Identification of Caribbean ciguatoxins as the cause of an outbreak of fish poisoning among U.S. soldiers in Haiti

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 733-741

  Poli, Mark A ^a   Lewis, Richard J ^b   Dickey, Robert W ^c   Musser, Steven M ^c   Buckner, Carole A ^d   Carpenter, Larry G ^e  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOASSAY; BRADYCARDIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIGUATERA POISONING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD POISONING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030920805     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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