Clémence Mahana iti  GATTIDr.Sc.

Research Associate - Laboratory of Marine Biotoxins

INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDE (ILM)

 
   

After obtaining a PhD in pathophysiology dedicated to neurological damages due to marine biotoxins poisonings, and training in epidemiology in Quebec (Canada), Dr. Gatti joined the Laboratory of Marine Biotoxins led by Dr. Mireille Chinain, located within the Louis Malardé Institute, based in Papeete (Tahiti), in order to develop biomedical research and epidemiological surveillance of ciguatera. In 2014, she compleated a University Diploma in Methods in Clinical Research (University of Bordeaux II). To date, Dr Gatti intervene as an expert for the IOC-UNESCO, the IAEA, the FAO and the WHO; and provides support to countries wishing to establish a ciguatera surveillance. She is at the origin of the conception of this website.

                                 
       
 

Mireille CHINAIN Dr.Sc.HDR

Head of Unit- Laboratory of Marine Biotoxins

INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDE (ILM)

 
   

Mireille Chinain (Dr. Sc., HDR) pursued her studies with a focus in biology at the University of Bordeaux I, and at the University of Montpellier II, where she earned a doctorate in biological sciences from the University of Science and Technology of Languedoc. Back in French Polynesia, she joined, in 1990, ILM’s Unit of Medical Oceanography, which was already specialized in the field of ciguatera for twenty years. She is now working on the development of in vitro cultures of the causative agent of ciguatera, Gambierdiscus dinoflagellate. She is behind the establishment of a unique micro-algae bank rich of several highly toxic strains, which are currently used for mass production of ciguatoxin (CTXS). Thanks to the efforts made in the last decades, her laboratory has now a unique bank of purified CTXS.

In 2000, Mireille was appointed Head of the unit, which was renamed the Laboratory of Marine Biotoxins (LBM), there she manages all research programs related to ciguatera. Research conducted at LBM are focused on the eco-toxicology and taxonomy of Gambierdiscus, and on the development of different methods of toxins detection. Mireille is also managing the field monitoring and lagoons risk management programs of French Polynesia and the Pacific Region

Her work has been repeatedly acknowledged and rewarded by national and international awards including the Prix Trégouboff Award 2005 in Marine Biology (Academy of Sciences of Paris, France), the Albert Sézary Award 2006 (National Academy of Medicine, Paris, France), and the Tyge Christensen Award 2010 (International Phycological Society).
 

 

 

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LABORATORY OF MARINE BIOTOXINS

Over 50 years of Integrated Ciguatera Research

 
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Learn more about the activities of the Laboratory of Marine Biotoxins.

 
 

 

 

 
     
 

Dr. Erwan Oehler

Ciguatera Medical Consultant

Hospital Center of French Polynesia

 
 
 

Born in Brittany in 1977, Erwan undertook several medecine internships at the Hospital Center of French Polynesia in 2005, where he discovered ciguatera poisoning, hardly known in France. Particularly interested by this affection, he dedicated his  thesis of General Medecine and  Master in Tropical Medicine to this subject. Since 2010, he works in the internal and general medecine unit of the Hospital Center of French Polynesia, where he manages ciguatera-affected patients. Dr Oehler is the medical consultant of www.ciguatera.pf.


 
       
                 
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Phrase en tahitien

 
 

Few countries collect epidemiological data specifically related to Ciguatera Poisoning. This is the reason why it is difficult to have a precise idea of ​​the extent of the phenomenon and its evolution on a global scale.

However, following the recent expansion of the toxigenic algae and autochthonous cases of Ciguatera in regions hitherto spared, several local, regional and international initiatives aimed at improving the diagnosis of the disease and the count of cases, and better characterizing the ciguatoxic risk, are emerging.

French Polynesia, particularly concerned by this affection, is a pioneer in terms of epidemiological surveillance of the poisoning. This Pacific island territory, as vast as Europe, has a specifically dedicated health monitoring network, making it possible to follow the evolution of Ciguatera continuously and in real time.

Videos

 

Documentaries, Testimonials & Talks about Ciguatera YouTube

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Documents to download

     
                            

GUIDE AND FLYER FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CP-AFFECTED PATIENTS

- Health Directorate of French Polynesia & Institut Louis Malardé -   

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LEAFLET, BOOKLET & POSTER

- The Pacific Community (SPC) & Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) -

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INFORMATION DOCUMENTS

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SPECIES TO AVOID IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES

- Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) -

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CFP statistics in French Polynesia
          

carte-ciguatra-engPTCFP cases officially declared between 2009 and 2014 (click on the map to enlarge)

   

2014

   
   

CFP data in French Polynesia in 2014 (Fr)

   
    2013    
    Number of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning cases per island (Fr)    
    Species of fish responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Fr)    
   

2012

   
    Number of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning cases per island (Fr)    
    Species of fish responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Fr)    
   

2011

 

 
    Number of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning cases per island (Fr)    
    Species of fish responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Fr)    
    2010    
    Number of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning cases per island (Fr)    
    Species of fish responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Fr)     
    2009    
    Number of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning cases per island (Fr)    
    Species of fish responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Fr)    
    2008    
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Species of fish responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Fr)

   
 

                    

To obtain data from previous years, please contact us.

 

 
 
                                        
     
       
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