Haff Disease: From the Baltic Sea to the U.S. Shore
Haff disease, identified in Europe in 1924, is unexplained rhabdomyolysis in a person who ate fish in the 24 hours before onset of illness. We describe a series of six U.S. patients from 1997 and report new epidemiologic and etiologic aspects. Although Haff disease is traditionally an epidemic foodb...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2000-04-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/2/00-0215_article |