Table 1.
Summary of implicated fish and symptoms associated with ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) incidents in Vietnam in 2014 and 2016.
| Incident | Implicated Fish | Origin of Implicated Fish | Location of Incident | Date of Incident | Number of Patients/Number of Consumers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red snapper Lutjanus bohar *1 (approx. 5 kg body weight) | Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province | Ho Chi Minh City | 17 July 2014 | 6/6 (family members) |
| Symptoms: Developed 3–4 h after eating: Dizziness, headache, pain on muscle and junction joints, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea for a week. | |||||
| 2 | Red snapper Lutjanus bohar (approx. 2 kg body weight) | Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province | Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province | 22 June 2016 | 4/4 (family members) |
| Symptoms: Developed 1–2 h after eating: Pain in muscles, joints and the back head continuously for several days. After hospitalization for 3 days, the patients came back home but one of them (father) had to be hospitalized again for one more week as symptoms persisted. The father said he felt there was a cold wind blowing into the mouth when drinking water. | |||||
*1 Identification of fish species was carried out by 16S and COX gene analyses.