| Event name: | BE-38-001 | |
| Country: | BELGIUM | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| 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: | De Rijcke, Maarten | |
| Location: | Latitude: 51.320556, Longitude: 3.200000 | |
| General location information: |
Brugge-Zeebrugge Canal, Belgian part of the North Sea HAB Area code(s): BE-01 |
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| Additional location information: | brackish water | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1938-06-16 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 1938-07-15, End: 1938-08-01 | |
| Additional date-related information: | Exact dates unknown (here middle of month) | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech et Tangen 1985
( cells/L)
Described by Wolozynska & Conrad (1939) as Gonyaulax phoneus |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Koch, H.J.A. (1940). Dinoflagellaten als oorzaak van verlammende mosselvergiftiging. Natuurwet. Tijdschr. 22(3-7): 196-200; Woloszynska, J.; Conrad, W. (1939). Pyrodinium phoneus, n. sp., agent de la toxicité des moules du canal maritime de Bruges à Zeebrugge. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 15(46): 1-5 | |
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| Additional information: | The sensitivity of the mouse strain is not known. The US FDA accepted conversion factor of 0.2 µg per MU was used. | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | 16 persons became ill, 4 died | ||||||||||||||||
