Fish consumption and health in French Polynesia.

Tectus niloticus (Tegulidae, Gastropod) as a Novel Vector of Ciguatera Poisoning: Clinical Characterization and Follow-Up of a Mass Poisoning Event in Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia)

Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most prevalent non-bacterial food-borne form of poisoning in French Polynesia, which results from the consumption of coral reef fish naturally contaminated with ciguatoxins produced by dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus. Since the early 2000s, this French territory has also witnessed the emergence of atypical forms of ciguatera, known as ciguatera s...

Tectus niloticus (Tegulidae, Gastropod) as a Novel Vector of Ciguatera Poisoning: Detection of Pacific Ciguatoxins in Toxic Samples from Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia)

Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a foodborne disease caused by the consumption of seafood (fish and marine invertebrates) contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus. The report of a CFP-like mass-poisoning outbreak following the consumption of Tectus niloticus (Tegulidae, Gastropod) from Anaho Bay on Nuku Hiva Island (Marquesas archipelago, Fren...

Relations between health levels, services and demand in French Polynesia.

During the course of the last 30 years, the pathological landscape of French Polynesia has undergone major changes. All health indicators attest to the fact that the overall level of health has improved. A sickness regime typical of a developed country now coexists with a pathology of a less developed country. The latter remains a matter of concern. There is a general health over-servicing in F...

Molecular detection of betanodavirus from the farmed fish, Platax orbicularis (Forsskal) (Ephippidae), in French Polynesia.

Diversite de l'ichtyofaune corallienne a Rapa (Polynesie franchise)

Diversity of coral reef fish at Rapa Island (French Polynesia). The South Pacific island of Rapa (27°36'S, 144°21'W) is the southernmost inhabited island of French Polynesia. It is sufficiently isolated (the closest island lies 520 km northwest of Rapa) to be regarded as a separate geographic unit. In 2002, an international team of scientists conducted a marine biodiversity survey of Rapa (alga...