Jellyfish antivenoms: Past, present, and future

Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-127

  Winkel, Kenneth D ^a   Hawdon, Gabrielle M ^a   Fenner, Peter J ^b   Gershwin, Lisa ann ^c   Collins, Allen G ^d   Tibballs, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Carukia barnesi; Chironex fleckeri; Chiropsalmus quadrigatus; Cnidaria; Envenomation cubozoa; Hydrozoa scyphozoa; Irukandji; Jellyfish; Marine stings; Stomolophus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JELLYFISH ANTIVENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

CARUKIA BARNESI; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS; COELENTERATE; ENVENOMATION; HYDROZOA SCYPHOZA; JELLYFISH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; STOMOLOPHUS; TAXONOMY;

CARUKIA BARNESI; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CUBOZOA; HYDROZOA; OVIS; SCYPHOZOA; SERPENTES; STOMOLOPHUS;

EID: 0037242633     PISSN: 07313837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TXR-120019024     Document Type: Review

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