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

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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 23, 07 June 2012

Rapid communications

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

D Nu?ez ()<SUP>1</SUP>, P Matute<SUP>1</SUP>, A Garcia<SUP>1</SUP>, P Garcia<SUP>1</SUP>, N Abad?a<SUP>1</SUP>

1. Servicio de Epidemiolog?a y Prevenci?n, Direcci?n General de Salud P?blica, Servicio Canario de la Salud, Canary Islands, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Nu?ez D, Matute P, Garcia A, Garcia P, Abad?a N. Outbreak of ciguatera food poisoning by consumption of amberjack (Seriola spp.) in the Canary Islands, May 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(23)ii=20188. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20188
Date of submission: 18 May 2012 <HR>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.
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