Haff Disease in Salvador, Brazil, 2016-2021: Attack rate and detection of toxin in fish samples collected during outbreaks and disease surveillance

• Main Authors: Cristiane Wanderley Cardoso (Author), Monaise Madalena Oliveira e Silva (Author), Antônio Carlos Bandeira (Author), Renan Bispo Silva (Author), Ana Paula Pitanga Barbuda Prates (Author), Ênio Silva Soares (Author), José Jorge Moreno Silva (Author), Lázaro José Rodrigues de Souza (Author), Mirela Maisa da Silva Souza (Author), Marcela Almeida Muhana (Author), Rosildete Silva Santos Pires (Author), José Fernando Araujo Neto (Author), Manuela Sampaio Souza Santos (Author), Luiz Laureno Mafra Junior (Author), Thiago Pereira Alves (Author), Mathias Alberto Schramm (Author), Guilherme Sousa Ribeiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: From late 2016 to early 2021, cases of Haff disease, a rare cause of rhabdomyolysis, possibly due to poisoning by palytoxin-like compounds in seafood, were detected in Salvador, Brazil. Surveillance was established to detect additional cases aiming at describing the clinical cha...