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Clinical Characteristics of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Martinique, French West Indies – A Case Series

2022-04-06

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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is one of the most common causes worldwide of marine poisoning associated with fish consumption from tropical areas. Its incidence is underreported. CFP cases seem to increase with grouped cases reported during summer. Exposure to ciguatoxin, the toxin responsible for CFP with sodium-channel agonistic, cholinergic, and adrenergic activities, may result in a large spectrum of manifest...

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Literature Corpus work: 757b8be6-1ad1-5448-8831-4bd96360096d
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202204.0037.v1

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