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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning: A Case Series [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014 We describe a case series of seven patients presenting to an emergency department with symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning. They developed varying degrees of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, ataxia and paresthesias after eating mussels ...
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Non-Traditional Vectors for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2008 Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), due to saxitoxin and related compounds, typically results from the consumption of filter-feeding molluscan shellfish that concentrate toxins from marine dinoflagellates.
Grant C Pitcher +2 more
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Toxins, 2023 Paralytic shellfish poisoning is a worldwide problem induced by shellfish contaminated with paralytic shellfish toxins. To protect human health, a regulatory limit for these toxins in shellfish flesh has been adopted by many countries. In a recent study,
Sarah C. Finch +7 more
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Toxic Effects and Tumor Promotion Activity of Marine Phytoplankton Toxins: A Review
Toxins, 2022 Phytoplankton are photosynthetic microorganisms in aquatic environments that produce many bioactive substances. However, some of them are toxic to aquatic organisms via filter-feeding and are even poisonous to humans through the food chain.
Biswajita Pradhan +3 more
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Investigation into an outbreak of suspected shellfish poisoning caused by consuming Bullacta exarata
Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2023 ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess control measures regarding the epidemiological characteristics of food-borne disease outbreaks to guide future prevention measures and treatment methods.MethodsDescriptive epidemiological methods were used to ...
CHEN Jinzhong +4 more
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SoundToxins: A Research and Monitoring Partnership for Harmful Phytoplankton in Washington State
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
Vera L. Trainer, Teri L. King
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Human shellfish poisoning: Implementation of a national surveillance program in France
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Toxic algae and their toxins represent an emerging public health issue, particularly due to global warming. The toxicological mechanisms of neurotoxic phycotoxins and their human health effects have been widely described (paralytic, neurological, amnesic,
Sandra Sinno-Tellier +6 more
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1979 Two cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning after ingestion of mussels occurred in October 1977 in Nova Scotia. The incidence of this type of poisoning is relatively high among persons living on the coast of the Bay of Fundy and the estuary of the St. Lawrence River.
J, Acres, J, Gray
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HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH.
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2013 A harmful algal bloom (HAB) is defined as a bloom that has deleterious effects on plants, animals or humans. Marine algal toxins are responsible for an array of human illnesses associated with consumption of seafood or exposure to aerosolized toxins ...
Margherita Ferrante
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Occurrence of harmful algal species and shellfish toxicity in Sardinia (Italy)
Italian Journal of Food Safety, 2016 Sardinia (Italy, north-western Mediterranean) is a commercially important producer of edible bivalve molluscs. Since the early 2000s, it was subjected to recurring cases of mussel farm closures due to toxic algal poison.
Anna Maria Bazzoni +12 more
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