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Jellyfish Blooms Causing Mass Envenomations in Aquatic Marathonists: Report of Cases in S and SE Brazil (SW Atlantic Ocean)  Vidal Haddad, MD, MSc, PhD,

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1 Jellyfish Blooms Causing Mass Envenomations in Aquatic Marathonists: Report of Cases in S and SE Brazil (SW Atlantic Ocean)  Vidal Haddad, MD, MSc, PhD, André C. Morandini, MD, Msc, PhD, Lucia E. Rodrigues, MD  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages (March 2018) DOI: /j.wem Copyright © 2017 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Images of erythematous and edematous plaques accompanied by intense pain observed in swimmers in Bertioga (São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil). Note the piloerection on the plaque, a characteristic sign of cnidarian envenomation. Photographs: Marília Bianchini Lemos Reis. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2017 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 (Left) Chrysaora lactea, the jellyfish responsible for the envenomations in both outbreaks in aquatic marathons. Specimen collected in the marathon. (Right) C lactea, image collected in an aquarium for comparison. Photographs: Fábio Lang da Silveira and Organization of the Aquatic Competition 14 Bis. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2017 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions


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