
@article{ref1,
title="Pufferfish poisoning from Arothron stellatus: the first confirmed case in India with exact species identification",
journal="Toxicon: Journal of the International Society on Toxinology",
year="2021",
author="Joseph, Toms C. and Goswami, D. B. and Pradeep, M. A. and Anupama, T. K. and Parmar, Ejaz and Renuka, V. and Remya, S. and Ravishankar, C. N.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="A puffer fish poisoning case was reported from the coastal city of Veraval in the Gujarat state of India with patient reporting symptoms of giddiness, vertigo, aphasia and heaviness of head following consumption of cooked fish. Treatment was purely symptomatic and supportive. The patient was discharged from the hospital in a stable condition after 4 days. The suspected fish species was later identified using DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) sequencing as Arothron stellatus with 100 % identity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0041-0101",
doi="10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.07.014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.07.014"
}