Frequent occurrence of tetrodotoxin in the marine gastropod \(\textit{Nassarius glans}\) causing a food poisoning in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam in 2020
Abstract:A fatal neurotoxic poisoning case happened in Khanh Hoa province in 2020 after eating a certain number of marine gastropods, later identified as Nassarius glans, one of the common marine gastropods in Vietnam. As the remaining causative food in the incident, 62 specimens were collected to examine tetrodotoxin toxicity individual variation and frequency of toxic specimens by using HILIC/MS-MS analysis. 100% of studied specimens exhibited toxicity (556 ± 821 MU/g) beyond the regulatory level of consumption (10 M… Show more
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