@article{ref1,
title="Ackee fruit poisoning in eight siblings: implications for public health awareness",
journal="American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene",
year="2015",
author="Katibi, Oludolapo Sherifat and Olaosebikan, Rasaq and Abdulkadir, Mohammed Baba and Ogunkunle, Taofik Oluwaseun and Ibraheem, Rasheedah Mobolaji and Murtala, Rukayat",
volume="93",
number="5",
pages="1122-1123",
abstract="Ackee apple fruit is a native fruit to Jamaica and some parts of west Africa. Its toxicity known as &quot;Jamaican vomiting sickness&quot; 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 &quot;ishin.&quot; 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9637",
doi="10.4269/ajtmh.15-0348",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0348"
}