Public Health—Seattle & King County, Seattle, Washington 98118, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Aug;19(8):1314-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1908.121824.
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest area, leading to product recall. Ongoing surveillance is needed to prevent similar illness outbreaks.
腹泻性贝类中毒是由食用受双鞭甲藻毒素污染的贝类引起的胃肠道疾病。我们报告了一起在美国发生的疾病群集事件,在商业捕捞区的贝类中确认了毒素,导致产品召回。需要进行持续监测,以防止类似的疾病爆发。