Christopher R. Loeffler

TL;DR: A proposed universal case definition for CFP is provided designed to account for the variability in symptom presentation across different geographic regions and global dimensions, prevention, future directions, and recommendations for clinicians and patients are provided.

TL;DR: Information is provided about the potential hazard of ciguatera associated with the consumption of lionfish from known endemic areas and the utility of the cell-based assay combined with LC-MS/MS to assess activity and to provide structural confirmation of CTXs respectively.

TL;DR: Investigation of the prevalence of ciguatoxins in 4 commonly marketed and consumed species across an oceanic gradient from the US Virgin Islands concurred with spatial ciguatera fish poisoning prevalence information provided by local fishers in theUS Virgin Islands and demonstrates how partnerships between researchers and fishers can aid the improvement of science-based ciguatoraFish poisoning management.

TL;DR: The significant effect of grazing and disturbance observed in this study suggests that changes in reef herbivore and detritivore feeding selectivity and grazing rates may have large impacts on the areal density of Gambierdiscus in natural systems.

TL;DR: An initial geographic assessment of CTX toxicity in lionfish from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico was conducted, finding the highest frequencies of lionfish containing measurable CTX occurred in areas known to be high-risk regions for CFP in the central to eastern Caribbean.