The occurrence of jellyfish stings on the Santa Catarina coast, southern Brazil

Resgalla Jr., Charrid; Gonçalves, Vitor Coutinho; Klein, Antonio Henrique F.

Burnett, J. W.. 2001. Medical aspects of jellyfish envenomation: pathogenesis, case reporting and therapy. Hydrobiology, 451:1-9.
Freitas, C. J., Schiozer, W. A. & Malpezzi, E. L. A. 1995. A case of envenoming by Portuguese man-of-War from the Brazilian coast. Toxicon., 33:859-861.
Fundação Nacional de Saúde. 1999. Manual de diagnóstico e tratamento por animais peçonhentos. VIII - Acidentes por celenterados. Brasília, Ministério da Saúde/FUNASA. p.97-99.
Haddad Jr., V. 2000. Atlas de animais aquáticos perigosos do Brasil: guia médico de identificação e tratamento. São Paulo, Editora Roca. p.145
Haddad Jr., V., Cardoso, J. L. C. & Silveira, F. L. 2001. Seabather's eruption: report of five cases in southeast region of Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo, 43(3):171-172.
Haddad Jr., V., Silveira, F. L., Cardoso, J. L. C. & Morandini, A. C. 2002. A report of 49 cases of cnidarian envenoming from southeastern Brazilian coastal waters. Toxicon, 40:1445-1450.
Hoefel, F. G. & Klein, A. H. F. 1998. Environmental and social decision factors of beach safety in the central northern coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Notas Téc. FACIMAR, 2:155-166.
Mann, K. H. & Lazier, J. R. N. 1991. Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-Physical interactions in the oceans. Oxford, Blackwell Science. 466p.
Mianzan, H. W. & Cornelius, P. F. S. 1999. Cubomedusae and Scyphomedusae. In: Boltovskoy, D. ed. South Atlantic zooplankton., Leiden, Backhuys Publishers. p. 513-559.
Mianzan, H. W.; Fenner, P. J.; Cornelius, P. F. S. & Ramirez, F. C. 2001. Vinegar as a disarming agent to prevent further discharge of the nematocysts of the stinging hydromedusa Olindias sambaquiensis Cutis, 68:45-49.
Mianzan, H. W. & Guerrero, R. 2000. Environmental patterns and biomass distribution of gelatinous macrozooplankton. Three study cases in the Southwestern Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 64 (Supl. 1):215-224.
Mianzan, H. W. & Zamponi, M. O. 1988. Estudio bioecológico de Olinidias sambaquiensis Muller, 1861 (Limnomedusae, Olindiidae) en el área de Monte Hermoso. II. Factores meteorológicos que influyen en su aparición. Iheringia, Ser. Misc. Porto Alegre, 2:63-68.
Migotto, A. E.; Marques, A. C.; Morandini, A. C. & Silveira, F. L. 2002. Checklist of the cnidaria medusozoa of Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 2(1):31p.
Morandini, A. C. & Marques, A. C. 1997. "Morbakka" syndrome: first report of envenomation by cubozoa (cnidaria) in Brazil. In: VII Congreso Latino-Americano sobre Ciencias do Mar, Resumos Expandidos, V.2, Santos. Inst. Oceanogr. USP. 188-189.
Nonato, E. F. 1992. Acidentes por celenterados. In: Schvartsman, S. ed. Plantas venenosas e animais peçonhentos. São Paulo, Ed. Sarvier. p. 248-250.
Santos Lima, E. A.; Volpato, L. K.; Grando, M.; Benato, V. S.; França, F. O. S. & Zannin, M. 1996. Acidentes provocados por Physalia sp (Caravelas): 238 casos relatados no litoral catarinense. Rev. Cien. Saúde, Florianópolis, 15(1/2):275-282.

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[1] Burnett, J. W.. 2001. Medical aspects of jellyfish envenomation: pathogenesis, case reporting and therapy. Hydrobiology, 451:1-9.

[2] Freitas, C. J., Schiozer, W. A. & Malpezzi, E. L. A. 1995. A case of envenoming by Portuguese man-of-War from the Brazilian coast. Toxicon., 33:859-861.

[3] Fundação Nacional de Saúde. 1999. Manual de diagnóstico e tratamento por animais peçonhentos. VIII - Acidentes por celenterados. Brasília, Ministério da Saúde/FUNASA. p.97-99.

[4] Haddad Jr., V. 2000. Atlas de animais aquáticos perigosos do Brasil: guia médico de identificação e tratamento. São Paulo, Editora Roca. p.145

[5] Haddad Jr., V., Cardoso, J. L. C. & Silveira, F. L. 2001. Seabather's eruption: report of five cases in southeast region of Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo, 43(3):171-172.

[6] Haddad Jr., V., Silveira, F. L., Cardoso, J. L. C. & Morandini, A. C. 2002. A report of 49 cases of cnidarian envenoming from southeastern Brazilian coastal waters. Toxicon, 40:1445-1450.

[7] Hoefel, F. G. & Klein, A. H. F. 1998. Environmental and social decision factors of beach safety in the central northern coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Notas Téc. FACIMAR, 2:155-166.

[8] Mann, K. H. & Lazier, J. R. N. 1991. Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-Physical interactions in the oceans. Oxford, Blackwell Science. 466p.

[9] Mianzan, H. W. & Cornelius, P. F. S. 1999. Cubomedusae and Scyphomedusae. In: Boltovskoy, D. ed. South Atlantic zooplankton., Leiden, Backhuys Publishers. p. 513-559.

[10] Mianzan, H. W.; Fenner, P. J.; Cornelius, P. F. S. & Ramirez, F. C. 2001. Vinegar as a disarming agent to prevent further discharge of the nematocysts of the stinging hydromedusa Olindias sambaquiensis Cutis, 68:45-49.

[11] Mianzan, H. W. & Guerrero, R. 2000. Environmental patterns and biomass distribution of gelatinous macrozooplankton. Three study cases in the Southwestern Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 64 (Supl. 1):215-224.

[12] Mianzan, H. W. & Zamponi, M. O. 1988. Estudio bioecológico de Olinidias sambaquiensis Muller, 1861 (Limnomedusae, Olindiidae) en el área de Monte Hermoso. II. Factores meteorológicos que influyen en su aparición. Iheringia, Ser. Misc. Porto Alegre, 2:63-68.

[13] Migotto, A. E.; Marques, A. C.; Morandini, A. C. & Silveira, F. L. 2002. Checklist of the cnidaria medusozoa of Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 2(1):31p.

[14] Morandini, A. C. & Marques, A. C. 1997. "Morbakka" syndrome: first report of envenomation by cubozoa (cnidaria) in Brazil. In: VII Congreso Latino-Americano sobre Ciencias do Mar, Resumos Expandidos, V.2, Santos. Inst. Oceanogr. USP. 188-189.

[15] Nonato, E. F. 1992. Acidentes por celenterados. In: Schvartsman, S. ed. Plantas venenosas e animais peçonhentos. São Paulo, Ed. Sarvier. p. 248-250.

[16] Santos Lima, E. A.; Volpato, L. K.; Grando, M.; Benato, V. S.; França, F. O. S. & Zannin, M. 1996. Acidentes provocados por Physalia sp (Caravelas): 238 casos relatados no litoral catarinense. Rev. Cien. Saúde, Florianópolis, 15(1/2):275-282.

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