| Event name: | US-99-007 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 1,491 µg STXeq / 100 g.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mussels. | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Yes, general area has had episodes.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | OSTASZ, Michael J. | |
| Location: | Latitude: 58.575000, Longitude: -135.158056 | |
| General location information: |
Harvest., Alaska. HAB Area code(s): US-25 |
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| Additional location information: | St. James Bay, 2 miles wide + NW of Juneau. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1999-06-30 Start: 1999-06-30, End: 1999-07-01 |
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| Additional date-related information: | Initial date =Harvest. Final date = Consumption. | |
| Causative organism known: | No | |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | N/A | |
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| Additional information: | Toxin: Suspect PSP | |||||||||||
| Economic losses: | N/A | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | Press release 7/2/99. | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Associated syndrom: Numbness and tingling after 2 hours. 2 people ill who ate 1-2 dozen mussels; after 2 hrs. Became symptomatic. | |||||||||||
