Haff disease: from the Baltic Sea to the U.S. shore.
Haff disease, identified in Europe in 1924, is unexplained rhabdomyolysis in a person who ate fish in the 24 hours before onset of illness. We describe a series of six U.S. patients from 1997 and report new epidemiologic and etiologic aspects. Although Haff disease is traditionally an epidemic foodborne illness, these six cases occurred in two clusters and as one sporadic case.
Buchholz
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Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Acute Communicable Disease Control, CA 90012, USA. ubuchholz@dhs.co.la.ca.us
Mouzin
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Dickey
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Moolenaar
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Sass
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Mascola
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001454:Baltic States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005400:Fishes, Poisonous / Q000378:metabolism; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D008387:Marine Toxins