BACKGROUND Nowadays use of specific antivenin for latrodectism is considered as the most effective treatment in the world. This study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy of specific antivenom against histopathological complications caused by Latrodectus dahli venom on liver, heart and kidneys tissues within 72h. METHODS Two groups were selected, each one contained 6 male New Zealand ra...

BACKGROUND Latrodectism, a syndrome caused by Latrodectus genus, is one of the clinical problems that occur predominantly in north east of Iran. Nowadays antivenom therapy has become the most useful treatment for animal bites; however there is still a controversy about route and time of antivenom administration in spider bite. The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of specif...

background: latrodectism, a syndrome caused by latrodectus genus, is one of the clinical problems that occur predominantly in north east of iran. nowadays antivenom therapy has become the most useful treatment for animal bites; however there is still a controversy about route and time of antivenom administration in spider bite. the aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of speci...

The all-female Caucasian rock lizard species Darevskia dahli and other parthenogenetic species of this genus reproduce normally via true parthenogenesis. Previously, the genetic diversity of this species was analyzed using allozymes, mitochondrial DNA, and DNA fingerprint markers. In the present study, variation at three microsatellite loci was studied in 111 specimens of D. dahli from five pop...

a faunistic review is given on the iranian medically important spiders of two genera loxosceles and latrodectus. latrodectus cinctus blackwall, 1865 is reported for the first time from iran (and for the second time from asia) and is replaced with the previous erroneous reports of l. hasseltii thorell, 1870. the following species are reported for the first time from the listed provinces: loxosce...

background: nowadays use of specific antivenin for latrodectism is considered as the most effective treatment in the world. this study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy of specific antivenom against histopathological complications caused by latrodectus dahli venom on liver, heart and kidneys tissues within 72 h. methods: two groups were selected, each one contained 6 male new zealand r...

following the hospitalization of 195 individuals due to the spider bite in 1995 and three cases of recorded death in the year of 1993 which were referred to emam reza hospital in mashad, the present study was undertaken on bionomics and medical importance of lathrodectus spp in khorasan province, during 1995-2005. a total cases of 195 bites were studied composing of 70.8 % males and 29.2% femal...

Covid-19 ile birlikte korkunun ve ölümün kök saldığı doğa haline geri dönülmüş devletin bu savaş benzeri durumu sonlandıran bir Leviathan olarak küllerinden doğduğu döneme girilmiştir. Böylece iktidarla çıplak hayat arasındaki -modern öteden beri sakladığı- gizli bağ yeniden ortaya çıkmıştır. Nitekim yaşamı sağlığı korumak adına hak özgürlüklere son dönemlerde görülmemiş ölçüde yoğun şekilde mü...