title: Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011.
abstract: Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest area, leading to product recall. Ongoing surveillance is needed to prevent similar illness outbreaks.
authors.affiliation: Public Health—Seattle & King County, Seattle, Washington 98118, USA. jenny.lloyd@kingcounty.gov
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Duchin
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borchert
authors.forename: Harold Flores
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D002675:Child, Preschool; D057097:Harmful Algal Bloom; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D049878:Mytilus / Q000737:chemistry*; D019319:Okadaic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011714:Pyrans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning; D057096:Shellfish Poisoning / Q000209:etiology*; D014861:Washington
chemical_list: D011714:Pyrans; D019319:Okadaic Acid; C051904:dinophysistoxin 1; C076221:dinophysistoxin 2
keywords: DSP; Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning; Dinophysis spp.; United States; Washington; dinophysistoxins; enteric infections; marine biotoxins; shellfish; toxins