Diarrheic shellfish poisoning due to toxic mussel consumption: the first recorded outbreak in Greece
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Ημερομηνία
Συγγραφείς
Economou, V.
Papadopoulou, C.
Brett, M.
Kansouzidou, A.
Charalabopoulos, K.
Filioussis, G.
Seferiadis, K.
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Εκδότης
Περίληψη
Τύπος
Είδος δημοσίευσης σε συνέδριο
Είδος περιοδικού
peer-reviewed
Είδος εκπαιδευτικού υλικού
Όνομα συνεδρίου
Όνομα περιοδικού
Food Addit Contam
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Σειρά βιβλίου
Έκδοση βιβλίου
Συμπληρωματικός/δευτερεύων τίτλος
Περιγραφή
During the week of 14-20 January 2000, 120 people visited the Emergency Departments of hospitals in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, complaining of acute gastrointestinal illness after eating mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis). The symptoms indicated diarrhoeic shellfish poisoning, and the toxicity of mussels harvested from Thermaikos Gulf in Thessaloniki during the outbreak was investigated using mouse bioassays. The bioassays revealed toxicity to mice by the mussel samples; while high numbers of toxic algae Dinophysis acuminata were identified in water samples from Thermaikos Gulf. The harvesting of mussels was immediately suspended and a monitoring programme for algal blooms was established from then onwards. During a follow-up of the mussels' toxicity from January 2000 to January 2005, two more mussel samples were found positive for diarrheic shellfish poisoning: one harvested in March 2001 from the area of the outbreak (Thermaikos Gulf) and the other harvested in January 2001 from Amvrakikos Gulf in north-western Greece. However, no sporadic cases or outbreaks were reported during this period.
Περιγραφή
Λέξεις-κλειδιά
Animals, Biological Assay/methods, Bivalvia/*chemistry, Diarrhea/*epidemiology/etiology, *Disease Outbreaks, Eukaryota/isolation & purification, Food Contamination/*analysis, Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology/etiology, Greece/epidemiology, Humans, Marine Toxins/analysis/toxicity, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, *Shellfish Poisoning
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17364933
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02652030601053139
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02652030601053139
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en
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Εξεταστική επιτροπή
Γενική Περιγραφή / Σχόλια
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής