In the summer and fall of 1997, in the mid-Atlantic region, illness in fish and humans caused
by a toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida (the" fish killer")(figure 1), became one of the …

Presumptive exposure to toxins produced by Pfiesteria piscicida, a small dinoflagellate
found in mid‐Atlantic estuarine waters, emerged as the cause of a novel human health …

The first case reports of human illness caused by exposure to Pfiesteria piscicida toxin (s)
acquired outside of a laboratory are reported. Though Pfiesteria, a toxi …

have not been linked to fish deaths outside North Carolina and Maryland. Over the past 10
years, my colleagues and I have learned a great deal about Pfiesteria's life cycle and about …

The Pfiesteriastory began in 1988 with the death of some fish held in brackish aquaria at the
College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (NCSU). We were asked by …

(HABs). Dr. Fleming is an occupational and environmental health physician and
epidemiologist; she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public …

In the fall of 1996, fish kills in Maryland rivers were attributed to the dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria
piscicida. After a group of researchers established a potential link between exposure to …

Patients with exposure to Pfiesteria toxin have developedan illness, Pfiesteria-human
illnesssyndrome, characterized by skin lesions, headache, myalgias, conjunctival irritation …

Toxic activity of a Pfiesteria-like organism occurred for much of 1997 in the waters of the
lower Pocomoke River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Maryland's experience with these toxic …

Since its identification, the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida has been implicated in fish kills
and fish disease in the southeastern United States. Adverse health effects have been …