Acute Myocarditis After Black Widow Spider Bite: A Case Report [PDF]
Cardiology and Therapy, 2020 The black widow spider (BWS) is a venomous spider whose bite can cause various clinical conditions that range from local damage to serious systemic complications, including death.
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Reversible Myocarditis and Pericarditis after Black Widow Spider Bite or Kounis Syndrome? [PDF]
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015 Clinical manifestation of black widow spider bite is variable and occasionally leads to death in rural areas. Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis after black widow spider bite are rare and the associated prognostic significance is unknown.
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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.
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First report of brown widow spider sightings in Peninsular Malaysia and notes on its global distribution [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2015 Background:The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841) has colonised many parts of the world from its continent of origin, Africa. By at least 1841, the species had successfully established populations in South America and has more ...
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First Records of Black Widow Spider Latrodectus Walckenaer (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Oman
EntomoBrasilis, 2022 The present communication deals with a faunistic study on two species of Latrodectus Walckenaer with medically important issues from Oman. Several specimens of Latrodectus have been collected at various localities in Sultanate of Oman.
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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.
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Black Widow Spider Envenomation and Cardiovascular Complications. [PDF]
CureusEnvenomation (latrodectism) with black widow spider (BWS) venom can cause dysfunction in the cardiovascular system. The pathophysiology and consequences of cardiovascular effects have not been fully elucidated. This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
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Multimodal and multifunctional signaling? - Web reduction courtship behavior in a North American population of the false black widow spider. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Fischer A +5 more
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Ecdysteroid responses to urban heat island conditions during development of the western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Moen C, Johnson JC, Hackney Price J.
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The diet of the black widow spider Latrodectus mirabilis (Theridiidae) in two cereal crops of central Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 La araña Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg, 1876) se encuentra comúnmente en cultivos de cereales del centro de Argentina. Se estudió la composición de la dieta a campo y la tasa de captura sobre hormigas cortadoras negras a laboratorio.
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