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Management of scorpion envenoming: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Scorpion stings cause an estimated 3000 deaths per annum worldwide. We conducted a systematic review of all controlled clinical trials related to scorpion sting management.
Chaturaka Rodrigo, Ariaranee Gnanathasan
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Omics Description (Metabolome and Microbiome) from Centuroides suffusus and Centuroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Arthropoda
Scorpions are characterized by their venomous adaptations, including specialized stingers, and their ecological diversity. Some families, such as Buthidae, have medically significant species and their venoms possess a diverse array of chemicals.
Mariana Lizbeth Jiménez-Martínez, Patricio Adrián Zapata-Morin, María de Lourdes Ramírez-Ahuja, Manuel de Luna, Ivan Meneses-Morales, Gerardo de Jesús Trujillo-Rodríguez, Estela Ruiz-Baca, Laura Elia Martínez-Garza, Cesaré Moises Ovando-Vazquez, Carlos Solis-Rojas, Antonio Guzman-Velasco, Margarita L. Martinez-Fierro, Ivan Delgado-Enciso, Adriana E. Flores-Suarez, Angelica Lopez-Rodriguez, Iram P. Rodríguez-Sánchez   +15 more
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Resistance of cervical adenocarcinoma cells (HeLa) to venom from the scorpion Centruroides limpidus limpidus

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background : The venom of Centruroides limpidus limpidus (Cll) is a mixture of pharmacologically active principles. The most important of these are toxic proteins that interact both selectively and specifically with different cellular targets such as ion
José María Eloy Contreras-Ortiz, Juan Carlos Vázquez-Chagoyán, José Simón Martínez-Castañeda, José Guillermo Estrada-Franco, José Esteban Aparicio-Burgos, Jorge Acosta-Dibarrat, Alberto Barbabosa-Pliego   +6 more
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Substrate vibrations in the scorpion Centruroides margaritatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) during courtship

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2009
Mating behavior in Centruroides margaritatus, as in other scorpion species, includes a series of rapid rocking or shaking movements of the male ("juddering").
R.D Briceño, F Bonilla
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Dissecting Toxicity: The Venom Gland Transcriptome and the Venom Proteome of the Highly Venomous Scorpion Centruroides limpidus (Karsch, 1879)

Toxins, 2019
Venom glands and soluble venom from the Mexican scorpion Centruroides limpidus (Karsch, 1879) were used for transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, respectively.
Jimena I. Cid-Uribe, Erika P. Meneses, Cesar V. F. Batista, Ernesto Ortiz, Lourival D. Possani   +4 more
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The true identity of the enigmatic scorpion Centruroides subgranosus (Kraepelin, 1898), with some taxonomic comments on Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) and Centruroides suffusus Pocock, 1902 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Euscorpius, 2010
Summary The true identity of Centruroides subgranosus (Kraepelin, 1898) is established based on the examination of the type series. A lectotype and paralectotype are designated. A taxonomic discussion on C. vittatus (Say, 1821) and C. suffusus Pocock, 1902 is provided.
Rolando Teruel, František Kovařík
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Nueva especie de alacrán del género Centruroides (Scorpiones, Buthidae) del estado de Jalisco, México A new scorpion species of the genus Centruroides (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the state of Jalisco, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
Se describe Centruroides mascota sp. nov. de Mascota, Estado de Jalisco, México. Se hace una comparación con las especies morfológica y geográficamente más cercanas: C. elegans Thorell, C. hirsutipalpus Ponce y Francke, C. infamatus (Koch.), C.
Javier Ponce Saavedra, Oscar F. Francke
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Una especie nueva de Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) de la sierra norte de Oaxaca, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2009
Se describe Centruroides serrano sp. nov. de la sierra Juárez de Oaxaca (distrito de Villa Alta). Es la onceava especie del género reportada para Oaxaca y la primera reportada para el área. Se distribuye en elevaciones desde los 500 a los 1 500 m.
Carlos Santibáñez-López, Javier Ponce-Saavedra   +1 more
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Especie nueva de alacrán del género Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) de la costa del estado de Jalisco, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
Se describe Centruroides chamela sp. nov. de Chamela en el estado de Jalisco, México. Se compara con C. elegans (Thorell), especie con la que es simpátrida. También se compara con las especies morfológica y geográficamente más cercanas: C.
Javier Ponce-Saavedra, Óscar F. Francke
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017
The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Striped scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) was assembled from Illumina-based whole genome sequencing.
Tsunemi Yamashita, Douglas Rhoads, Jeff Pummill   +2 more
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