The Triplaria tree (Triplaris spp) and Pseudomyrmex ants: A symbiotic relationship with risks of attack for humans

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-729

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a   Bicudo, Luiz Roberto Hernandes ^a   Fransozo, Adílson ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Trees; Venomous animals

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSECT STING; MALE; PAIN; PSEUDOMYRMEX; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; TRIPLARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGONACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX; TRIPLARIS;

EID: 77949807507     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000600022     Document Type: Article

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