Haff disease epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: M. Hassan, M.B.B.S

Epidemiology and Demographics

Initially, more than 1000 cases were linked to the consumption of various species of cooked freshwater fish including burbot, pike, freshwater eel, and whitefish in Eastern Europe and Sweden. In China, cases of Haff disease were reported following consumption of cooked freshwater pomfret and boiled crayfish. Cases in Japan were linked to the consumption of cooked or raw boxfish. In the United States, 29 cases of Haff disease were reported following the consumption of buffalo fish, crayfish, and Atlantic salmon.