Length Is Associated with Pain: Jellyfish with Painful Sting Have Longer Nematocyst Tubules than Harmless Jellyfish

A large number of humans are stung by jellyfish all over the world. The stings cause acute pain followed by persistent pain and local inflammation. Harmful jellyfish species typically cause strong pain, whereas harmless jellyfish cause subtle or no pain. Jellyfish sting humans by injecting a tubule,...

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Autores principales: Kitatani, Ryuju, Yamada, Mayu, Kamio, Michiya, Nagai, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135015

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135015

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