Venomous mollusks: the risks of human accidents by conus snails (gastropoda: conidae) in Brazil Moluscos peçonhentos: riscos de acidentes em humanos pelo molusco Conus (Gastrópode: cunidae) in Brazil

Venomous mollusks: the risks of human accidents by conus snails (gastropoda: conidae) in Brazil Moluscos peçonhentos: riscos de acidentes em humanos pelo molusco Conus (Gastrópode: cunidae) in Brazil

Mollusks of the genus Conus present a venomous apparatus composed of radulae, a chitin structure linked to glands, which injects potent neurotoxic peptides, causing serious human envenomation and even death, associated with the blockage of certain receptors and muscular paralysis. No reported enveno...

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Main Authors: Vidal Haddad Junior, João Batista de Paula Neto, Válter José Cobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2006-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Conus
Animais peçonhentos
Moluscos venenosos
Envenenamentos humanos
Brasil
Venomous animals
Venomous mollusks
Human envenoming
Brazil
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