Seasonality of brown recluse spiders, Loxosceles reclusa, submitted by the general public: Implications for physicians regarding loxoscelism diagnoses

Toxicon

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 623-625

  Vetter, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISCA Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown recluse spider; Loxosceles; Loxoscelism; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DORMANCY; ENVENOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA; LOXOSCELISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; ARACHNIDISM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SEASONS; SPIDER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA;

EID: 80054063390     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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