Ceylon Medical Journal The wasp (Vespa affinis) is common and widely distributed in Sri Lanka. Wasp venom is known to contain factors that release histamine, enzymes, haemolysins, neurotoxins and vasodilators [1]. Case reports with severe multi-organ dysfunction after wasp stings are few in literature. We report two patients who developed severe multi-organ dysfunction following multiple wasp b...

Background: Wasp stings are quite commonly observed in Bangladesh though they are under reported. However, rhabdomyolysis following multiple wasp stings is a rare entity. Case report: A middle aged physician was stung by a swarm of wasps at multiple sites of the body. He felt severe pain at the sites of the stings and was primarily treated with intravenous hydrocortisone and chlorpheniramine. W...

background: wasp stings are quite commonly observed in bangladesh though they are under reported. however, rhabdomyolysis following multiple wasp stings is a rare entity. case report: a middle aged physician was stung by a swarm of wasps at multiple sites of the body. he felt severe pain at the sites of the stings and was primarily treated with intravenous hydrocortisone and chlorpheniramine. w...

INTRODUCTION Elevated oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of health disorders, like arthritis. Traditionally, Vespa affinis L., a common edible insect among many tribes in North-East India, is believed to have a beneficial role in extenuating health disorders, such as arthritis. The present study investigated the molecular mechanism underlying medicinal benefit of the A...

Colonies of Vespa affinis {L.} are larger in tropic regions compared with colonies in the sub-tropics, despite having similar durations of colony cycle. In sub-tropical areas, colonies are exclusively monogynous {single mother queen} but they are predominantly polygynous {m~ul~iple queens} in tropical areas. Queens from the polygynous colonies had ovaries which were in a similar co!}dition and ...

The main focus of this research is to ascertain the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic and surface morphology a hornet (Vespa affinis) nest. optical microscopic (OM) analysis demonstrated that nest presented an irregular formation partition materials. This was confirmed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which revealed presence unique form with...

wasp sting is a relatively common arthropod assault. this usually results in pain and mild allergic reactions, but sometimes may cause severe systemic reaction and multiorgan dysfunction including rhabdomyolysis, hemolysis, coagulopathy, hepatic, renal and cardiac complications. along with several other pathomechanisms, rhabdomyolysis is a distinguished cause of acute kidney injury (aki) in pat...

 Wasp sting is a relatively common arthropod assault. This usually results in pain and mild allergic reactions, but sometimes may cause severe systemic reaction and multiorgan dysfunction including rhabdomyolysis, hemolysis, coagulopathy, hepatic, renal and cardiac complications. Along with several other pathomechanisms, rhabdomyolysis is a distinguished cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in pa...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major threat to global public health, and there is an urgent need find effective, antimicrobial treatments that can be well tolerated by humans. Hornet venom known have properties, contains peptides with similarity eptides (AMPs), mastoparans. We identified multiple new AMPs from the glands of Vespa ducalis (U-VVTX-Vm1a, U-VVTX-Vm1b, U-VVTX-Vm1c), mandarinia ...