Erster Ausbruch von Ciguatoxin-Vergiftungen nach Fischgenuss in Deutschland analytisch aufgeklärt

Caribbean ciguatoxin C-CTX1 is a highly potent ladder-shaped polycyclic ether toxin responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning and has recently been detected beyond the Caribbean Sea region. Because of ...

A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that marine toxins continue to be responsible for most of the noninfectious foodborne outbreaks that occur in the U.S. every year, and of the cases reported, nearly all are linked to two types: scombroid toxin and ciguatoxin. Using data from the CDC’s Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS), the study analyzed 402 noninfectious foodborne disease outbreaks that occurred from 2011 to 2023 and led to 1,280 illnesses, 96 hospitalizations, and one death. The CDC explained that for an incident to be an outbreak, there must be two or more cases of a similar illness that are associated with a common food exposure. Scombroid toxin is caused by a harmful buildup of histamine formed when bacteria multiply on fish that are not properly stored from catch to consumption. Once that histamine is formed, it cannot be destroyed through cooking, freezing, or canning and can cause food poisoning. According to the study, among the 189 scombroid toxin outbreaks that occurred over the 12-year period with an identified food source, 76 percent implicated tuna as the culprit. Of the 131 outbreaks with known import status, 53 percent stemmed from imported...

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The epiphytic dinoflagellate genus Fukuyoa, known for producing ciguatoxins, significantly contributes to ciguatera poisoning (CP) in humans and impac…

22.09.2026 12:00 UhrKubanische Forschende haben eine Mikroalgenart erstmals in der Karibik nachgewiesen und bei einer zweiten Art erstmals ein Ciguatoxin chemisch bestätigt. Was das für Havannas Fischbestände bedeutet, ist noch unklar.Abbildung: Havannas Küste: Erstmals Ciguatoxin-Produzentin in der Karibik entdeckt (KI-generiertes Symbolbild)Wer verunreinigten Riff- oder Raubfisch isst, kann sich eine Vergiftung mit teils wochenlangen Beschwerden einhandeln: Kribbeln in Armen und Beine [...]

Clinlab Navigator discusses scombroid toxin and ciguatoxin that cause most noninfectious food-borne illness outbreaks in the United States

A highly convergent and scalable second-generation synthesis of the fully functionalized HIJKLMN-ring segment of Caribbean ciguatoxin C-CTX-1, the primary toxin responsible for ciguatera fish poisonin...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is currently probing a potential ciguatoxin poisoning incident involving a 61-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man who consumed coral trout purchased from the Hung Hom Market.

Recently, suspected ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) cases ...

Say hello to your new little friends: E.Coli0157 MDR-Salmonella Hepatitis-A Norovirus Campylobacter Listeria botulism Clostridium Giardia Cryptosporidium Toxoplasma gondii Shigella cholera Staph aureus Vibrio Ciguatoxin Bacillus cereus See if you can MAHA your way out of food