Update: Neurologic illness associated with eating Florida pufferfish, 2002.
As of May 15, 2002, a total of 13 presumptive cases of saxitoxin poisoning were reported in Florida residents who ate pufferfish caught in waters near Titusville, Florida. Five cases were reported in April, and eight cases were identified through increased surveillance by Florida poison control centers, hospital emergency departments (EDs), and county health departments. This report updates the investigation of these cases.
D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012530:Saxitoxin / Q000032:analysis*; D017747:Seafood / Q000506:poisoning*; D023721:Tetraodontiformes / Q000378:metabolism
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