| Event name: | NZ-12-001 | |
| Country: | NEW ZEALAND | |
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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): | Tuatua | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (NZ biotoxin monitoring program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (1993) | |
| Individuals to contact: | RHODES Lesley | |
| Location: | Latitude: -38.101667, Longitude: 176.741389 | |
| General location information: |
Bay of Plenty, North Island HAB Area code(s): NZ-03 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2012-12-14, End: 2013-01-30 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium minutum
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | MacKenzie, L., Harwood, T., Tonks, A., Robinson, J., & Knight, B. (2013). Seafood safety risks from paralytic shellfish poisoning dinoflagellate blooms in New Zealand: 2012–2013. A report for the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Food Safety. Cawthron Report 2346. Nelson: Cawthron Institute;[cited 2016 Mar 1]. | |
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| Additional information: | Lawrence HPLC screen | |||||||||||
| Economic losses: | At least 29 people became ill (14 were hospitalized) despite the fact that a public health warning was in place. | |||||||||||
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