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CIGUATERA POISONING IN VANUATU
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2003 Ciguatera poisoning is endemic in many tropical and subtropical countries. We conducted a retrospective study of admissions to two hospitals on the islands of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific region. We estimated the annual hospital admission rate for fish poisoning to be 65 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 55–75)/100,000 population on the island of ...
Goodman, A, Williams, TN, Maitland, K
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Identification of ciguatoxins in a shark involved in a fatal food poisoning in the Indian Ocean
Scientific Reports, 2017 Severe food poisoning events after the consumption of sharks have been reported since the 1940s; however, there has been no clear understanding of their cause. Herein, we report for the first time the presence of ciguatoxins (CTXs) in sharks.
Jorge Diogène +14 more
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CIGUATERA POISONING: PACIFIC DISEASE, FOODBORNE POISONING FROM FISH IN WARM SEAS AND OCEANS. Review [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2017 Purpose: The review is provoked because of lack of awareness of the medical practitioners in Bulgaria concerning of the ethnology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms and treatment of the ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP).
Snezha Zlateva +5 more
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Regional Variations in the Risk and Severity of Ciguatera Caused by Eating Moray Eels
Toxins, 2017 Moray eels (Gymnothorax species) from tropical waters have long been known to be high-risk species, and the consumption of particularly the viscera or ungutted eels can result in severe ciguatera (known as Gymnothorax or moray eel poisoning ...
Thomas Y. K. Chan
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Towards an epistemology of cultural learning
, 2022 Philosophical Issues, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 304-319, October 2022.
Benjamin McMyler
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Toxins, 2018 Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a type of food poisoning caused by the consumption of a variety of toxic ciguatera fish species in the tropical and subtropical waters.
Dao Viet Ha +11 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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Ciguatera fish poisoning in the Pacific Islands (1998 to 2008). [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BackgroundCiguatera is a type of fish poisoning that occurs throughout the tropics, particularly in vulnerable island communities such as the developing Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs).
Mark P Skinner +4 more
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Toxins, 2021 Ciguatera poisoning is mainly caused by the consumption of reef fish that have accumulated ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by the benthic dinoflagellates Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa.
Yixiao Xu +8 more
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Cardiovascular complications in ciguatera fish poisoning: A wake-up call
Heart Views, 2011 Ciguatera fish poisoning occurs with ingestion of fish containing ciguatoxin. It causes a clinical syndrome that comprises classic gastrointestinal, neurological and cardiovascular symptoms.
Subramanian Senthilkumaran +4 more
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