Table 51.

The outbreaks of DON intoxications in humans in China and India – modified from Luo (1994)

Year	Region	Number of outbreaks	Number of poisoning cases	Number of vomiting cases	DON (mg/kg)	Number of samples	Reference
1961–1981	Yangzi river, China	32	5,998	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Information from local regional government
1984	Hebei, China	1	362	232	n.r.	n.r.	Luo and Li (1985)
1985	Gansu, China	1	1357	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Tang and Su (1988)
1985	Henan, China	1	101	n.r.	2–40	14	Luo et al. (1987)
1988	Guangxi, China	1	40	34	1.5–2.2	3	Liu et al. (1989)
1988	Hebei, China	1	270	59	20–50	3	Zhao et al. (1989)
1988	Shanxi, China	1	142	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Information from local regional government
1989	Guanxi, China	1	10	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Information from local regional government
1989	Sichuan, China	1	17	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Information from local regional government
1989	Shanxi, China	1	701	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Information from local regional government
1991	Anhui, China	8	130	141	2–50	10	Huang (1992); Yang et al. (1992)
1991	Jiangsu, China	4	6,560	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	Yuan et al. (1992)
1987	Kashmir, India	1	50,000	n.r.	Up to 8.4	24	Bhat et al. (1989)

n.r.: not reported.