Ciguatera contracted by French tourists in Mauritius recurs in Senegal

Glaizal, Mathieu; Tichadou, Lucia; Drouet, Geneviève; Hayek-Lanthois, Maryvonne; Haro, Luc de

doi:10.3109/15563650.2011.607461

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“…The couple suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms followed by neurological symptoms that lasted for up to 11 days. Remarkably, none of the other guests who ate from the same fish experienced any ciguatera symptoms (Glaizal et al, 2011). Recurrence of ciguatera symptomatology in previously asymptomatic subjects has been reported frequently Vigneau et al, 2008).…”

Section: Long-lasting Ciguatera Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Caribbean was previously considered as the only endemic area in the Atlantic Ocean, but recently, the occurrence of ciguatera was reported along the West Africa Coast, in particular the coastlines of Cameroon and Senegal (Glaizal et al, 2011;Bienfang et al, 2008). Ciguatera is also on the rise on the Asian continent with toxic micro-algae located on the Korean shorelines and around Jeju Island at 33 northern latitude for the first time in 2011 (Jeong et al, 2012).…”

Section: Ciguatera Is Increasing Worldwidementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, this evaluation may be greatly underestimated as only 2e10% of cases are estimated to be reported to health authorities worldwide (Lehane and Lewis, 2000). Nonetheless, ciguatera is the most frequent non-bacterial food and seafood-related poisoning, with tourism and fish imports from endemic areas being the main causes for a continuous increase in cases in temperate latitudes (De Haro et al, 2003;Glaizal et al, 2011;Krause et al, 1994;Sanner et al, 1997; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). To this effect, ciguatera has become a truly global human health concern.…”

Section: A Global Public Health Issuementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In most European countries, ciguatera is considered an exotic disease, and is included in the field of tropical and travel medicine (De Haro et al, 1997;Glaizal et al, 2011). Between 2000 and 2013, 61 cases were registered in Germany, which were related to travels in endemic areas (Zimmermann et al, in press).…”

Section: Ciguatera Outbreaksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Intact corals may carry an (Murata et al, 1990;Lewis et al, 1991). antimicrobial lining preventing algal overgrowth. In fact, while cyclones are common in the Indo-Pacific area, they are triggers for the domestic population to avoid eating fish up to several weeks after such an event (Glaizal et al, 2011).…”

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Ciguatera fish poisoning: A first epidemic in Germany highlights an increasing risk for European countries

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a b s t r a c tToxin-producing microalgae are thriving worldwide due to coral reef destruction and global warming with major consequences on ecosystems, international trade and human health. Microalgae belonging to the family of flagellate protists, in particular dinoflagellates, secrete a variety of high-molecular-weight polyether toxins that accumulate through the marine food chain to cause disease in humans by acting as sodium channel activator toxins; ciguatera is the most frequent seafood-borne illness worldwide with 50,000 to 500,000 global incidences per annum and is usually limited to endemic areas located between 35 northern and 35 southern latitude. The rising global incidence frequency renders it a major human health problem, because no curative treatment is available yet and reliable detection assays are lacking. During the last decade ciguatera has increasingly become endemic in previously unaffected areas for two reasons: first global warming has contributed to the emergence of dinoflagellate species in subtropical and even temperate regions that previously had been constrained to tropical areas and second: in Europe globalization of fishing industry and tourism has led to a progressive increase in the number of ciguatera cases and a lack of awareness among medical personnel contributes to under-reporting. We review, through a recent ciguatera outbreak in Germany, the risk for ciguatera poisoning in Europe and highlight characteristic symptoms, current knowledge about disease pathomechanisms and treatment options.

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Section: Long-lasting Ciguatera Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 99%