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New evidence of pectenotoxins in farmed bivalve molluscs from Sardinia (Italy)
Several planktonic dinoflagellates can produce lipophilic phycotoxins that represent a significant threat to public health as well as to shellfish and fish farming.
Alessandro G. Mudadu +12 more
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A THEORETICAL ESTIMATION OF EXPOSURE TO SHELLFISH TOXINS OF DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS IN BULGARIA
Introduction. Shellfish poisoning could be caused by ingestion of shellfish contaminated by bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, marine biotoxins etc. The objective of the study was to determine the theoretical human exposure to shellfish toxins
Zlatina V. PETEVA +4 more
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HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH.
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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Detection of diarrheal shellfish toxins
Seafood poisoning outbreaks are often caused by biotoxins generated by harmful algal blooms. Shellfish toxins, mainly derived from phytoplankton, cause diarrhea and poisoning in humans who consume contaminated seafood. Many studies suggest that diarrheal
Xu Rui +3 more
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Phycotoxins in Marine Shellfish: Origin, Occurrence and Effects on Humans
Massive phytoplankton proliferation, and the consequent release of toxic metabolites, can be responsible for seafood poisoning outbreaks: filter-feeding mollusks, such as shellfish, mussels, oysters or clams, can accumulate these toxins throughout the ...
Federica Farabegoli +4 more
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Kabuklu deniz hayvanlarının tüketimine bağlı olarak gelişen zehirlenmelerin içinde en yüksek ölüm oranını paralitik kaynaklı zehirlenmesi oluşturmaktadır. Paralitik gıda zehirlenmesi, filtrasyon yoluyla toksini bünyelerine alan kabukluların tüketimiyle vücuda alınan toksinlerin etkisini çok kısa sürede göstermesi ve etkili bir tanı ve tedavi edilmezse ...
DEMİREL, Yağmur Nil, ÇELİK, T. Haluk
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Detection of shellfish toxins from scallops in Guangzhou seafood market
To evaluate scallop safety in the Guangzhou seafood market, contents of shellfish toxins in adductor muscle, mantle skirts, gills and visceral mass of scallops were examined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and mouse unit assay.
L Huazhang +6 more
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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 ...
Nicola Haigh +2 more
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning.
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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Occurrence of harmful algal species and shellfish toxicity in Sardinia (Italy)
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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