Background Spiders of the genus Loxosceles are distributed throughout tropical and
temperate regions worldwide. Loxosceles spp. bites may evolve to necrosis, with or without …

Venomous animals occur in numerous phyla and present a great diversity of taxa, toxins,
targets, clinical effects and outcomes. Venomous snakes are the most medically significant …

Ixodes scapularis ticks feed on humans and other vertebrate hosts and transmit several
pathogens of public health concern. Tick saliva is a complex mixture of bioactive proteins …

Loxosceles spiders are found globally, especially in South and North America. In Brazil,
approximately 10,000 cases of Loxosceles spp. spider bites are reported annually. Herein …

Ticks deposit saliva at the site of their attachment to a host in order to inhibit haemostasis,
inflammation and innate and adaptive immune responses. The anti-haemostatic properties …

Sphingomyelinase D is a toxin present in venomous spiders and bacteria and is associated
with infection symptoms in patients affected by spider bites. It was observed that in Ixodes …

Brown recluse spider (Loxosceles) bites cause lesions ranging from chronic necrotic ulcers
to acute life‐threatening sepsis. Based on our experience in treating acute and chronic …

Objective (s): Spiders of the Loxosceles genus, known as violin spiders, produce venom with
dermonecrotic and systemic effects, as it is a species widely distributed in the world, its study …

Background Loxoscelism is a severe human envenomation caused by Loxosceles spider
venom. To the best of our knowledge, no study has evaluated the presence of antibodies …

Abstract Partitagin, a Zn 2+-containing hemorrhagic metalloprotease from Hippasa partita
spider venom gland extract has been purified and studied for its dermonecrotic and …