dc.creatorHaddad, V
dc.creatorSazima, I
dc.date2003
dc.dateWIN
dc.date2014-11-18T14:50:41Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:51:19Z
dc.date2014-11-18T14:50:41Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:51:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:34:42Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:34:42Z
dc.identifierWilderness & Environmental Medicine. Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press, v. 14, n. 4, n. 249, n. 254, 2003.
dc.identifier1080-6032
dc.identifierWOS:000187753100008
dc.identifier10.1580/1080-6032(2003)14[249:PAOHIS]2.0.CO;2
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/59865
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/59865
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/59865
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1289950
dc.descriptionThere are many tales describing ferocious schools of piranha attacking humans, but there are few scientific data supporting such behavior. The very few documented instances of humans attacked and eaten by piranha schools include 3 that occurred after death by other causes (eg, heart failure and drowning). These predaceous fishes, however, do occasionally injure bathers and swimmers in lakes and rivers. The characteristic profile of most injuries is a single bite per victim, generally related to the fish defending its brood. This paper describes an outbreak of piranha bites in a dammed river portion in southeast Brazil. The outbreak was caused by the speckled piranha, Serrasalmus spilopleura, a widespread species which benefits from the growing tendency of damming rivers all over Brazil. This article focuses on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the injuries, as well as on piranha biology, to gain a better understanding of the natural history of bite outbreaks.
dc.description14
dc.description4
dc.description249
dc.description254
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAlliance Communications Group Division Allen Press
dc.publisherLawrence
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationWilderness & Environmental Medicine
dc.relationWildern. Environ. Med.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectdangerous fish
dc.subjectpredaceous carnivores
dc.subjectpiranha
dc.subjectSerrasalmus spilopleura
dc.subjectbites
dc.subjectSerrasalmus-spilopleura Kner
dc.titlePiranha attacks on humans in southeast Brazil: Epidemiology, natural history, and clinical treatment, with description of a bite outbreak
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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