Preying dangerously: black widow spider venom resistance in sympatric lizards [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Lizards and spiders are natural adversaries, yet little is known of adaptations that lizards might possess for dealing with the venomous defences of spider prey.
Vicki L. Thill +4 more
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Improved Black Widow Spider Optimization Algorithm Integrating Multiple Strategies [PDF]
Entropy, 2022 The black widow spider optimization algorithm (BWOA) had the problems of slow convergence speed and easily to falling into local optimum mode. To address these problems, this paper proposes a multi-strategy black widow spider optimization algorithm ...
Chenxin Wan +5 more
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Discovery of a Recombinant Human Monoclonal Immunoglobulin G Antibody Against α-Latrotoxin From the Mediterranean Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Widow spiders are among the few spider species worldwide that can cause serious envenoming in humans. The clinical syndrome resulting from Latrodectus spp.
Sofie Føns +8 more
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Black widow spider bite in Johannesburg
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Black widow spider bites are uncommon in South Africa, but it is important for clinicians to be aware of the clinical presentation in order to initiate appropriate treatment. This case highlights the presentation and management of a middle-aged gentleman
Teressa S. Thomas +2 more
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Black widow spider bites experience from tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2017 Introduction: Black widow spiders are one of the most poisonous species to humans; there are more than 30 species of widow spiders in the globe but good thing that not all of them are dangerous.
Ali Al Bshabshe +2 more
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Structural Characterization of Black Widow Spider Dragline Silk Proteins CRP1 and CRP4 [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Spider dragline silk represents a biomaterial with outstanding mechanical properties, possessing high-tensile strength and toughness. In black widows at least eight different proteins have been identified as constituents of dragline silk. These represent
Mikayla Shanafelt +7 more
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Reversible Myocarditis after Black Widow Spider Envenomation [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Black widow spiders can cause variable clinical scenarios from local damage to very serious conditions including death. Acute myocardial damage is rarely observed and its prognostic significance is not known.
Tarek Dendane +6 more
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Venomous Spiders of the Southeastern US: An Unexpected Threat [PDF]
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2015 Background: Environmental health specialists recommend that residents of the Southeastern US, including Georgia, have the ability to identify the three venomous spiders indigenous to this area.
Collins, Alex, Samples, Oreta
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Isolation and Preliminary Characterization of Proteinaceous Toxins with Insecticidal and Antibacterial Activities from Black Widow Spider (L. tredecimguttatus) Eggs [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 The eggs of black widow spider (L. tredecimguttatus) have been demonstrated to be rich in toxic proteinaceous components. The study on such active components is of theoretical and practical importance. In the present work, using a combination of multiple
Qian Lei +6 more
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Fine structure of the intercalated disc and cardiac junctions in the black widow spider Latrodectus mactans [PDF]
Applied Microscopy, 2020 Arthropods have an open circulatory system with a simple tubular heart, so it has been estimated that the contractile pumping structure of the cardiac muscle will be less efficient than that of vertebrates.
Yan Sun +3 more
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