Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25775421›Full record

ReviewMarine drugs2015

Potential threats posed by new or emerging marine biotoxins in UK waters and examination of detection methodology used in their control: brevetoxins.

Andrew D Turner, Cowan Higgins, Keith Davidson, Andrea Veszelovszki, Daniel Payne, James Hungerford, Wendy Higman

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Review in Marine drugs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The Chemistry of Phytoplankton.Chemical reviews · 2024
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Detection of Brevetoxin in Human Plasma by ELISA.Journal of analytical toxicology · 2022
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  11. Marine harmful algal blooms, human health and wellbeing: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew D TurnerCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK. andrew.turner@cefas.co.uk.
Cowan HigginsAgri-food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK. cowan.higgins@afbini.gov.uk.
Keith DavidsonScottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK. keith.davidson@sams.ac.uk.
Andrea VeszelovszkiScottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK. Andrea.veszelovszki@sams.ac.uk.
Daniel PayneCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK. Daniel.payne@cefas.co.uk.
James HungerfordUnited States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), 22201 23rd Dr, S.E., Bothell, WA 98021, USA. James.hungerford@fda.hhs.gov.
Wendy HigmanCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK. Wendy.higman@cefas.co.uk.
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science · GBScottish Association For Marine Science · GBAgri Food and Biosciences Institute · GBUnited States Food and Drug Administration · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regular occurrence of brevetoxin-producing toxic phytoplankton in commercial shellfishery areas poses a significant risk to shellfish consumer health. Brevetoxins and their causative toxic phytoplankton are more limited in their global distribution than most marine toxins impacting commercial shellfisheries. On the other hand, trends in climate change could conceivably lead to increased risk posed by these toxins in UK waters. A request was made by UK food safety authorities to examine these toxins more closely to aid possible management strategies, should they pose a threat in the future. At the time of writing, brevetoxins have been detected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Southeast US coast and in New Zealand waters, where regulatory levels for brevetoxins in shellfish have existed for some time. This paper reviews evidence concerning the prevalence of brevetoxins and brevetoxin-producing phytoplankton in the UK, together with testing methodologies. Chemical, biological and biomolecular methods are reviewed, including recommendations for further work to enable effective testing. Although the focus here is on the UK, from a strategic standpoint many of the topics discussed will also be of interest in other parts of the world since new and emerging marine biotoxins are of global concern.

Indexed as

AnimalsClimate ChangeEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMarine ToxinsOxocinsPhytoplanktonPolyether ToxinsShellfishShellfish PoisoningUnited KingdombrevetoxinMarine ToxinsOxocinsPolyether Toxins

Identifiers

PMID25775421
PMCPMC4377981
OpenAlexW2089762567

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