Dr Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes, head of the division of parasitology at London's National Institute for Medical Research, welcomed the research, presented at AmericanSociety of TropicalMedicineandHygiene meeting in New Orleans.
Until recently, doctors have had neither a decent test for ciguatera, or a treatment, but Dr Ritchie Shoemaker told the annual meeting of the AmericanSociety for TropicalMedicineandHygiene both may be on the horizon.