BITES AND STINGS Irukandji syndrome in northern Western Australia: an emerging health problem
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Department of Medicine, Broome Health Service, Broome, WA. Conrad J Macrokanis, MB BS, FRACGP, BSc(Hons), District Medical Officer. Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA. Nicole L Hall, Medical Student. Department of Public Health, Kimberley Population Health Unit, Broome, WA. Jacki K Mein, MB BS, FACCHP, MAE, Kimberley Public Health Medical Officer. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Dr C J Macrokanis, Department of Medicine, Broome Health Service, PO Box 62, Broome, WA 6725. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 6/20 December 2004 181 11/ 12 699-702 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Bites and stings the local Aboriginal tribe. Barnes first correlated Irukandji syndrome with the small box (cubozoan) jellyfish Carukia barnesi. The syndrome is well documented in Queensland north of the Tropic of Capricorn and in he Northern Territory, with two deaths recently reported from north Queensdisch (2) Co Main demo Resu ident analy
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Irukandji syndrome in northern Western Australia: an emerging health problem.
OBJECTIVES (1) To assess the number and severity of episodes of Irukandji syndrome in Broome, Western Australia. (2) To correlate demographic, seasonal, geographic and climatic features of Irukandji stings. (3) To assess treatment of Irukandji syndrome at Broome Health Service. (4) To assess the public health impact. DESIGN AND SETTING (1) A retrospective analysis of jellyfish data forms and ...
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