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General Information

Event name: ES-12-012
Country: SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
 Humans
Toxicity detected: Yes
Associated syndrome: CFP (Ciguatera Fish Poisoning)
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): Seriola sp.
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (SVEICC)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: DIOGENE, Jorge , FERNANDEZ, Margarita

Location & Date

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General location information: Lanzarote, Canary Islands
HAB Area code(s): ES-28
Additional location information: Lanzarote
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2012-01-01
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Gambierdiscus spp. ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: https://www3.gobiernodecanarias.org/sanidad/scs/contenidoGenerico.jsp?idDocument=bb1799ed-b4c0-11de-ae50-15aa3b9230b7&idCarpeta=0f67aaf7-9d88-11e0-b0dc-e55e53ccc42c

Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Additional harmful effect information: 10 cases in this outbreak Ciguatera food poisoning Clinical Criteria Any person having neurologic symptoms, if other causes have been excluded. Most frequent symptoms are: paraesthesia, cold allodynia, dysesthesia, pruritus without urticarial or erythema,
Created at 09:15 on 26 Jun 2020
Updated at 11:50 on 26 Jun 2020