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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology pp 51–94Cite as

Foodborne Toxins of Marine Origin: Ciguatera

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Part of the book series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ((RECT,volume 117))

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Knowledge that the consumption of a variety of fish and shellfish is associated with human disease has been available for centuries. These diseases result from the ingestion of fish which have accumulated toxins of bacterial or algal origin (World Health Organization 1984). Some of the better known seafood intoxications are: scombroid, paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), pufferfish (tetrodo-toxin), cephalod, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP), diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP), and ciguatera. Scombroid poisoning is caused by the action of bioactive amines which are produced in fish by enzymatic/bacterial action on fish tissue (Taylor et al. 1984; Taylor 1988). Symptoms resemble clinical responses produced by histamine.

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