Lonomia envenomation in Brazil: an epidemiological overview for the period 2007-2018 - Favalesso MM, Cuervo PF, Casaf ús MG, Guimarães ATB, Peichoto ME.

BACKGROUND: Among the Lepidoptera with medical importance in Brazil, larvae of Lonomia moth (Saturniidae: Hemileucinae) stand out by being the etiological agent of the lonomism, a form of erucism in which the most troubling symptoms include systemic hemorr...
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