Prevalence of chronic symptoms of ciguatera disease in French Polynesian adults.

Ciguatera is a tropical disease caused by seafood poisoning, for which the duration of symptoms remains to be determined. The objectives of this prospective study were to determine the prevalence of symptoms at different time points and to identify factors associated with chronic symptoms observed in adults suffering from this disease. At the time of onset, we observed a dose-response relationship including a strong association between the delay of appearance of symptoms and a severity index (P < 0.

Temporal trends and epidemiological aspects of ciguatera in French Polynesia: a 10-year analysis.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to report the temporal trends of the incidence of ciguatera poisoning from 1992 to 2001 in French Polynesia.

Methods: This retrospective study analysed 7842 cases of ciguatera disease recorded over a period of 10 years.

Results: The annual incidence varied from 26.

Childhood malignancies in French Polynesia during the 1985-1995 period.

We report an estimation of the incidence of childhood cancer among natives of French Polynesia (FP) during the 1985-1995 period. Our data were acquired from the Cancer Registry of FP and through an extensive investigation of other potential sources of information. The mean population of children between 1985 and 1995 was estimated to be 63 401 inhabitants, 32 487 of whom were boys and 30 914 girls, born and residing in FP.