Description of an injury in a human caused by a false tocandira (Dinoponera gigantea, perty, 1833) with a revision on folkloric, pharmacological and clinical aspects of the giant ants of the genera Paraponera and Dinoponera (sub-family Ponerinae)

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-238

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a,b   Cardoso, João Luiz Costa ^b   Moraes, Roberto Henrique Pinto ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bites and stings; Bullet ants; Dinoponera; Paraponera; Ponerinae; Tocandira; Venomous ants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DINOPONERA GIGANTEA; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARAPONERA; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

EID: 24144458511     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000400012     Document Type: Article

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