Detection and identification of
paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in Florida pufferfish responsible for incidents of neurologic illness.
Accumulation and depuration of
paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins by purple clam Hiatula rostrata Lightfoot.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning outbreaks have been observed in shellfish sampled during both summer and winter blooms of toxic phytoplankton.
Researchers at the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health will focus on saxitoxins, a group of more than 20 neurotoxins that cause
paralytic shellfish poisoning. Saxitoxins attack the nervous system, causing numbness, dizziness, headache, and in the worst cases, respiratory failure.
BFAR Leyte provincial director Julius Alpino said laboratory results of the Regional Marine Biotoxin Laboratory disclosed that the
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in the coastal areas of Cancabato Bay is beyond the regulatory limit.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a potentially fatal syndrome that occurs when shellfish consumers are exposed to harmful neurotoxins known as the saxitoxins (STXs) (Etheridge
The south coast closure that is being lifted was for a different toxin, called
paralytic shellfish poisoning.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a foodborne illness caused by consumption of shellfish or broth from cooked shellfish that contain either concentrated saxitoxin, an alkaloid neurotoxin, or related compounds.
The most common phycotoxins in this region are saxitoxin and its congeners, collectively referred to as paralytic shellfish toxins, the causative agents of
paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in humans.
locally known as 'alamang or hipon' from Matarinao Bay to avoid possible
paralytic shellfish poisoning as a result of eating red tide-contaminated seafood.
Thirty-one (31) individuals in the province of Samar reportedly got poisoned due to
paralytic shellfish poisoning otherwise known as red tide.
However, the effects of Alexandrium catenella, which is known to create
paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in early life stages of bivalves have not been documented.
