Abstract This study’s purpose was to make an overview of how ants, bees, wasps, and their products, such as honey are utilized, perceived, experienced in daily life across sub-Saharan Africa. Ethno-entomological information collected by interviews with more than 300 people from 27 countries literature studies. Queens the ant Carebara vidua deliberately eaten unintentionally bee larvae sugar ant...

b a ckground : scorpion sting is a major health problem in iran. the aim of current study was to measure the inci- dence rates of scorpion stings, mortality, recovery, and affected age groups. the results of treatment with and with out anti venom also were considered in the entire country during 2009 . m e t hods: all the data were collected from emergency section of different hospitals and the...

The defensive behavior of 52 hybrid honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies from four sets of crosses was studied and compared with that of European and Africanized bee colonies. Colonies containing F(1) hybrid workers were obtained through reciprocal crosses between European and Africanized bees. The total number of stings deposited by workers in a moving leather patch in 1 min was recorded. In ...

BACKGROUND Snake envenomation is a serious public health threat in the rural areas of Asian and African countries. To date, the only proven treatment for snake envenomation is antivenom therapy. Cross-neutralization of heterologous venoms by antivenom raised against venoms of closely related species has been reported. The present study examined the cross neutralizing potential of a newly develo...

BACKGROUND Venom immunotherapy (VIT) is the only effective treatment for prevention of serious allergic reactions to bee and wasp stings in sensitized individuals. However, there are still many questions and controversies regarding immunotherapy, like selection of the appropriate allergen, safety and long term efficacy. METHODS Literature review was performed to address the role of basophil a...

Angioedema indicates acute subcutaneous edema that characterizes improperly restricted cutaneous or mucous membrane swelling, which can occur only once or be relapsing. Edema usually occurs in the periorbital area, lips, tongue, extremities and intestinal wall. It has turned out that angioedema is usually caused by the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) or allergies to certai...