Child injured by suspected catfish (Cetopsis sp.) bite in river, Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
Abstract We present the first recent reported case of traumatic injury caused by catfish in the Americas. Although 66.2% of fish-related injuries occur in the Amazon Region, they are scarcely reported. We report a traumatic injury in a 2-year-old boy who entered Madeira River. The use of traditional...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100710&tlng=en |