• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Pufferfish attack on Thursday Island
  • Contributor: Farrell, Sarah; Turner, Perry
  • imprint: Wiley, 2013
  • Published in: Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12056
  • ISSN: 1038-5282; 1440-1584
  • Keywords: Family Practice ; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In rural Australia animal attacks and bites are an increasingly common phenomenon. The pufferfish is native to the north‐eastern coast of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">A</jats:styled-content>ustralia and is becoming increasingly tempted closer ashore. We present the first case and review of the literature of a vicious fish bite from this animal in a child in rural <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">A</jats:styled-content>ustralia.</jats:p>