CIGUATERA IN REUNION ISLAND (SW INDIAN-OCEAN) - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL-PATTERNS

Authors
Citation
Jp. Quod et J. Turquet, CIGUATERA IN REUNION ISLAND (SW INDIAN-OCEAN) - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL-PATTERNS, Toxicon, 34(7), 1996, pp. 779-785
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
ISSN journal
00410101
Volume
34
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
779 - 785
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-0101(1996)34:7<779:CIRI(I>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
One hundred and fifty-nine ichtyosarcotoxic outbreaks, including 477 p eople, were recorded in the island of Reunion (SW Indian ocean) betwee n 1986 and 1994. Ciguatera outbreaks represented 78.6% of the total ca ses and its annual incidence rate was estimated to be 0.78/10,000 resi dents. Symptoms caused by ciguatera poisoning are not different from t hose reported in Pacific and Caribbean islands, except for the additio nal symptoms of hallucinatory poisoning in 16% of the patients. Serran idae fish, including species of great commercial value, were the most commonly incriminated, accounting for 50% of the outbreaks. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd