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Descriptor English: Shellfish Poisoning
Descriptor Spanish: Intoxicación por Mariscos
Descriptor intoxicación por marisco
Scope note: Envenenamiento por las toxinas presentes en moluscos bivalvos que han sido ingeridos. Se distinguen cuatro tipos de intoxicación por marisco, según la toxina implicada. 
Descriptor Portuguese: Intoxicação por Frutos do Mar
Descriptor French: Intoxication par fruits de mer
Entry term(s): Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
Amnesic Shellfish Poisonings
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisonings
Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning
Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisonings
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Paralytic Shellfish Poisonings
Poisoning, Amnesic Shellfish
Poisoning, Diarrhetic Shellfish
Poisoning, Neurotoxic Shellfish
Poisoning, Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning, Shellfish
Poisonings, Amnesic Shellfish
Poisonings, Diarrhetic Shellfish
Poisonings, Neurotoxic Shellfish
Poisonings, Paralytic Shellfish
Poisonings, Shellfish
Shellfish Poisoning, Amnesic
Shellfish Poisoning, Diarrhetic
Shellfish Poisoning, Neurotoxic
Shellfish Poisoning, Paralytic
Shellfish Poisonings
Shellfish Poisonings, Amnesic
Shellfish Poisonings, Diarrhetic
Shellfish Poisonings, Neurotoxic
Shellfish Poisonings, Paralytic
Tree number(s): C25.723.415.792
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057096
Scope note: Poisoning from toxins present in bivalve mollusks that have been ingested. Four distinct types of shellfish poisoning are recognized based on the toxin involved.
Annotation: coordinate with specific shellfish if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Food Poisoning (1965-2009)
Shellfish/poisoning (1965-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Related: Harmful Algal Bloom MeSH
Shellfish Hypersensitivity MeSH
DeCS ID: 53564
Unique ID: D057096
NLM Classification: WD 405
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2014/11/21
Shellfish Poisoning - Preferred
Concept UI M0534603
Scope note Poisoning from toxins present in bivalve mollusks that have been ingested. Four distinct types of shellfish poisoning are recognized based on the toxin involved.
Preferred term Shellfish Poisoning
Entry term(s) Poisoning, Shellfish
Poisonings, Shellfish
Shellfish Poisonings
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning - Narrower
Concept UI M0534604
Scope note A condition caused by ingestion of shellfish contaminated with SAXITOXIN from dinoflagellate species in the genus Alexandrium.
Preferred term Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Entry term(s) Paralytic Shellfish Poisonings
Poisoning, Paralytic Shellfish
Poisonings, Paralytic Shellfish
Shellfish Poisoning, Paralytic
Shellfish Poisonings, Paralytic
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning - Narrower
Concept UI M0534605
Scope note A condition caused by ingestion of shellfish contaminated with toxins from Dinophysis species.
Preferred term Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning
Entry term(s) Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisonings
Poisoning, Diarrhetic Shellfish
Poisonings, Diarrhetic Shellfish
Shellfish Poisoning, Diarrhetic
Shellfish Poisonings, Diarrhetic
Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning - Narrower
Concept UI M0534606
Scope note A condition caused by ingestion of shellfish contaminated by domoic acid-producing diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia.
Preferred term Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
Entry term(s) Amnesic Shellfish Poisonings
Poisoning, Amnesic Shellfish
Poisonings, Amnesic Shellfish
Shellfish Poisoning, Amnesic
Shellfish Poisonings, Amnesic
Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning - Narrower
Concept UI M0534607
Scope note A condition caused by ingestion of shellfish contaminated with brevetoxins primarily produced by the marine dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. This results from a HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM, especially the so-called "Florida red tide."
Preferred term Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning
Entry term(s) Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisonings
Poisoning, Neurotoxic Shellfish
Poisonings, Neurotoxic Shellfish
Shellfish Poisoning, Neurotoxic
Shellfish Poisonings, Neurotoxic



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