"Spiders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Arthropods of the class ARACHNIDA, order Araneae. Except for mites and ticks, spiders constitute the largest order of arachnids, with approximately 37,000 species having been described. The majority of spiders are harmless, although some species can be regarded as moderately harmful since their bites can lead to quite severe local symptoms. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, p508; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, pp424-430)
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D013112
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.803
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spiders" by people in Profiles.
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[A Mythological Anamnesis: from AIDS Spiders to the Bats of Ebola or Covid-19 - Revised Version of the Paper Presented at the Colloquium "Cultural and Social Perspectives on Epidemics", musée du quai Branly-Jacques-Chirac, June 27, 2019]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2020; 113(4):222-227.
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Description of three new species of spider genus Leptonetela Kratochvíl, 1978 from caves of Hunan Province, China (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Zootaxa. 2019 Feb 11; 4554(2):584-600.
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Airway spider or airway spiders? Anaesthesia. 2018 05; 73(5):953-954.
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Venom and Antivenom of the Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) in Japan. Part I. Venom Extraction, Preparation, and Laboratory Testing. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 22; 71(2):116-121.
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Venom and Antivenom of the Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) in Japan. Part II. Experimental Production of Equine Antivenom against the Redback Spider. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2017 11 22; 70(6):635-641.
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Spiders in dermatology. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2014 Sep; 33(3):123-7.