title: [Mass food poisoning after eating sea turtle in the Antalaha district].
abstract: In December 1994, a mass food poisoning through ingestion of turtle affected about 60 persons, on the north-eastern coast of Madagascar. The prevailing clinical signs were digestive (nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, acute stomatitis) and might persist during several weeks. The poisoning attack rate was 48% with a lethality of 7.7%. Such accident, even if rare in Madagascar, requires a structured organization to control sea products poisoning and to set up adequate prevention measures.
authors.affiliation: Service de Surveillance Epidémiologique (DLMT), Ministère de la Santé.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ranaivoson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Champetier de Ribes
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Mamy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jeannerod
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Razafinjato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chanteau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014426:Turtles
vernacular_title: Intoxication alimentaire collective par consommation de tortue de mer dans le district d'Antalaha.