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On May 7, 1998, the SC Task Force on Toxic Algae reported their preliminary plan for monitoring and containing Pfiesteria outbreaks as well as dealing with "estuary associated syndrome" -- the official name for human health conditions associated with Pfiesteria and related organisms. After a MD eastern shore physician reported treating a man on May 8, 1998, for possible exposure to a Pfiesteria-type organism, scientists reported no lesions on fish or any other signs of Pfiesteria or related organisms in the Pocomoke River on May 9, 1998.

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