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- Factsheet for health professionals on ciguatera fish poisoning
General disease information for public health experts on Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) which is the most common reported illness caused by marine biotoxin in food
- Ciguatera poisoning
Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is the most frequently reported poisoning caused by a marine toxin in fish It occurs when people consume fish that have accumulated ciguatoxins (CTXs) after feeding on toxic microalgae or other fish containing CTXs CTXs are temperature-stable, so they are not destroyed by cooking or freezing and have no colour, taste or odour
- Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) | European Centre for Disease Prevention . . .
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control An agency of the European Union
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