A hidden deadly venomous insect: First eco-epidemiological assessment and risk mapping of lonomism in Argentina.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Milena Gisela Casafús, Marília Melo Favalesso, Micaela Andrea Gritti, Juan Manuel Coronel, Ana Tereza Bittencourt Guimarães, Maria Elisa Peichoto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentina; Misiones; Human health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009542; https://doaj.org/article/0f7d36988e8148308c2bfe6a35f1e8da

Background Envenomation by the South American Lonomia saturniid caterpillars, named lonomism, constitutes an emerging and somewhat neglected public health issue in Argentina and neighboring countries. Considering that there is an intricate relationship between environment and human health in such ca...