Puncture wounds by driftwood catfish during bucket baths: Local habits of riverside people and fish natural history in the Amazon

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dc.contributor.authorSazima, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorZuanon, Jansen
dc.contributor.authorHaddad Júnior, Vidal [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionNational Institute of Amazon Research
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:21:46Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:21:46Z
dc.date.issued2005-12-23
dc.description.abstractObjective. - To assess the prevalence of stings by small spiny driftwood catfish (carataí) of the genus Centromochlus (Auchenipteridae) accidentally caught in buckets during bucket bathing by riverside people along the Brazilian Amazon and to determine the probability of catching specimens of these fish during random throws of a bucket into the river. Methods. - We interviewed 27 adult residents living at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers in Brazil regarding whether or not they had ever been stung by driftwood catfish while bucket bathing. To assess the likelihood of catching catfish in bathing buckets, we randomly threw a typical plastic bucket used for bathing in 4 series of 10 throws into the river at dusk or night around a floating house. Results. - Seventeen of the 27 subjects (63%) reported being injured by driftwood catfish during bucket bathing. Three individuals (17.6%) had been injured 2 to 3 times, totaling 23 puncture accidents. All stings occurred at dusk or early night. In the 4 series of 10 bucket throws, we caught 3 driftwood catfish (in 1 series we did not catch any fish). Thus, the chance of catching a driftwood catfish in a single bucket throw at dusk was slightly less than 10%. Conclusions. - The prevalence of stings by driftwood catfish to people bucket bathing in this section of the Brazilian Amazon is high, partly because of the relatively high chances of catching these small catfish during random throws of a bathing bucket into the river.en
dc.description.affiliationNatural History Museum Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationNational Institute of Amazon Research, Manaus, Amazonas
dc.description.affiliationBotucatu Medicine School Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationBotucatu Medicine School Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 557, 18618-000-Botucatu, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespBotucatu Medicine School Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespBotucatu Medicine School Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 557, 18618-000-Botucatu, São Paulo
dc.format.extent204-208
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1580/PR42-04.1
dc.identifier.citationWilderness and Environmental Medicine, v. 16, n. 4, p. 204-208, 2005.
dc.identifier.doi10.1580/PR42-04.1
dc.identifier.issn1080-6032
dc.identifier.lattes7385129302501798
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-29144531865
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/68698
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000233835400005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofWilderness and Environmental Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.161
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,369
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBathing
dc.subjectCatfish
dc.subjectCentromochlus
dc.subjectDangerous fish
dc.subjectPuncture wounds
dc.subjectSchooling habits
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectbath
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectcatfish
dc.subjectCentromochlus heckelii
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectriver
dc.subjectwound
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBaths
dc.subjectBehavior, Animal
dc.subjectBites and Stings
dc.subjectCatfishes
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectWounds and Injuries
dc.titlePuncture wounds by driftwood catfish during bucket baths: Local habits of riverside people and fish natural history in the Amazonen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
unesp.author.lattes7385129302501798
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatupt

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