Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011

Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest area, leading to product recall. Ongoing surveill...

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Autores principales: Lloyd, Jennifer K., Duchin, Jeffrey S., Borchert, Jerry, Quintana, Harold Flores, Robertson, Alison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3739508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876232
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1908.121824
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author Lloyd, Jennifer K.
Duchin, Jeffrey S.
Borchert, Jerry
Quintana, Harold Flores
Robertson, Alison
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description Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest area, leading to product recall. Ongoing surveillance is needed to prevent similar illness outbreaks.
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spelling pubmed-37395082013-08-14 Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011 Lloyd, Jennifer K. Duchin, Jeffrey S. Borchert, Jerry Quintana, Harold Flores Robertson, Alison Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest area, leading to product recall. Ongoing surveillance is needed to prevent similar illness outbreaks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3739508/ /pubmed/23876232 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1908.121824 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Lloyd, Jennifer K.
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Quintana, Harold Flores
Robertson, Alison
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011
title Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011
title_full Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011
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title_short Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011
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