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Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis due to insect bites?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2015
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis is a rare severe cutaneous adverse reaction pattern that is mostly caused by the intake of drugs and rarely associated with viral infections, food allergens or toxins.
Yasmeen J Bhat, Iffat Hassan, Peerzada Sajad, Atiya Yaseen, Rohi Wani   +4 more
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
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Mechanisms involved in the nociception triggered by the venom of the armed spider Phoneutria nigriventer.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BackgroundThe frequency of accidental spider bites in Brazil is growing, and poisoning due to bites from the spider genus Phoneutria nigriventer is the second most frequent source of such accidents.
Camila Gewehr, Sara Marchesan Oliveira, Mateus Fortes Rossato, Gabriela Trevisan, Gerusa Duarte Dalmolin, Flávia Karine Rigo, Célio José de Castro Júnior, Marta Nascimento Cordeiro, Juliano Ferreira, Marcus V Gomez   +9 more
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
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New Records of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) from Tocantins, Brazil with Description of Female Genitalia Variation

EntomoBrasilis
The knowledge of arachnofauna from Tocantins, Brazil, is still incipient. The present communication expands the known geographical distribution of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) in Brazilian Cerrado. The brown spider
Kassia Madaleno, Lidianne Salvatierra
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Sperm Transfer Under Behavioral and Morphological Constraints in the Orb‐Web Spider Genus Argiope

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The polygamous mating system of the orb‐web spider genus Argiope provides a model to study the evolution of sperm transfer under morphological and behavioral constraints. This helps us to understand how male and female behavioral and morphological reproductive traits influence sperm transfer.
Chathuranga Dharmarathne, Donald J. McLean, Peter Michalik, M. E. Herberstein   +3 more
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Unravelling Evolutionary Dynamics of Female Sexual Cannibalism and Male Reproductive Strategies in Spiders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer, Franco Cargnelutti, Daiqin Li, Matjaž Kuntner   +3 more
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Necrotic skin lesion in a dog attributed to Loxosceles (brown spider) bite: a case report

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2009
Envenomations caused by Loxosceles (brown spider) have been reported throughout the world. Clinical signs associated to bites of these spiders involve dermonecrotic lesions and intense local inflammatory response, besides systemic manifestations such as ...
LHA Machado, MIPP Antunes, AM Mazini, M Sakate, R Torres-Neto, VE Fabris, MCF Vailati, MLG Lourenço   +7 more
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Congenital aniridia: European COST action ANIRIDIA‐NET guidelines for diagnosis, management and care

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Congenital aniridia is a rare ocular disorder affecting the majority of eye structures and can be associated with systemic manifestations. The main visible phenotypic characteristic is the partial or complete absence of the iris; however, foveal hypoplasia is a more frequent and reliable clinical sign. Other ocular comorbidities are associated
Davide Romano, Vito Romano, Alejandra Daruich, Giulio Ferrari, Matthieu Robert, Francesco Semeraro, Neil Lagali, Dominique Bremond‐Gignac, the ANIRIDIA‐NET Clinical Guidelines Working Group, Miriam Barbany, Claus Cursiefen, Stefano Ferrari, Francisco Figueiredo, Christina Grupcheva, Jesper Hjortdal, Elke Kreps, Erlend Landsend, Laura Mauring, Hilde Pedersen, Nora Szentmáry, Bogumil Wowra, the Aniridia‐Europa and Geniris Working Group, Sophie Valleix, Juan Álvarez de Toledo, James Lauderdale, Tor Paaske Utheim, Paolo Rama   +26 more
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