II. Epidemiology
- Most attacks in South Africa at dusk near shore
- In U.S. most attacks are off Florida shore
- Worldwide, only 50 Shark Attacks/year (10 deaths)
- One half of unprovoked attacks are on surfers
III. Sharks most commonly associated with human attacks
- Tiger Shark
- Great White Shark
- Gray Reef Shark
- Bull Shark
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| Definition (MSH) | A group of elongate elasmobranchs. Sharks are mostly marine fish, with certain species large and voracious. |
| Definition (CSP) | cartilagenous skeleton, placoid scales, 5-7 gill slits on side of head, 1 or more rows of functional teeth; most are marine. |
| Concepts | Fish (T013) |
| MSH | D012754 |
| SnomedCT | 71352007 |
| English | Sharks, Shark - fish, sharks, shark, Shark, Shark (organism), Shark, NOS |
| French | Requins |
| Swedish | Hajar |
| Czech | žraloci |
| Finnish | Hait |
| Russian | AKULY, АКУЛЫ |
| Polish | Rekiny |
| Croatian | MORSKI PSI |
| Norwegian | Haier |
| Spanish | tiburón (organismo), tiburón - pez, tiburón, SAI, tiburón, Tiburones |
| German | Haie, Haifische |
| Italian | Squali |
| Dutch | Haai, Haaien |
| Portuguese | Tubarões |
Ontology: Shark Bite (C0417738)
| Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
| ICD10 | W56.41 |
| SnomedCT | 217704005 |
| Spanish | mordedura de tiburón (evento), mordedura de tiburón (hallazgo), mordedura de tiburón |
| English | shark bite, shark bite (diagnosis), Shark Bite, Bitten by shark, bites shark, bite shark, Shark bite, Bite of shark, Shark bite (finding), Shark bite (event) |
