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Black Widow Spider Bite: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article is a case study of a patient cared for in the hours before her death. After the patient's death, we learned the patient died of a black widow spider bite.
NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro   +1 more
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Envenomation caused by Latrodectus geometricus in São Paulo state, Brazil: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2009
Widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.), also known as "black widows", have a worldwide distribution and can cause latrodectism. To the best of our knowledge, in Brazil, only one case of Latrodectus geometricus (Koch, 1841) envenomation in a human has been ...
Ramb Almeida   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric symptoms in preclinical and clinically manifest dementia: clusters and their health determinants

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) are common in dementia, but their patterns in preclinical stages remain unclear. This study identified NPS clusters and associated health factors in a geriatric clinical population. METHODS We analyzed 1234 participants from the Italian GERIatric COgnitive evaluation memory clinic cohort with ...
Anna Giulia Guazzarini   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Venomous Spiders of the Southeastern US: An Unexpected Threat

open access: yesJournal 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.
Alex Collins, Oreta Samples
doaj   +1 more source

Spider Invasion Across the Galaxy [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2014
The nature of the exotic stellar corpses which reincarnate by consuming their companion is reviewed. Apart from sucking life from their partners, they are actually eating the doomed companions away by their deadly and powerful particle/radiation beams.
Chung-Yue Hui
doaj   +1 more source

The DREAMS START intervention for sleep in dementia: Long‐term follow‐up of a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Sleep disturbances are common and distressing for people with dementia and their family caregivers, with limited treatment options. The DREAMS START (Dementia RElAted Manual for Sleep; STrAtegies for RelaTives) multi‐component intervention for sleep disturbance in people at home with dementia is clinically and cost‐effective at 8 ...
Penny Rapaport   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological and biochemical characterization of egg extract of black widow spiders to uncover molecular basis of egg toxicity

open access: yesBiological Research, 2014
BACKGROUND: Black widow spider (L. tredecimguttatus) has toxic components not only in the venomous glands, but also in other parts of the body and its eggs. It is biologically important to investigate the molecular basis of the egg toxicity.
Yizhong Yan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 269-292, March 2026.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

The black widow spider bite: epidemiology, symptomatology and prevention

open access: yes, 2020
Ugriz crne udovice uzrokuje jedan od globalno najvažnijih oblika araneizma, odnosno kliničkih sindroma uzrokovanih ugrizom pauka. Rod koji sačinjava pauke udovice sastoji se od više vrsta pauka od kojih je za naše predjele najznačajnija mediteranska crna
Huzjak, Miran
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The venom gland transcriptome of Latrodectus tredecimguttatus revealed by deep sequencing and cDNA library analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, commonly known as black widow spider, is well known for its dangerous bite. Although its venom has been characterized extensively, some fundamental questions about its molecular composition remain unanswered.
Quanze He   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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