Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
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Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP) is caused by the consumption of shellfish contaminated by breve-toxins or brevetoxin
analogs.
Symptoms in humans include vomiting and nausea and a variety of neurological symptoms such as slurred speech. No fatalities have been reported but there are a number of cases which led to hospitalization.
Brevetoxin
Brevetoxin , or brevetoxins, are a suite of cyclic polyether compounds produced naturally by a species of dinoflagellate known as Karenia brevis...
analogs.
Symptoms in humans include vomiting and nausea and a variety of neurological symptoms such as slurred speech. No fatalities have been reported but there are a number of cases which led to hospitalization.
See also
- Amnesic shellfish poisoningAmnesic shellfish poisoningAmnesic shellfish poisoning is a human illness caused by consumption of the marine biotoxin called domoic acid. This toxin is produced naturally by marine diatoms belonging to the genus Pseudo-nitzschia and the species...
- Diarrheal shellfish poisoningDiarrheal shellfish poisoningDiarrhetic shellfish poisoning is one of the four recognized symptom types of shellfish poisoning, the others being paralytic shellfish poisoning, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning....
- Paralytic shellfish poisoningParalytic shellfish poisoningParalytic shellfish poisoning is one of the four recognized syndromes of shellfish poisoning, which share some common features and are primarily associated with bivalve mollusks . These shellfish are filter feeders and, therefore, accumulate toxins produced by microscopic algae, such as...