Venom of the Brazilian Spider Sicarius ornatus (Araneae, Sicariidae) Contains Active Sphingomyelinase D: Potential for Toxicity after Envenomation

BACKGROUND: The spider family Sicariidae includes two genera, Sicarius and Loxosceles. Bites by Sicarius are uncommon in humans and, in Brazil, a single report is known of a 17-year old man bitten by a Sicarius species that developed a necrotic lesion similar to that caused by Loxosceles. Envenomati...

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Autores principales: Lopes, Priscila Hess, Bertani, Rogério, Gonçalves-de-Andrade, Rute M., Nagahama, Roberto H., van den Berg, Carmen W., Tambourgi, Denise V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23991242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002394

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23991242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002394

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