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Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia

We report two confirmed human bite cases by Lactrodectus geometricus, also known as the brown widow spider. These are the first reported bite envenomation incidents by L. geometricus in Malaysia. The incidents occurred in Tawau, Sabah and Paka, Terengganu. Both men were bitten on their ear while put...

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Main Authors:	Mokhtar, A. S., Muslimin, Mustakiza, Mat-Saat, A. Y., Ghazali, Ahmad Riza M., Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun, Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin
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Published:	Malaysian Soc Parasitology Tropical Medicine 2021
Subjects:	QR Microbiology R Medicine RC Internal medicine
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spelling	my.um.eprints.352922022-10-17T04:14:15Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/35292/ Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia Mokhtar, A. S. Muslimin, Mustakiza Mat-Saat, A. Y. Ghazali, Ahmad Riza M. Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin QR Microbiology R Medicine RC Internal medicine We report two confirmed human bite cases by Lactrodectus geometricus, also known as the brown widow spider. These are the first reported bite envenomation incidents by L. geometricus in Malaysia. The incidents occurred in Tawau, Sabah and Paka, Terengganu. Both men were bitten on their ear while putting on motorcycle helmets. The spiders appeared to have nested in the helmets. The dead specimens were collected and sent to the Invertebrate and Vertebrate Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Universiti Malaya for identification. The species identity was confirmed by DNA barcoding. Malaysian Soc Parasitology Tropical Medicine 2021-12 Article PeerReviewed Mokhtar, A. S. and Muslimin, Mustakiza and Mat-Saat, A. Y. and Ghazali, Ahmad Riza M. and Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun and Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin (2021) Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 38 (4). pp. 568-577. ISSN 0127-5720, DOI https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.38.4.100 <https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.38.4.100>. 10.47665/tb.38.4.100
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spellingShingle	QR Microbiology R Medicine RC Internal medicine Mokhtar, A. S. Muslimin, Mustakiza Mat-Saat, A. Y. Ghazali, Ahmad Riza M. Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia
description	We report two confirmed human bite cases by Lactrodectus geometricus, also known as the brown widow spider. These are the first reported bite envenomation incidents by L. geometricus in Malaysia. The incidents occurred in Tawau, Sabah and Paka, Terengganu. Both men were bitten on their ear while putting on motorcycle helmets. The spiders appeared to have nested in the helmets. The dead specimens were collected and sent to the Invertebrate and Vertebrate Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Universiti Malaya for identification. The species identity was confirmed by DNA barcoding.
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author	Mokhtar, A. S. Muslimin, Mustakiza Mat-Saat, A. Y. Ghazali, Ahmad Riza M. Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin
author_facet	Mokhtar, A. S. Muslimin, Mustakiza Mat-Saat, A. Y. Ghazali, Ahmad Riza M. Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin
author_sort	Mokhtar, A. S.
title	Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia
title_short	Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia
title_full	Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia
title_sort	bite envenomation by latrodectus geometricus (araneae: theridiidae) spiders in malaysia
publisher	Malaysian Soc Parasitology Tropical Medicine
publishDate	2021
url	http://eprints.um.edu.my/35292/
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Bite envenomation by Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in Malaysia

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