Norton Benjamin B, Norton Scott A
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans LA 70112, United States.
The George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States.
Int J Womens Dermatol. 2020 Jul 4;7(1):120-123. doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.05.016. eCollection 2021 Jan.
The concept of emerging diseases is well understood; however, the concept of emerging injuries is not. We describe the introduction of two species of lionfish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, into the warm shallow coastal waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Lionfish thrive in the same coastal waters that attract recreational swimmers, snorkelers, and divers. Because lionfish have ornate colors, people often swim close to have a better look. Lionfish have venomous spines and, in a defensive reaction, frequently envenomate curious humans. The fish are voracious predators and disrupt the coral ecosystems of the Atlantic. Furthermore, their range is spreading through a combination of lack of natural predators and the expansion of hospitable warm waters into higher latitudes as part of climate change.
新发疾病的概念已广为人知；然而，新发损伤的概念却并非如此。我们描述了两种原产于印度洋和太平洋的狮子鱼被引入西大西洋和加勒比海温暖的浅海水域的情况。狮子鱼在吸引休闲游泳者、浮潜者和潜水者的相同沿海水域中繁衍生息。由于狮子鱼颜色艳丽，人们常常会靠近以便看得更清楚。狮子鱼有毒刺，在防御反应中，经常会使好奇的人类中毒。这些鱼是贪婪的捕食者，扰乱了大西洋的珊瑚生态系统。此外，由于缺乏自然天敌以及作为气候变化一部分的适宜温暖水域向更高纬度的扩张，它们的分布范围正在扩大。
