Ciguatoxin Occurrence in Food-Web Components of a Cuban Coral Reef Ecosystem: Risk-Assessment Implications. [PDF]
In Cuba, ciguatera poisoning associated with fish consumption is the most commonly occurring non-bacterial seafood-borne illness. Risk management through fish market regulation has existed in Cuba for decades and consists of bans on selected species ...
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Ciguatoxins (CTXs), which are responsible for Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), are liposoluble toxins produced by microalgae of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa.
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Epidemiology and Toxicology of Ciguatera Poisoning in the Colombian Caribbean. [PDF]
Ciguatera is a food intoxication caused by the consumption of primarily coral fish; these species exist in large numbers in the seas that surround the Colombian territory.
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Further Advance of Gambierdiscus Species in the Canary Islands, with the First Report of Gambierdiscus belizeanus [PDF]
Ciguatera Poisoning (CP) is a human food-borne poisoning that has been known since ancient times to be found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas, which occurs when fish or very rarely invertebrates contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) are consumed ...
Andree, Karl B. +7 more
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Characterization of a Strain of Fukuyoa paulensis (Dinophyceae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
17 páginas, 8 figuras, 4 tablasA single cell of the dinoflagellate genus Fukuyoa was isolated from the island of Formentera (Balearic Islands, west Mediterranean Sea), cultured, and characterized by morphological and molecular methods and toxin analyses.
David, Helena +4 more
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Development of bioanalytical devices for the detection of ciguatoxins and the ciguatoxin producing genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa [PDF]
La ciguatera (CFP) és una intoxicació alimentària que provoca símptomes gastrointestinals, cardíacs i neurològics que poden durar setmanes, mesos o fins i tot anys.
Gaiani, Greta
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Identical Ciguatoxin-3C group profiles in Lutjanus bohar from the Pacific and Indian Oceans - indicating the need to re-evaluate geographical CTX classifications [PDF]
Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are a group of marine biotoxins, consisting of over 30 different congeners that can contaminate marine food webs. Generally, the molecular structures among the known congeners are variable by geographical region (i.e., ocean basin) and
Astrid Spielmeyer +3 more
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Use of Mass Spectrometry to Determine the Diversity of Toxins Produced by Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa Species from Balearic Islands and Crete (Mediterranean Sea) and the Canary Islands (Northeast Atlantic) [PDF]
Over the last decade, knowledge has significantly increased on the taxonomic identity and distribution of dinoflagellates of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. Additionally, a number of hitherto unknown bioactive metabolites have been described, while
Aligizaki, Katerina +8 more
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Risk assessment strategies for contaminants in seafood (RASCS) [PDF]
Risk Assessment Strategies for Contaminants in Seafood (RASCS) is an EFSA Partnering Grant focusing on KEamong seven European Institutions. The project lasted from June 2021 to June 2023.
Gil, José Maria +2 more
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Contribution to the risk assessment of ciguatera poisoning in europe (the balearic and Canary Islands and Madeira archipelago) [PDF]
Actualment, la intoxicació alimentaria de la ciguatera (CP) es considera una malaltia emergent a les zones temperades d'Europa. La present tesi contribueix a l'avaluació del risc d'intoxicació per ciguatera a les Illes Balears (Mediterrània Occidental),
Tudó Casanova, Àngels
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