Diarrheic shellfish poisoning due to toxic mussel consumption: the first recorded outbreak in Greece
| Autor: | A Kansouzidou, G. Filioussis, Vangelis Economou, Chrissanthy Papadopoulou, K. Seferiadis, K. Charalabopoulos, M. Brett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Diarrhea
Veterinary medicine animal structures Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Greece/epidemiology Marine Toxins/analysis/toxicity Disease Outbreaks Food Contamination Toxicology Algal bloom Diarrhea/*epidemiology/etiology Foodborne Diseases Mice Bivalvia/*chemistry Animals Humans Shellfish Poisoning Biological Assay/methods Eukaryota/isolation & purification Shellfish Mice Inbred BALB C biology Greece fungi Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Dinophysis acuminata food and beverages Outbreak Eukaryota General Chemistry Mussel Bivalvia biology.organism_classification Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology/etiology humanities Mytilus Fishery Chemistry (miscellaneous) Food Contamination/*analysis Biological Assay Marine Toxins Dinophysis Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Food additives and contaminants. 24(3) |
| ISSN: | 0265-203X |
| Popis: | 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. Food Addit Contam |
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