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Lionfish envenomation on the Brazilian coast: first report

  • Vidal Haddad Junior
  • Tommaso Giarrizzo
  • Marcelo de Oliveira Soares

Abstract

Lionfish are Indo-Pacific venomous fish that are present now in American waters of the Atlantic Ocean. This manuscript report the first envenomation caused by a lionfish in Brazilian Atlantic Ocean, in the Northeast region of the country and alert for new cases and the preventive measures to be applied.

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Haddad Junior V., Giarrizzo T. and Soares M.d.O. (2022) Lionfish envenomation on the Brazilian coast: first report. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 55: e0241-2022. 10.1590/0037-8682-0241-2022

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Date 24.10.2022
Journal Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Volume 55
Pages e0241-2022
Open Access Open Access (open)
Open Access Status Open Access (open)
Eprints_link https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/5040
Peer-Reviewed

Research Spectrum

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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