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Snakebite knowledge among healthcare workers in Gabon: A health facility-based cross-sectional survey

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  Snakebite knowledge among healthcare workers in Gabon: A health facility-based cross-sectional survey Abstract Background Snakebite envenoming remains a neglected health issue in many countries, including Gabon, where the limited availability of snakebite-specific training, clinical guidelines, and essential resources at health facilities may lead to gaps in healthcare workers’ knowledge and confidence and the use of non-recommended treatment practices. This study aimed to assess healthcare workers’ knowledge of snakebite management in the Ogooué et des Lacs department of Moyen-Ogooué province in Gabon. Methods From June to August 2023, we conducted a cross-sectional survey targeting all healthcare workers in Ogooué et des Lacs who may be involved in snakebite management. We collected information on prior training, self-perceived knowledge of snakebite management, symptom recognition, clinical management practices, and snake identification. Knowledge was assessed using 10 true/fa...

Heteroctenus junceus Scorpion Venom Modulates the Concentration of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in F3II Tumor Cells

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A new species of alkali-sink Paruroctonus Werner, 1934 (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from California’s San Joaquin Valley

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Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 and Zimiris Simon, 1882 on Ascension Island (Araneae: Prodidomidae)

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The function of mating plugs in the spider Neriene emphana: mating strategy or sperm protection?

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Andean giants: Priscula spiders from Ecuador, with notes on species groups and egg-sac troglomorphism (Araneae: Pholcidae)

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A new trapdoor spider, Nemesia hesperides sp. nov. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae), from a home garden

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A new species of Hadruroides Pocock, 1893 from Peru (Scorpiones: Caraboctonidae)

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An inordinate fondness for spinnerets: on some spiders of the genera Diplura C. L. Koch, 1850 and Linothele Karsch, 1879 with new species, records, and notes on types (Araneae: Dipluridae)

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Two new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Proshermacha (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from southern Western Australia

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Fusion of Pectinal Teeth in Scorpio kruglovi Birula, 1910 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)

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ARACHNIDES BULLETIN DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE ET DE RECHERCHES (Issue No. 111)

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A baffling case of morphological, molecular and ecological discordance in Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the description of five new species from southern India

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Species delimitation with limited sampling: An example from rare trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia (Mygalomorphae, Halonoproctidae)

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Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic trace elements (As, Cd, Hg, In, Ni, Pb, Se, Zn) and methylmercury in an Indian tarantula Thrigmopoeus truculentus (Pocock 1899) of the Western Ghats

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Androctonus sumericus sp. nov., a new scorpion from Dhi Qar Province, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae) View supplementary material Androctonus sumericus sp. nov., a new scorpion from Dhi Qar Province, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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A new remarkable species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Atlas of Australasian hormurid scorpions. I. The genus Hormurus Thorell, 1876 in Papua New Guinea. Exceptional morphological diversity in male and female copulatory structures suggests genital coevolution

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A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Xizang, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae)

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Scorpion assemblages in threatened Brazilian forests: The role of environmental factors in explaining beta-diversity patterns

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A further study on the spider genus Baiyuerius Zhao, Li & Li, 2023, from China (Agelenidae, Coelotinae)

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