Venomous mollusks: the risks of human accidents by conus snails (gastropoda: conidae) 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 envenomation has occurred in Brazil, but certain populations are at risk of accidents.
Haddad
Vidal
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Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP. haddadjr@fmb.unesp.br
de Paula Neto
João Batista
JB
Cobo
Válter José
VJ
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D020916:Conotoxins / Q000506:poisoning; D052078:Conus Snail; D006801:Humans; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000506:poisoning*; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D012307:Risk Factors
D020916:Conotoxins; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D009498:Neurotoxins