@article{fdi:010044033,
  title = {{A}re cyanobacteria involved in {C}iguatera {F}ish {P}oisoning-like outbreaks in {N}ew {C}aledonia ?},
  author = {{L}aurent, {D}ominique and {K}erbrat, {A}nne-{S}ophie and {D}arius, {H}. {T}. and {G}irard, {E}. and {G}olubic, {S}. and {B}enoit, {E}. and {S}auviat, {M}. {P}. and {C}hinain, {M}. and {M}olgo, {J}. and {P}auillac, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}rom 2001 to 2005, numerous cases of seafood poisonings were reported in a tribe from {L}ifou ({L}oyalty {I}slands {P}rovince, {N}ew {C}aledonia) of which 35 were thoroughly examined. {O}bservations outlined by the epidemiological and clinical data (including severity and rapid onset of certain symptoms following consumption of either giant clams ({T}ridacna spp.) or grazing and molluscivorous fish together with the apparent inefficacy of traditional remedies, were not in favour of a classical {C}iguatera {F}ish {P}oisoning ({CFP}) outbreak. {F}rom 2005 onwards, an environmental offshore survey of the affected area was conducted. {S}creening of the damaged coral area revealed the presence of large populations of cyanobacteria identified as {H}ydrocoleum {K}utzing, but the absence of {G}ambierdiscus spp., the well-known dinoflagellate causative agent of {CFP}. {I}n vivo and in vitro toxicological studies of extracts obtained from cyanobacteria and giant clams, strongly suggested the co-occurrence of ciguatoxin-like, anatoxin-like and paralytic shellfish toxins in these samples. {T}hese new findings shed new light on the complexity of the {CFP} symptomatology and treatment and also on the diversity and origin of the {CFP} toxins. {F}urthermore they provide new evidence of the overall variability of seafood poisonings following the ingestion of different sea products living in a marine environment where significant harmful populations of microalgae and cyanobacteria coexist. {T}his is the first report on the involvement of cyanobacteria in {CFP}-like outbreaks following the consumption of giant clams or fish specimens. {C}onsequently, it is recommended that {CFP} risk assessment programs now include monitoring of cyanobacteria besides the obvious screening of {CFP}-promoting dinoflagellates.},
  keywords = {{C}iguatera fish poisoning ; {C}yanobacteria ; {E}pidemiology ; {H}ydrocoleum ; {T}oxicology},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}armful {A}lgae},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {827--838},
  ISSN = {1568-9883},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.hal.2008.04.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044033},
}