Health-risk assessment of Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) envenomations on urban beaches in São Luís city, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.
Mayana Mendes E Silva CavalcanteZulimar Márita Ribeiro RodriguesRachel Ann Hauser-DavisSalvatore SicilianoVidal Haddad JúniorJorge Luiz Silva NunesPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
In order to improve prevention and control actions of human envenomation, risk areas for this type of envenomation should be clearly indicated as alert areas. Inclusion of the geographical location of the envenomation in the Notification/Investigation SINAN Form was suggested for allowing the continuity of studies involving this public health issue.