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ESTUARY-ASSOCIATED SYNDROME; TOXIC PFIESTERIA; NORTH-CAROLINA; FISH BIOASSAY; SKIN ULCERS; PISCICIDA; DINOFLAGELLATE; EXPOSURE; COMPLEX; IDENTIFICATION
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Emerging Areas Of Research Reported During The Cdc National Conference On Pfiesteria: From Biology To Public Health, C Rubin, Eugene M. Burreson
Emerging Areas Of Research Reported During The Cdc National Conference On Pfiesteria: From Biology To Public Health, C Rubin, Eugene M. Burreson
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Since its identification in 1996, the marine dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida Steidinger & Burkholder has been the focus of intense scientific inquiry in disciplines ranging from estuarine ecology to epidemiology and from molecular biology to public health. Despite these research efforts, the extent of human exposure and the degree of human illness directly associated with Pfiesteria is still in the process of being defined. Unfortunately, during this same time Pfiesteria has also stimulated media coverage that in some instances jumped ahead of the science to conclude that Pfiesteria presents a widespread threat to human health. Political and economic forces also came …