alimentary toxic aleukia alimentary toxic aleukia alimentary toxic aleukia is a mycotoxin-induced condition characterized by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, leukopenia (aleukia), hemorrhaging, skin inflammation, and sometimes death. alimentary toxic aleukia almost always refers to the human condition associated with presence of t-2 toxin. alimentary toxic aleukiaother namesaleukia history alimentary toxic aleukia was first characterized in the early 20th century after affecting a large population in the orenburg oblast of the former ussr during world war ii. the sick people had eaten overwintered grain colonized with fusarium sporotrichioides and fusarium poae.