Human and animal intoxication episodes caused by trichothecene mycotoxins

Abstract

Several human intoxications associated with Fusarium spp. and their mycotoxins, trichothecenes, have been evaluated by International programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS, WHO), FA/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, WHO). Of these episodes, alimentary toxic aleukia (ATA) in the former USSR, and red-mold intoxication in Japan, PR China and India are briefly reviewed.