Outbreak of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Associated with Mussels, British Columbia, Canada [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2013 In 2011, a Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) outbreak occurred in British Columbia (BC), Canada that was associated with cooked mussel consumption. This is the first reported DSP outbreak in BC.
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Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest ...
Jennifer K. Lloyd +4 more
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The Mechanism of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxin Production in Prorocentrum spp.: Physiological and Molecular Perspectives [PDF]
Toxins, 2016 Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) is a gastrointestinal disorder caused by the consumption of seafood contaminated with okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysistoxins (DTXs).
Thomas Chun-Hung Lee +3 more
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Lipophilic Toxin Profile in Mytilus galloprovincialis during Episodes of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) in the N.E. Adriatic Sea in 2006 [PDF]
Molecules, 2011 Dinophysis spp. blooms and related shellfish toxicity events of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) have been the most reported toxicity event through the Croatian National monitoring program.
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SoundToxins: A Research and Monitoring Partnership for Harmful Phytoplankton in Washington State [PDF]
Toxins, 2023 The more frequent occurrence of marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) and recent problems with newly-described toxins in Puget Sound have increased the risk for illness and have negatively impacted sustainable access to shellfish in Washington State. Marine
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Formation of a Volunteer Harmful Algal Bloom Network in British Columbia, Canada, Following an Outbreak of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2013 Evidence for shellfish toxin illness in British Columbia (BC) on the west coast of Canada can be traced back to 1793. For over two hundred years, domestically acquired bivalve shellfish toxin illnesses in BC were solely ascribed to paralytic shellfish ...
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Differences in Marine Toxin Poisonings Reported to US Poison Centers After Pandemic Restrictions [PDF]
ToxinsThis study investigated whether marine toxin poisonings reported to U.S. Poison Centers changed during the height of the pandemic period (April 2020 to December 2021).
Baylin J. Bennett +5 more
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“Algal-dromes”: a novel conceptual approach to illness in humans exposed to harmful algal bloom toxins [PDF]
Frontiers in ToxicologyAlthough adverse health effects from harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins have been described since antiquity, the true worldwide incidence and disease burden has yet to be defined.
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Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins: Current Insights into Toxicity, Mechanisms, and Ecological Impacts [PDF]
Marine DrugsDiarrheic shellfish toxins (DSTs), especially okadaic acid (OA) and its related compounds, are lipophilic marine biotoxins mainly synthesized by dinoflagellates of the genera Dinophysis and Prorocentrum.
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Marine Algal Toxins and Public Health: Insights from Shellfish and Fish, the Main Biological Vectors [PDF]
Marine DrugsExposure to toxigenic harmful algal blooms (HABs) can result in widely recognized acute poisoning in humans. The five most commonly recognized HAB-related illnesses are diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP), paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), amnesic ...
Kuan-Kuan Yuan +2 more
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