Citation

Lewis RJ. Toxicon 2006; 48(7): 799-809.

Affiliation

Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Qld. 4072, Australia. r.lewis@imb.uq.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.019

PMID

16930661

Abstract

Ciguatera is a global disease caused by the consumption of certain warm-water fish that have accumulated orally effective levels of sodium channel activator toxins (ciguatoxins) through the marine food chain. Symptoms of ciguatera arising from the consumption of ciguateric fish include a range of gastrointestinal, neurological and cardiovascular disturbances. This review examines progress in our understanding of ciguatera from an Australian perspective, especially the laboratory-based research into the problem that was initiated by the late "Bob" Endean at the University of Queensland.

Language: en