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Amnesic shellfish poisoning is a rare syndrome caused by a toxin made by a microscopic, red-brown, salt-water plant, or diatom called Nitzchia pungens. The toxin produced by these diatoms is concentrated in shellfish such as mussels and causes disease when the contaminated shellfish are eaten. (Source: excerpt from Marine Toxins: DBMD)
Amnesic shellfish poisoning is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Amnesic shellfish poisoning, or a subtype of Amnesic shellfish poisoning,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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