Lonomia obliqua Walker (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): hemostasis implications
Summary In southern Brazil, since 1989, several cases of accidents produced by unwilling contact with the body of poisonous caterpillars of the moth species Lonomia obliqua Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), were described. L. obliqua caterpillars have gregarious behavior and feed on leaves of...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Médica Brasileira
2015-06-01
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Series: | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira |
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