Dermatitis associated with exposure to a marine cyanobacterium during recreational water exposure

BMC Dermatology

Table 1 Reported events of L. majuscula toxicity in humans.

Date	Location	no. cases	author	time period	maximum period	days from solstice
1958	Oahu, Hawaii	125	Grauer and Arnold, 1961	July–August		+8–70
1959	Oahu, Hawaii		Grauer and Arnold, 1961	late June–July		+8–39
1960	Oahu, Hawaii		Grauer and Arnold, 1961	late June–July		+8–39
1968	Gushikawa, Okinawa	242	Hashimoto et al., 1976	21 July	late afternoon	+29
1976	Oahu, Hawaii		Mynderse et al., 1977	September
1980	Oahu, Hawaii	86	Serdula et al., 1982	13–26 August	18 August	+57
1983	Maui, Hawaii	31	Anderson et al., 1988	29–31 July	18:00–22:00 hours	+38
1986	Oahu, Hawaii		Izumi and Moore, 1987	summer
1998	Fraser Island, Australia	21	this study	January-Februrary	February	+47

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