@article{ref1,
title="Plant poisoning outbreak in the western area of Cambodia, 2005",
journal="Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
year="2009",
author="Tourdjman, M. and Srihawong, R. and Soy, T. Khean and Touch, S. and Hul, S. and Janssens, B. and Galliot-Guilley, M. and Vong, S.",
volume="103",
number="9",
pages="949-951",
abstract="An outbreak investigation was conducted during February-March 2005 to determine the cause of several sudden deaths occurring in Pailin Province, Cambodia. Sixty-seven patients presented with non-febrile poisoning-like symptoms and 15 died of coma, including 53% children under 10 years old. Symptoms included sore throat (92%), sore lips (73%), swollen tongue (54%) and gastrointestinal signs (41%). A plant locally called prik was the source of poisoning (97.0 vs. 28.7%, odds ratio 74.3, P<0.001). Patients may have confused the edible Melientha suavis Pierre with Urobotrya siamensis Hiepko, both from the Opiliaceae family. This was the first report of Urobotrya poisoning and its clinical manifestations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0035-9203",
doi="10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.022"
}