Citation

Habermehl GG, Krebs HC, Rasoanaivo P, Ramialiharisoa A. Toxicon 1994; 32(12): 1539-1542.

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine (University), Hannover, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7725322

Abstract

In a single outbreak on the East coast of Madagascar, more than 500 people, 98 of whom died, were poisoned by the flesh of a shark, Carcharhinus amboinensis. From clinical symptoms it can be concluded that this poisoning is due to ciguatera toxins. It is the first case of a severe outbreak caused by a shark, and it is the first case with a mortality rate of 20%.

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