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Kimura, L.H., Y. Hokama, M.A. Abad, M. Oyama & J.T. Miyahara. 1982. Comparison of three different assays for the assessment of ciguatoxin in fish tissues: radioimmunoassay, mouse bioassay and in vitro guinea pig atrium assay. Toxicon. 20(5):907-912.

Kantha, S.S. 1987. Ichthyotoxins and their implications to human health. Asian Medical Journal 30(8):458-470.

Lawrence, D.N., M.B. Enriquez, R.M. Lumish & A. Maceo. 1980. Ciguatera fish poisoning in Miami. Journal of the American Medical Association. 244(3):254-258.

Lobel, P.S., D.M. Anderson & M. Durand-Clement. 1988. Assessment of ciguatera dinoflagellate populations: sample variability and algal substrate selection. Biology Bulletin 175:94-101.

Miyahara, J.T., C.K. Akau and T. Yasumoto. 1979. Effects of ciguatoxin and maitotoxin on the isolated guinea pig atria. Res. Commun. Chem. Path. Pharmac. 25:177.

Miyahara, J.T., C.K. Kamibayashi, L.K. Shirai and Y. Hokama. 1987. The similarity of toxins in Ctenochaetus strigosus and cultured Gambierdiscus toxicus. In: P. Gopalakrishnakone and C.K. Tan (eds), "Progress in Venom and Toxin Research", National University of Singapore, pp. 363-371.

Morris, J.G. 1980. Ciguatera fish poisoning. Journal of the American Medical Association. 244(3):272-274.

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Ragelis, E.P. 1984. In: E.P. Ragelis (ed), "Seafood Toxins", American Chemical Society, Washington DC, pp. 25-36.

Scheuer. P.J. 1989. Ciguatera - what we know and what we would like to know. In: IUPAC, Tokyo, Japan. Elsevier/Amsterdam.

Taylor, F.J.R. 1979. A description of the benthic dinoflagellates associated with ciguatoxin, including observations on Hawaiian material. In: Taylor, D.L. and H. H. Seliger (eds), "Toxic Dinoflagellate Blooms", Elsevier/North Holland. pp. 71.

Todd, E.C.D. 1985. Ciguatera poisoning in Canada. In: Anderson, D.M., A.W. White & D.G. Baden (eds), "Toxic Dinoflagellates, Proceedings of the Third International Conference", Elsevier/North Holland, New York, pp. 505-510.

Tosteson, T.R., D.L. Ballantine & H.D. Durst. 1988. Seasonal frequency of ciguatoxic barracuda in Southwest Puerto Rico. Toxicon. 26(9):795-801.

Tosteson, T.R., D.L. Ballantine, C.G. Tosteson, V. Hensley, A.T. Bardales. 1989. Associated bacterial flora, growth, and toxicity of cultured benthic dinoflagellates Ostreopsis lenticularis and Gambierdiscus toxicus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 55(1):137-141.

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Yasumoto, T. 1985. Recent progress in the chemistry of dinoflagellate toxins. In: Anderson, D.M., A.W. White & D.G. Baden (eds), "Toxic Dinoflagellates, Proceedings of the Third International Conference", Elsevier/North Holland, New York, pp. 259-270.

Yasumoto, T., I. Nakajima, R.A. Bagnis and R. Adachi. 1977. Finding of a dinoflagellate as a likely culprit of ciguatera. Bull. Japan. Soc. Sci. Fish. 43:1021-1026.

Yasumoto, T., A. Inoue, T. Ochi, K. Fujimoto, Y. Oshima, Y. Fukuyo, R. Adachi and R. Bagnis. 1980. Bull. Japan. Soc. Sci. Fish. 46:1397.

Morris, J.G. & R.E. Black. 1985. Cholera and other Vibrios in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 312(6):343-350.

Morris, J.G., R. Wilson, D.G. Hollis, R.E. Weaver, H.G. Miller, C.O. Tacket, F. W. Hickman, P.A. Blake. 1982. Illness caused by Vibrio damsela and Vibrio hollisae. Lancet. 1294-1296.

Blake, P.A. 1983. Vibrios on the half shell: what the walrus and the carpenter didn't know. Annals of Internal Medicine. 99(4):558-559.

Morris, J.G. & R.E. Black. 1985. Cholera and other Vibrios in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 312(6):343-350.

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