Ciguatera: Recent advances but the risk remains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 91-125

  Lehane, Leigh ^a   Lewis, Richard J ^b  

^a Natl Off of Anim and Plant Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ciguatera; Ciguatoxin(s); Fish poisoning; Gambierdiscus toxicus; Gambiertoxins

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN; GAMBIERTOXIN; POLYETHER; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHANNEL GATING; COMA; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD POISONING; GAMBIERDISCUS TOXICUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARALYSIS; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN REGION; CIGUATERA POISONING; CIGUATOXINS; CNIDARIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISHES, POISONOUS; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MUSCLES; PACIFIC STATES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CIGUATERA; GAMBIERDISCUS TOXICUS;

EID: 0034332886     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00382-2     Document Type: Review

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