"Ciguatoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polycyclic ethers produced by Gambierdiscus (DINOFLAGELLATES) from gambiertoxins, which are ingested by fish which in turn may be ingested by humans who are susceptible to the CIGUATERA POISONING.
| Descriptor ID |
D002922
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.355.291.205 D23.946.580.160
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ciguatoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Huff A, Plover C, Okatch H, George B. Epidemiology of Ciguatoxin Poisoning Outbreaks in the United States Between 2001 and 2021. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2025 07; 22(7):445-451.
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Selcer UM. Ciguatera poisoning. N Engl J Med. 2004 Nov 04; 351(19):2020; author reply 2020.