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Brown Recluse Spider

, 2021
This fact sheet describes the brown recluse spider in Virginia.
Dellinger, Theresa A., Day, Eric R.
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First report of brown widow spider sightings in Peninsular Malaysia and notes on its global distribution

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 ...
Mustakiza Muslimin, John-James Wilson, Amir-Ridhwan M Ghazali, Kamil A Braima, John Jeffery, Fitri Wan-Nor, Mohamed E Alaa-Eldin, Siti-Waheeda Mohd-Zin, Wan S Wan-Yusoff, Yusoff Norma-Rashid, Yee L Lau, Mahmud Rohela, Noraishah M Abdul-Aziz   +12 more
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Systemic loxoscelism induced warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia: clinical series and review

Hematology, 2022
Objectives Describe the development of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia warm (AIHA) secondary to a brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) bite is known as systemic loxoscelism; and review epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic work-up ...
Brandon Calhoun, Andrew Moore, Andrew Dickey, D. Matthew Shoemaker   +3 more
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Hold the Chemo! Leukostasis, a Presentation of Brown Recluse Spider Bite: A Case Report

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021
Brown recluse spiders, also known as Loxosceles reclusa, are endemic to the Southwest and Central Midwestern United States. A bite from this spider can cause a range of clinical manifestations, anywhere from a painless papular lesion to life-threatening ...
Ahmad Hallak MD, Balaji Prasad E. Mohanakrishnan MD, Jankikeerthika Dharmarpandi MD, Ilya Ivyanskiy MD, Shrestha Patel MD, Tarek Naguib MD   +5 more
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Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae)

EDIS, 2003
The huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria (L.), sometimes called the giant crab spider or the banana spider (due to its occasional appearance in marketed bananas), is a cosmotropical species introduced into and now occurring in the U.S., in subtropical ...
Glavis B. Edwards, Jr.
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Brown Spider (Loxosceles) Venom Toxins as Potential Biotools for the Development of Novel Therapeutics

Toxins, 2019
Brown spider envenomation results in dermonecrosis with gravitational spreading characterized by a marked inflammatory reaction and with lower prevalence of systemic manifestations such as renal failure and hematological disturbances. Several toxins make
Daniele Chaves-Moreira, Fernando Hitomi Matsubara, Zelinda Schemczssen-Graeff, Elidiana De Bona, Vanessa Ribeiro Heidemann, Clara Guerra-Duarte, Luiza Helena Gremski, Carlos Chávez-Olórtegui, Andrea Senff-Ribeiro, Olga Meiri Chaim, Raghuvir Krishnaswamy Arni, Silvio Sanches Veiga   +11 more
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First Record of Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata Forskal, 1775 (Araneae: Araniedae) in Baghdad, Iraq

Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2023
This study presented the first recorded of the banded garden spider Argiope trifasciata and    described for the first time in Baghdad city, Iraq. The specimens were collected from Al-Rashidiya sub-district north of Baghdad city on 26/ November/ 2021 (7 ...
Hala G. Noori, Zeina N. Al-Azawii
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Brown spiders (Loxosceles) are taking hold in Pernambuco, Brazil: a case series, 2018-2022 [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To describe accidents involving brown spider (genus Loxosceles) bites notified by the Pernambuco Poison Information and Care Center (CIATox-PE), Brazil, from January 2018 to December 2022.
Maria Lucineide Porto Amorim, Diógenes Gayo de Oliveira Simão, João Paulo Vieira e Silva de Albuquerque, Beatriz Maria Tenório Ramos, Gustavo José Lopes do Nascimento, Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello   +5 more
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Partial proteomic analysis of brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) venom to determine the biological activities

Toxicon: X, 2020
Spiders use their venom for defence and to capture prey. These venoms contain a cocktail of biologically active compounds that display several different biological activities, such as large molecules and small molecules including peptides, proteins ...
Pornsawan Khamtorn, Prapenpuksiri Rungsa, Nisachon Jangpromma, Sompong Klaynongsruang, Jureerut Daduang, Thanee Tessiri, Sakda Daduang   +6 more
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Production and Functional Evaluation of Anti-Loxosceles Sera Raised by Immunizations of Rabbits with Mutated Recombinant Phospholipases-D

Biomedicines, 2022
Loxoscelism is the clinical condition triggered after the bite of spiders of the genus Loxosceles. The main species involved in accidents in South America are L. intermedia, L. laeta, and L. gaucho.
Bruno Cesar Antunes, Nayanne Louise Costacurta Polli, Pedro Henrique de Caires Schluga, Thais Pereira da Silva, Ana Carolina Martins Wille, Rosangela Locatelli-Dittrich, Giovana Scuissiatto de Souza, Fernando Hitomi Matsubara, João Carlos Minozzo, Andrea Senff-Ribeiro, Luiza Helena Gremski, Silvio Sanches Veiga   +11 more
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