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Paralytic shellfish poisoning: Rare food poisoning from eating contaminated shellfish. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Paralytic shellfish poisoning is available below.
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by a different dinoflagellate with a different toxin, than that causing ciguatera poisoning. These dinoflagellates have a red-brown color, and can grow to such numbers that they cause red streaks to appear in the ocean called "red tides." This toxin is known to concentrate within certain shellfish that typically live in the colder coastal waters of the Pacific states and New England, though the syndrome has been reported in Central America. Shellfish that have caused this disease include mussels, cockles, clams, scallops, oysters, crabs, and lobsters. (Source: excerpt from Marine Toxins: DBMD)
Paralytic 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 Paralytic shellfish poisoning, or a subtype of Paralytic shellfish poisoning,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Paralytic shellfish poisoning as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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