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Properties and Pharmacology of Scorpion Toxins and Their Biotechnological Potential in Agriculture and Medicine [PDF]

Toxins
Scorpion venoms contain a wide range of toxins that interact with a variety of target molecules (ion channels, receptors and enzymes) associated with synaptic transmission, action potential propagation, cardiac function, hemostasis and other ...
Cháriston André Dal Belo, Stephen Hyslop, Célia Regina Carlini   +2 more
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Toxic myocarditis following scorpion sting in a child: a case report and pediatric management approach [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Introduction and importance Scorpion envenomation is a common issue in tropical regions, with cardiac complications being rare but potentially fatal.
Ali Akbari, Fatemeh Niksefat, Arvin Mirshahi, Forod Salehi   +3 more
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Assessing the burden of Scorpionism: Epidemiological trends and health outcomes in Northwest of Iran. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundWhile only a limited number of scorpion species are classified as dangerous to humans, the potentially life-threatening effects of their stings classify scorpionism as a global health concern.
Madineh Abbasi, Mehran Shahi, Hossein Barahoei, Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Ali Banagozar Mohammadi, Mahasti Alizadeh, Mostafa Farmani, Simin Khayatzadeh, Karim Gerami, Abdollah Badzohreh, Aida Amirijavid, Saideh Yousefi   +11 more
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Effects of climate variables on the incidence of scorpion stings in Iran for five years

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background: Although scorpionism is recorded worldwide, some regions such as Iran present a higher incidence. Due to the great prevalence of scorpion stings in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, the present study examined the relationship between ...
Ahmad Ghorbani, Behzad Mansouri, Masoumeh Baradaran   +2 more
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Epidemiological Characterizations, New Localities, and a Checklist of the Known Scorpions in the Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2023
Background: Annually, thousands of scorpion stings and rare mortalities are recorded in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In the present study, we prepared a checklist for the geographical distribution of scorpion fauna composition, new localities data, and
Fenik Sherzad Hussen, Hamid Saeid Kachel, Gzng Hama, Edi Kachal, Masoud Slo, Ihsan Hiwil, Ayoub Ibrahim Ahmed   +6 more
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Extraction and quantification of antivenomous antibodies in chicken eggs against scorpion venom

Ciência Rural, 2023
: Avian-derived IgY is thought to be the best therapy for scorpion bites concerning low-level side effects. The present study analyzed a hypothesis about the neutralization of scorpion venom Androcotonus australis through antibodies produced in the egg ...
Mehvish Andleeb, Aleem Ahmed Khan
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The envenomation of general physiology throughout the last century. [PDF]

, 2017
Toxins are the poisonous products of organisms. Toxins serve vital defensive and offensive functions for those that harbor them: stinging scorpions, pesticidal plants, sanguinary snakes, fearless frogs, sliming snails, noxious newts, and smarting spiders.
Sack, Jon T
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Scorpion Venom: Detriments and Benefits

Biomedicines, 2020
Scorpion venom may cause severe medical complications and untimely death if injected into the human body. Neurotoxins are the main components of scorpion venom that are known to be responsible for the pathological manifestations of envenoming.
Shirin Ahmadi, Julius M. Knerr, Lídia Argemi, Karla C. F. Bordon, Manuela B. Pucca, Felipe A. Cerni, Eliane C. Arantes, Figen Çalışkan, Andreas H. Laustsen   +8 more
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Scorpion sting and blindness: A case report

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Scorpion stings are one of the most common envenomations seen in the world. Rarely scorpion stings are known to cause a stroke. We report a case of a 60-year-old male, who presented with an unknown bite over the right middle finger which the patient ...
Pradeep Ravi, Balamurugesan Kandan
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Species conservation profile of the stenoendemic cave spider Pimoa delphinica (Araneae, Pimoidae) from the Varaita valley (NW-Italy)

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2017
Pimoa delphinica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 is a troglophile araneoid spider endemic of the high Varaita valley (Western Alps, Province of Cuneo, NW Italy).
Stefano Mammola, Gustavo Hormiga, Marco Isaia   +2 more
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