Historical QOD 4/9/09: Ciguatera fish poisoning results from eating predatory ocean dwelling fish contaminated with ciguatoxins. Approximately how many cases of ciguatera fish poisoning are reported worldwide on an annual basis?
Ciguatera fish poisoning is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific basin, Indian Ocean, and caribbean. Roughly 50,000 case are reported worldwide on an annual basis.
MMWR, 2009, 58(11):283-285
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