Risk characterisation of ciguatera poisoning in Europe
Ana Canals, Carmen Varela Martínez, Jorge Diogène, Ana Gago-Martı́nez, Laura Cebadera‐Miranda, Filipa Melo de Vasconcelos, Inmaculada León Gómez, Elena Vanessa Martínez Sánchez, Rocío Carmona Alférez, Domingo Núñez, Miriam Friedemann, Mónica Oleastro, Ioannis S. Boziaris, Maria Rambla-Alegre, Mònica Campàs, Margarita Fernández‐Tejedor, Karl B. Andrée, Àngels Tudó, María Luz Padilla del Rey, Núria Sagristà, Paloma Aguayo, Sandra Leonardo, Vanessa Castan, José Luís Costa, F. Real, Natalia García, Antonio Jesús Fernández Rodríguez, Francisco Martín León, Pedro Reis Costa, Lucía Soliño, Susana Margarida Rodrigues, Alexandra Silva, Lia Godinho, António Marques, Popi Kanari, Georgios Stavroulakis, Georgios Papageorgiou, Elina Chrysanthou, Katerina Aligizaki, Iliana Nikolopoulou, Agoritsa Kaliwra, José Manuel Leão, Pablo Estévez, David Castro, C. Barrios, P. Hess, Manoëlla Sibat
Abstract
The EuroCigua project main objective is to characterize the risk of Ciguatera Poisoning (CP) in Europe including several specific objectives: to determine the incidence of ciguatera in Europe and the epidemiological characteristics of cases; to assess the presence of ciguatoxin in food and the environment in Europe and to develop and validate methods for the detection, quantification and confirmation of the presence of ciguatoxin contaminated specimens.\nThis report compiles the activities carried out during the EuroCigua project from the signing in April 2016 until December 2020. The present document corresponds to Deliverable No. 6: “Final Scientific Report” on Risk characterization of ciguatera food poisoning in Europe of the Specific Agreement no. 1 “MANAGEMENT AND SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION” within the Framework Partnership Agreement GP/EFSA/AFSCO/2015/03 “Risk characterization of ciguatera food poisoning in Europe”.\n