@article{ref1, title="Ciguatera fish poisoning--Texas, 1997", journal="MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report", year="1998", author="", volume="47", number="33", pages="692-694", abstract="On October 21, 1997, the Southeast Texas Poison Center was contacted by a local physician requesting information about treatment for crew members of a cargo ship docked in Freeport, Texas, who were ill with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and muscle weakness. This report summarizes an investigation of this outbreak by the Texas Department of Health (TDH), which indicated that 17 crew members experienced ciguatera fish poisoning resulting from eating a contaminated barracuda.

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