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Amnesic shellfish poisoning — (ASP) is a human illness caused by consumption of the marine biotoxin called domoic acid.[1] This toxin is produced naturally by marine diatoms belonging to the genus Pseudo nitzschia and the species Nitzschia navis varingica. When accumulated in … Wikipedia
amnesic shellfish poisoning — noun Severe, sometimes fatal, poisoning caused by the ingestion of domoic acid from contaminated shellfish • • • Main Entry: ↑amnesia … Useful english dictionary
Amnesic shellfish poisoning — Intoxication alimentaire Une toxi infection alimentaire (en langage courant, une intoxication alimentaire) est une maladie, souvent infectieuse et accidentelle, contractée suite à l ingestion de nourriture ou de boisson contaminées par des agents … Wikipédia en Français
amnesic shellfish poisoning — (am ne sik) The disease arising in humans and animals that eat seafood such as mussels contaminated with domoic acid from diatoms. The disease produces short term memory loss in its victims … Dictionary of microbiology
Shellfish poisoning — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32220 ICD10 = ICD10|T|61|2|t|51 ICD9 = ICD9|988.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 528 MeshID = There are four syndromes called shellfish poisoning, which… … Wikipedia
shellfish poisoning — see PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING * * * acute intoxication caused by ingestion of bivalve mollusks contaminated with neurotoxins. There are four different types: amnesic, diarrhetic, neurotoxic, and paralytic … Medical dictionary
Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning — (NSP) is caused by the consumption of shellfish contaminated by breve toxins or brevetoxin analogs.[1] Symptoms in humans include vomiting and nausea and a variety of neurological symptoms such as slurred speech. No fatalities have been reported… … Wikipedia
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning — (DSP) is one of the four recognized symptom types of shellfish poisoning, the others being paralytic shellfish poisoning, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning. As the name suggests, this syndrome manifests itself as… … Wikipedia
Paralytic shellfish poisoning — (PSP) is one of the four recognized syndromes of shellfish poisoning (the others being neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning). All four syndromes share some common features and are… … Wikipedia
Diarrheal shellfish poisoning — Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) is one of the four recognised symptom types of shellfish poisoning, the others being paralytic shellfish poisoning, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning.As the name suggests, this… … Wikipedia
