ArticleToxicon: X2022
Venomous spiders of Albania -does an increase of temperature influence the toxicity of spider venom?
Article in Toxicon: X, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- [A series of poisonings due to spider bites (Latrodectus spp)].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Observational
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Abstract
Black widow spiders (
methodsThe data analyzed is from a decade-long study of 125 patients hospitalized in the regional hospital of Fier County, in the Western Lowland of Albania from May 2009 and to October 2018.
objectiveAlthough the venom is rarely fatal, the recent spider bites raise questions about the influence of higher air temperatures on their possibly increased toxicity.
resultsSignificantly the severity of the α-latrotoxin rises during the summer, when human-spider contact frequency is higher and when the black widow spiders have an increased motivation to protect their egg sacs.
conclusionThis study revealed an increased severity of the black widow bites with respect to patient health, shown via all the severe systemic symptoms, during those months with higher temperatures.
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