| Event name: | UY-80-001 | |
| Country: | URUGUAY | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mytilus edulis, | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | MENDEZ, Silvia | |
| Location: | Latitude: -34.764167, Longitude: -53.705556 | |
| General location information: |
Piriapolis hasta Barra del Chuy, Maldonado, Rocha HAB Area code(s): UY-01 UY-02 |
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| Additional location information: | Started in UY-02 and 10 days after afected also UY-01 | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1980-02-16 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 1980-02-16, End: 1980-12-19 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gonyaulax sp.
( cells/L)
Gymnodinium sp. ( cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Davison, P. & C.M.Yentsch, 1985. Occurrence of toxic dinoflagellate and shellfish toxin along coast Uruguayan, South America. En: Toxic Dinoflagellates, Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., Anderson, White and Baden (Eds.), 153-158. | |
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| Management decision: | harvest the area during the toxic period | ||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | 60 people intoxicated | ||||||
