TY - JOUR AU - Thaikruea, Lakkana AU - Siriariyaporn, Potjaman PY - 2016 DA - 2016/02/17 TI - The magnitude of severe box jellyfish cases on Koh Samui and Koh Pha-ngan in the Gulf of Thailand JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 108 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Despite recent deaths caused by box jellyfish envenomation occurring on the islands of Samui and Pha-ngan in the Gulf of Thailand, many people do not believe box jellyfish can kill humans and many people dismiss the problem as insignificant. More evidence has been requested from the communities in order to evaluate the need for and the implementation of sustainable prevention measures. We aimed to determine the magnitude of cases of severe stinging by box jellyfish and describe the characteristics of these cases on the islands of Samui and Pha-ngan in Surat Thani Province from 1997 to 2015. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1931-8 DO - 10.1186/s13104-016-1931-8 ID - Thaikruea2016 ER -