Pig bite in Brazil: a case series from a teaching hospital

A retrospective survey done from 1987 till 1990 revealed that 23 patients bitten by pigs sought medical help at a teaching hospital in Uberlândia, in southeastern Brazil. Most cases (21) were from Uberlândia. The cases were evenly distributed by month and by year; most of them (14/16; 87.5%) occurre...

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Main Authors: Sérgio de Andrade Nishioka, Suzana Terumi Handa, Raquel Souza Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1994-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821994000100004&lng=en&tlng=en