Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is the foodborne illness associated with the consumption
of seafood products contaminated with the neurotoxins known collectively as saxitoxins …

The paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins (PSTs) were, as their name suggests, discovered as
a result of human poisoning after consumption of contaminated shellfish. More recently …

Current climate trends resulting in rapid declines in sea ice and increasing water
temperatures are likely to expand the northern geographic range and duration of favorable …

The specific analogs tested included saxitoxin, neosaxitoxin, gonyautoxins-1 to-5,
decarbamoyl-gonyautoxins-2 and-3, decarbamoyl-saxitoxin, and N …

Blood cells or hemocytes are the major component of the cellular immune responses in
bivalves. Recent evidences have demonstrated that the immune functions of these cells can …

With the move away from use of mouse bioassay (MBA) to test bivalve mollusc shellfish for
paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins, countries around the world are having to adopt …

A research element of the European Union (EU) sixth Framework project BioCop focused on
the development of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor assay for the detection of …

SUMMARY A harmful algal bloom (HAB) is defined as a bloom that has deleterious effects
on plants, animals or humans. Marine algal toxins are responsible for an array of human …

A single-step lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was developed and validated for the rapid
screening of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) from a variety of shellfish species, at …

In late October and early November 2013 and 2017, hundreds of sea turtles were found
dead along the Pacific coastline of El Salvador. The dead turtles were in good body …