Pufferfish poisoning from Arothron stellatus: The first confirmed case in India with exact DNA sequencing-based species identification.

Autor: Joseph TC; ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 682 029, Kerala, India. Electronic address: tomscjoseph@gmail.com., Goswami DB; Shivam ICU and Trauma Centre, Veraval, 362 269, Gujarat, India., Pradeep MA; Marine Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, 682 018, Kerala, India., Anupama TK; Veraval Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Veraval, 362 269, India., Parmar E; Veraval Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Veraval, 362 269, India., Renuka V; Veraval Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Veraval, 362 269, India., Remya S; ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 682 029, Kerala, India., Ravishankar CN; ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 682 029, Kerala, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology [Toxicon] 2021 Sep; Vol. 200, pp. 180-182. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.07.014
Abstrakt: A puffer fish poisoning case was reported from the coastal city of Veraval in the Gujarat state of India with patient reporting symptoms of giddiness, vertigo, aphasia and heaviness of head following consumption of cooked fish. Treatment was purely symptomatic and supportive. The patient was discharged from the hospital in a stable condition after 4 days. The suspected fish species was later identified using DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) sequencing as Arothron stellatus with 100% identity.
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