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HIV Information: Author Paul Sax, M.D.

Paul E. Sax, MD

Paul E. Sax, MD is the Editor-in-Chief, Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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Posts Tagged ‘ciguatera’

Ciguatera Is Hot (But It Could Be Cold)

Paul Sax • February 7th, 2013

Categories: Health Care, Infectious Diseases, Medical Education, Patient Care

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The news about the cases of ciguatera fish poisoning in New York (NY Times here, MMWR here) reminded me of several unusual things about this form of “harmful algal bloom,” as it is so artfully called by the experts. Specifically, here are six: Symptoms are bizarre.  It starts out like a standard case of gastroenteritis [...]

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