Puffer fish poisoning in Bangladesh: clinical and toxicological results from large outbreaks in 2008.

QT, Islam; MA, Razzak; MA, Islam; MI, Bari; A, Basher; FR, Chowdhury; AB, Sayeduzzaman; HA, Ahasan; MA, Faiz; O, Arakawa; M, Yotsu-Yamashita; U, Kuch; D, Mebs

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.10.002

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Puffer fish poisoning in Bangladesh: clinical and toxicological results from large outbreaks in 2008.

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Islam QT

Razzak MA

Islam MA

Abstract

Poisoning after eating puffer fish containing highly lethal tetrodotoxin (TTX) is widespread in Asia. In 2008, naïve inland populations in Bangladesh were exposed to cheap puffer fish sold on markets. In three outbreaks, 141 patients with history of puffer fish consumption were hospitalized. Symptom...

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