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Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz) (Arachnida: Araneae: Oxyopidae)

EDIS, 2004
In Florida, the green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz), is the spider most often received for identification by Division of Plant Industry entomologists.
Howard V. Weems, Jr., W. H. Whitcomb
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A rare cause of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: systemic loxoscelism

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background. Loxoscelism is caused by the bite of a specific spider type called the Loxosceles genus. In Turkey, most cases are seen after L. rufescens bites.
Tuğba Erat, Erdal İnce, Halil Özdemir, Nihal Kundakçı, Huban Atilla, Savaş Serel, Talia İleri, Ceyda Karahan, Aybike Korkmaz, Cem Çanakçı, Aysun Yahşi, Ergin Çiftçi   +11 more
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Periumbilical Pain with Radiation to Both Legs Following Tarantula Bite; a Case Report

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Tarantulas have recently become as pets in most parts of the world that increased the probability of encountering emergency physicians with patients hurt with these spiders. Their attacks usually do not cause general manifestation, however there are some
Mahboob Pouraghaei, Samad Shams Vahdati, Ibrahim Mashhadi, Taranoom Mahmoudieh   +3 more
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Envenomation by an arachnid (Latrodectus or Steatoda): Case report involving a woman and her female dog

Case Reports, 2020
Introduction: Accidents involving spiders bites usually cause mild medical reactions that lead to local symptoms and, less commonly, systemic effects. The most medically significant spiders belong to the genera Latrodectus and Loxosceles.
Julián Felipe Porras-Villamil, Mario Javier Olivera, Ángela Catalina Hinestroza-Ruiz, Gabriela Andrea López-Moreno   +3 more
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Low Health System Performance, Indigenous Status and Antivenom Underdosage Correlate with Spider Envenoming Severity in the Remote Brazilian Amazon.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundA 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, André Alexandre Gomes, Iran Mendonça Silva, Jacqueline Sachett, Luiz Carlos Lima Ferreira, Sâmella Oliveira, Meritxell Sabidò, Hipócrates Chalkidis, Maria Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, Jorge Luis Salinas, Fan Hui Wen, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro   +12 more
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Chemically Regulated STING‐Activating Prodrugs of Deoxyribose Cyclic Dinucleotides Elicit Robust Immune Activation and Durable Antitumor Immunity

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
All three diastereoisomers of an esterase‐sensitive phosphotriester dCDN prodrug demonstrate improved activity. The (Rp,Rp) diastereoisomer shows the highest activity with an EC50 of 1.7 nM in STING activation and displays the most pronounced antitumor activity via intravenous administration, significantly suppressing tumor proliferation, extending the
Zhiqiang Xie, Huimin Liu, Yuchen Yang, Xiaohan Sun, Jingwen Wang, Tianxiang Liu, Baifan Wang, Wenrui Qiu, Yiwen Sun, Yuting Bai, Yao Zhang, Dejun Ma, Rong Xiang, Shibo Li, Zhen Xi   +14 more
wiley   +2 more sources

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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Effect of Shodhana karma, Lekhana karma and Raktamokshana in the management of Luta vishajanya vrana: A case report

Journal of Ayurveda Case Reports, 2023
Spider bites are commonly reported from many parts of the world. In classical literature, spider envenomation is coined as Luta visha (~spider bite poisoning).
Anisha S. Ashraf, B. J. Gopikrishna, Prasanna N. Rao   +2 more
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A two year study of verified spider bites in Switzerland and a review of the European spider bite literature

, 2013
During a two-year study, all spider bites recorded by Swiss primary care physicians were reported to the Swiss Toxicological Information Centre and all collected spiders were identified.
Fuchs, Joan, Ceschi, Alessandro, Gnädinger, Markus, Nentwig, Wolfgang   +3 more
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Black widow spider bite in Johannesburg

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Black widow spider bites are uncommon in South Africa, but it is important for clinicians to be aware of the clinical presentation in order to initiate appropriate treatment. This case highlights the presentation and management of a middle-aged gentleman
Teressa S. Thomas, Alan Kemp, Kim P. Roberg   +2 more
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