Outbreak of ciguatera food poisoning by consumption of amberjack (Seriola spp.) in the Canary Islands, May 2012

D Nuñez; P Matute; A Garcia; P Garcia; N Abadía

doi:10.2807/ese.17.23.20188-en

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Outbreak of ciguatera food poisoning by consumption of amberjack (Seriola spp.) in the Canary Islands, May 2012
D Nuñez¹ , P Matute¹ , A Garcia¹ , P Garcia¹ , N Abadía¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Servicio de Epidemiología y Prevención, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Servicio Canario de la Salud, Canary Islands, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Nuñez D, Matute P, Garcia A, Garcia P, Abadía N. Outbreak of ciguatera food poisoning by consumption of amberjack (Seriola spp.) in the Canary Islands, May 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(23):pii=20188. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.23.20188-en Received: 18 May 2012

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Abstract

In May 2012 a family outbreak of ciguatera food poisoning, affecting four people, was detected in Tenerife, Canary Islands. The outbreak was caused by eating amberjack fish (Seriola spp.) bought in a local market. This is the third outbreak of ciguatera food poisoning in the Canary Islands in 2012. We describe the epidemiology of this outbreak.