title: Venomous mollusks: the risks of human accidents by conus snails (gastropoda: conidae) in Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP. haddadjr@fmb.unesp.br
authors.forename: Vidal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: João Batista
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: de Paula Neto
authors.forename: Válter José
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Cobo
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D020916:Conotoxins; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D009498:Neurotoxins