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Bad Bug Book: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Caused by the consumption of subtropical and tropical marine finfish which have accumulated naturally occurring dinoflagellate toxins through their diet. Includes cause, associated fish, symptoms, and outbreaks.
www.cfsan.fda.gov
Bad Bug Book: Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins
Caused by consuming shellfish that have accumulated dinoflagellate toxins. Features cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
www.cfsan.fda.gov
Pufferfish or Fugu poisoning. Includes cause, symptoms, prognosis, and outbreaks.
www.cfsan.fda.gov
Includes toxic substances and their effects, symptoms, diagnosis, descriptions of some poisonous mushrooms, and outbreaks.
www.cfsan.fda.gov
Caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of histamine. Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, and outbreaks.
www.cfsan.fda.gov
eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushrooms
Article by Mary E Cataletto, MD.
www.emedicine.com
Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce.
www.mv.com
The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America
Images and discussion of toxicity.
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Cyclopeptide-Containing Mushroom Toxicity
Features cause, symptoms, treatment, and possible antidotes.
www.uic.edu
Discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention of several toxins carried by fish and shellfish.
www.cdc.gov
eMedicine - Toxicity, Tetrodotoxin
Article by Theodore Benzer, MD, PhD.
www.emedicine.com
Human Illness Associated with Harmful Algae
Discusses the various fish and shellfish toxicities of humans caused by the animal's ingestion of toxic algae.
www.whoi.edu
Ricin Toxin from the Castor Bean Plant
Scientific and medical article on the toxin and its effects.
www.ansci.cornell.edu
Mytraveldoctor: Blue-Green Algae Toxicosis
Describes the occurrence, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease.
www.traveldoctoronline.net
WHO: Water-related diseases - Cyanobacterial Toxins
Includes cause, effects on people, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
www.who.int