Spiders have been incriminated as causes of human suffering for centuries, but few species
worldwide cause medically significant envenomation. Widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.) …

Tarantula venoms represent a cornucopia of novel ligands for a variety of cell receptors and
ion channels. The diversity of peptide toxin pharmacology has been barely explored as …

This review covers medically important venomous arthropods worldwide (focusing on North
American species), with special reference to the dermatological expression of bite and sting …

The public perception of spiders and scorpions is skewed towards the potential harm they
can inflict in humans, despite recent scientific evidence that arachnid venom components …

Envenomation by arachnids causes significant medical illness worldwide. Scorpion sting is
the most important arachnid envenomation causing adult morbidity and pediatric mortality …

Spider bite continues to be a controversial subject worldwide and attribution of clinical
effects to different spiders is problematic because of poor case definition and paucity of …

Spiders are carnivorous arthropods that coexist with humans and ambush or ensnare prey.
Unlike other arthropods, spiders rarely transmit communicable diseases, and play a critical …

Background: Spider bite is a subject of much medical mythology with prevalent fears that
spiders cause severe envenoming, with neurotoxic effects or necrotic ulcers. Clinical …

Acanthoscurria juruenicola is an Amazonian spider described for the first time almost a
century ago. However, little is known about their venom composition. Here, we present a …

Acanthoscurria gomesiana is a Brazilian spider from the Theraphosidae family inhabiting
regions of Southeastern Brazil. Potent antimicrobial peptides as gomesin and …