Ciguatera fish poisoning, Canary Islands [8]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1981-1982

  Pérez Arellano, Jose Luis ^a,b   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a   Brito, Ana Pérez ^c   Cabrera, Michele Hernández ^a,b   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Carranza, Cristina ^a,b   Angel Moreno, Alfonso ^a,b   Dickey, Robert W ^d   Boada, Luis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Fuerteventura   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIGUATERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSATION; DIZZINESS; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; PARESTHESIA;

EID: 33644825257     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1112.050393     Document Type: Letter

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