Ciguatoxin Occurrence in Food-Web Components of a Cuban Coral Reef Ecosystem: Risk-Assessment Implications

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• Journal Title:
  Toxins
• Personal Author:
  Díaz-Asencio, Lisbet ; Clausing, Rachel J. ; Vandersea, Mark ; Chamero-Lago, Donaida ; Gómez-Batista, Miguel ; Hernández-Albernas, Joan I. ; Chomérat, Nicolas ; Rojas-Abrahantes, Gabriel ; Litaker, R. Wayne ; Tester, Patricia ; Diogène, Jorge ; Alonso-Hernández, Carlos M. ; Dechraoui Bottein, Marie-Yasmine
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
• Description:
  In Cuba, ciguatera poisoning associated with fish consumption is the most commonly occurring non-bacterial seafood-borne illness. Risk management through fish market regulation has existed in Cuba for decades and consists of bans on selected species above a certain weight; however, the actual occurrence of ciguatoxins (CTXs) in seafood has never been verified.
• Keywords:
  Caribbean; Ciguatoxicity; qPCR; Trophic transfer; Fish; Food safety; Food security; Science-based management; Foodborne disease
• Source:
  Toxins 2019, 11(12), 722
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11120722
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6950047
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  PMC
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:30a0e3c238e7cad85fbdb3686df9fefaa2932e072961f82f5a4cbff2ee459ce2
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/31835/noaa_31835_DS1.pdf
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