Seasonality of brown recluse populations is reflected by numbers of brown recluse envenomations

Toxicon

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Rader, R K ^a   Stoecker, W V ^a,b,d   Malters, J M ^b   Marr, M T ^c   Dyer, J A ^d  

^a SpiderTek   (United States)

^b The Dermatology Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown recluse spiders; Diagnosis; Loxosceles; Seasonality; Spider bite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVENOMATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA; POISONOUS SPIDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIDER BITE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS; SEASONS;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA;

EID: 84859192164     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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