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Low Health System Performance, Indigenous Status and Antivenom Underdosage Correlate with Spider Envenoming Severity in the Remote Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:A better knowledge of the burden and risk factors associated with severity due to spider bites would lead to improved management with a reduction of sequelae usually seen for this neglected health problem, and would ensure proper use of ...
Vanderson Souza Sampaio   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cutaneous loxoscelism predominantly edematous. Case report

open access: yesRevista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2022
The spider bite of the genus Loxosceles is a public health problem in regions of Latin America. In Peru, it occurs more frequently in homes in the coastal region and could have serious consequences, including death in the case of cutaneous and visceral ...
Consuelo Luna-Muñoz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

"El nen s'ha menjat una aranya": The development of narratives in Catalan speaking children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The production of a well-constructed narrative is the culmination of several years of language acquisition and is an important milestone in children's development.
Anna JONES   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Venomous spiders of Albania –does an increase of temperature influence the toxicity of spider venom?

open access: yesToxicon: X, 2022
Black widow spiders (Latrodectus sp.) are distributed worldwide, and in Albania the L. tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 has been the dominant spider. Other medically important spiders in Albania include the brown recluse with symptoms known as loxoscelism ...
Vrenozi, Blerina
doaj   +1 more source

Swiss prospective study on spider bites

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2013
Knowledge of spider bites in Central Europe derives mainly from anecdotal case presentations; therefore we aimed to collect cases systematically.
Markus Gnädinger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis caused by a probable spider bite: A case report and review of the literature

open access: yesTurkderm Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, 2020
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a toxic cutaneous reaction pattern that is mostly caused by drug intake and rarely associated with spider bites.
Fatmagül Dirican   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brown Recluse Spider, Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch and Mulaik (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae)

open access: yesEDIS, 2005
The brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, is frequently reported in Florida as a cause of necrotic lesions in humans. For example, in the year 2000 alone, Loft (2001) reported that the Florida Poison Control Network had recorded ...
Glavis B. Edwards, Jr.
doaj   +5 more sources

Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dramatic expansion of the black widow toxin arsenal uncovered by multi-tissue transcriptomics and venom proteomics. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundAnimal venoms attract enormous interest given their potential for pharmacological discovery and understanding the evolution of natural chemistries.
Ayoub, Nadia A   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Poisonous Spiders: Bites, Symptoms, and Treatment; an Educational Re-view

open access: yesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death.
Farzad Rahmani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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