Two cases of arthropod bites
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Arthropod bites.
The phylum Arthropoda includes arachnids and insects. Although their bites typically cause only local reactions, some species are venomous or transmit disease. The two medically important spiders in the United States are widow spiders (Latrodectus), the bite of which causes intense muscle spasms, and the brown recluse (Loxosceles), which may cause skin necrosis. Widow bites usually respond to n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Entomology and Zoology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0424-7086,2185-5609
DOI: 10.7601/mez.49.146_2