. La intoxicación por ciguatera fue diagnosticada a 7 individuos cuyas edades oscilaban entre los 17 y 53 años (63,4% de ...
Juan Diego Gaitán Espitia
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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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Update on Methodologies Available for Ciguatoxin Determination: Perspectives to Confront the Onset of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Europe

Marine Drugs, 2010
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) occurs mainly when humans ingest finfish contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs). The complexity and variability of such toxins have made it difficult to develop reliable methods to routinely monitor CFP with specificity and ...
Amandine Caillaud, Pablo de la Iglesia, H. Taiana Darius, Serge Pauillac, Katerina Aligizaki, Santiago Fraga, Mireille Chinain, Jorge Diogène   +7 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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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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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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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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