TY - JOUR
T1 - Case report
T2 - Ackee fruit poisoning in eight siblings: Implications for public health awareness
AU - Katibi, Oludolapo Sherifat
AU - Olaosebikan, Rasaq
AU - Abdulkadir, Mohammed Baba
AU - Ogunkunle, Taofik Oluwaseun
AU - Ibraheem, Rasheedah Mobolaji
AU - Murtala, Rukayat
PY - 2015/11/4
Y1 - 2015/11/4
N2 - Ackee apple fruit is a native fruit to Jamaica and some parts of west Africa. Its toxicity known as Jamaican vomiting sickness dates back to the nineteenth century. However, there is a dearth of reported published data on toxicity from Nigeria where it is popularly known in the southwest as ishin. We report a case series of eight previously well Nigerian siblings who presented at various intervals after ingestion of roasted seeds and aril of the ackee fruit.
AB - Ackee apple fruit is a native fruit to Jamaica and some parts of west Africa. Its toxicity known as Jamaican vomiting sickness dates back to the nineteenth century. However, there is a dearth of reported published data on toxicity from Nigeria where it is popularly known in the southwest as ishin. We report a case series of eight previously well Nigerian siblings who presented at various intervals after ingestion of roasted seeds and aril of the ackee fruit.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84946709276
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84946709276#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0348
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0348
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26324727
AN - SCOPUS:84946709276
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 93
SP - 1122
EP - 1123
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -
