Haff disease: from the Baltic Sea to the U.S. shore.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Buchholz, U. ; Mouzin, E. ; Dickey, R. ; Moolenaar, R. ; Sass, N. ; Mascola, L.
• Description:
  Haff disease, identified in Europe in 1924, is unexplained rhabdomyolysis in a person who ate fish in the 24 hours before onset of illness. We describe a series of six U.S. patients from 1997 and report new epidemiologic and etiologic aspects. Although Haff disease is traditionally an epidemic foodborne illness, these six cases occurred in two clusters and as one sporadic case.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Animals Baltic States Cluster Analysis Cypriniformes Female Fishes, Poisonous Foodborne Diseases Hot Temperature Humans Male Marine Toxins Mice Middle Aged Rhabdomyolysis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(2):192-195.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6d9e5a58867a92f737f70db33da4e66c33bc7a3e6a7771a163f4c36171d2d8fd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14967/cdc_14967_DS1.pdf
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