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Differences in Marine Toxin Poisonings Reported to US Poison Centers After Pandemic Restrictions [PDF]

Toxins
This 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, Cailee Hill, Hugh B. Roland, Lorraine C. Backer, Amy H. Schnall, Matthew O. Gribble   +5 more
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Case Report: Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Sabah, Malaysia. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2017
During the months of January–February and May–June 2013 coinciding with the red tide occurrence in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, six episodes involving 58 cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) or saxitoxin (STX) poisoning and resulting in four ...
Suleiman M, Jelip J, Rundi C, Chua TH.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Sub-Acute Dosing Study of Saxitoxin and Tetrodotoxin Mixtures in Mice Suggests That the Current Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Regulatory Limit Is Fit for Purpose

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, Nicola G. Webb, Michael J. Boundy, D. Tim Harwood, John S. Munday, Jan M. Sprosen, Chanatda Somchit, Ric B. Broadhurst   +7 more
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Methodologies for Detoxifying Bivalves from Marine Paralytic Shellfish Toxins. [PDF]

Mar Drugs
The marine environment emerges as a key provider of food and sustainable products. However, these benefits are accompanied by numerous challenges owing to harmful algal blooms (HAB) and their associated biotoxins, which accumulate in organisms, like ...
Aderogba A, Leal JF, Cristiano MLS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Hansol Kim, Sofia Abassi, Jang-Seu Ki   +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, HONG Shuping, ZHANG Jinhong, CAI Maorong, LIN Yihong   +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, Eric Abadie, Sophie Guillotin, Anne Bossée, Marina Nicolas, Nicolas Delcourt, Nicolas Delcourt   +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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