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Further Reading & Recent Publications

Williamson JA, Fenner PJ, Burnett JW, Rifkin JF. Venomous & Poisonous Marine Animals. A Medical and Biological Handbook. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, 1996.

Bloom, D.A., Burnett, J.W., and Alderslade, P. (1998) Partial purification of Box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) nematocyst venom isolated at beachside. Toxicon.36(8), 1075-1085.

Cao, C.J., Eldefrawi, M.E., Eldefrawi, A.T., Burnett, J.W., Mioduszewski, R.J, Menking, D.E., and Valdes, J.J. (1998) Toxicity of sea nettle toxin to human hepatocytes and the protective effect of phosphorylating and alkylating agents. Toxicon.36, 269-281.

Burnett, J.W., Weinrich, D., Williamson, J.A., Fenner, P.J., Lutz, L.L., and Bloom, D.A. (1998) Autonomic neurotoxicity of jellyfish and marine animal venoms. Clinical Autonomic Res.8, 125-130.

Houck, H.E., Lipsky, M.M., Marzella, L. and Burnett, J.W. (1996) Toxicity of sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) fishing tentacle nematocyst venom in cultured rat hepatocytes. Toxicon. 34, 771-778.

Burnett, J.W. (2001) Medical aspects of jellyfish envenomation: pathogenesis, case reporting and therapy. Hydrobiologica 451:1-9.

Grady, J.D., Burnett, J.W. (2003) Irukandji syndrome in south Florida divers. Ann. Emerg. Med 42:763-766.

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