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Experimental Assays to Assess the Efficacy of Vinegar and Other Topical First-Aid Approaches on Cubozoan (Alatina alata) Tentacle Firing and Venom Toxicity

Despite the medical urgency presented by cubozoan envenomations, ineffective and contradictory first-aid management recommendations persist. A critical barrier to progress has been the lack of readily available and reproducible envenomation assays that (1) recapitulate live-tentacle stings; (2) allo...

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Autores principales: Yanagihara, Angel A., Wilcox, Christie, King, Rebecca, Hurwitz, Kikiana, Castelfranco, Ann M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26761033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins8010019