TY - JOUR
T1 - Ciguatera in Mexico (1984–2013)
AU - Núñez-Vázquez, Erick J.
AU - Almazán-Becerril, Antonio
AU - López-Cortés, David J.
AU - Heredia-Tapia, Alejandra
AU - Hernández-Sandoval, Francisco E.
AU - Band-Schmidt, Christine J.
AU - Bustillos-Guzmán, José J.
AU - Gárate-Lizárraga, Ismael
AU - García-Mendoza, Ernesto
AU - Salinas-Zavala, Cesar A.
AU - Cordero-Tapia, Amaury
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the authors.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Historical records of ciguatera in Mexico date back to 1862. This review, including references and epidemiological reports, documents 464 cases during 25 events from 1984 to 2013: 240 (51.72%) in Baja California Sur, 163 (35.12%) in Quintana Roo, 45 (9.69%) in Yucatan, and 16 (3.44%) cases of Mexican tourists intoxicated in Cuba. Carnivorous fish, such as snapper (Lutjanus) and grouper (Epinephelus and Mycteroperca) in the Pacific Ocean, and great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) and snapper (Lutjanus) in the Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea), were involved in all cases. In the Mexican Caribbean, a sub-record of ciguatera cases that occurred before 1984 exists. However, the number of intoxications has increased in recent years, and this food poisoning is poorly studied in the region. Current records suggest that ciguatera fish poisoning in humans is the second most prevalent form of seafood poisoning in Mexico, only exceeded by paralytic shellfish poisoning (505 cases, 21 fatalities in the same 34-year period). In this study, the status of ciguatera in Mexico (epidemiological and treatment), and the fish vectors are reviewed. Dinoflagellate species Gambierdiscus, Ostreopsis, and Prorocentrum are related with the reported outbreaks, marine toxins, ecological risk, and the potential toxicological impact.
AB - Historical records of ciguatera in Mexico date back to 1862. This review, including references and epidemiological reports, documents 464 cases during 25 events from 1984 to 2013: 240 (51.72%) in Baja California Sur, 163 (35.12%) in Quintana Roo, 45 (9.69%) in Yucatan, and 16 (3.44%) cases of Mexican tourists intoxicated in Cuba. Carnivorous fish, such as snapper (Lutjanus) and grouper (Epinephelus and Mycteroperca) in the Pacific Ocean, and great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) and snapper (Lutjanus) in the Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea), were involved in all cases. In the Mexican Caribbean, a sub-record of ciguatera cases that occurred before 1984 exists. However, the number of intoxications has increased in recent years, and this food poisoning is poorly studied in the region. Current records suggest that ciguatera fish poisoning in humans is the second most prevalent form of seafood poisoning in Mexico, only exceeded by paralytic shellfish poisoning (505 cases, 21 fatalities in the same 34-year period). In this study, the status of ciguatera in Mexico (epidemiological and treatment), and the fish vectors are reviewed. Dinoflagellate species Gambierdiscus, Ostreopsis, and Prorocentrum are related with the reported outbreaks, marine toxins, ecological risk, and the potential toxicological impact.
KW - Ciguatera fish poisoning
KW - Ciguatoxins
KW - Ecological risk
KW - Epidemiological
KW - Gambierdiscus
KW - Marine toxins
KW - Mexico
KW - Treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059263881&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/md17010013
DO - 10.3390/md17010013
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 30597874
SN - 1660-3397
VL - 17
JO - Marine Drugs
JF - Marine Drugs
IS - 1
M1 - 13
ER -
