Long-Term Kidney Outcomes Following Snake Envenomation: The Role of Snakebite-Related Acute Kidney Injury in a Nationwide Korean Cohort

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  Long-Term Kidney Outcomes Following Snake Envenomation: The Role of Snakebite-Related Acute Kidney Injury in a Nationwide Korean Cohort Abstract Long-term renal outcomes following snake envenomation may vary across regions, yet remain poorly characterized in South Korea. We investigated the long-term risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) following snake envenomation and snakebite-related acute kidney injury (AKI). This nationwide population-based cohort study used data from the Korean National Health Information Database (2012–2023). We matched 729 adults hospitalized for snake envenomation who received antivenom to 2916 individuals without snake envenomation (1:4). Using a 1-year landmark design, we assessed incident CKD with Cox proportional hazards models and Kaplan–Meier analysis. CKD occurred in 48 patients with snake envenomation and in 156 controls, with incidence rates of 7.16 and 5.59 per 1000 person-years, respectively. Snake envenomation was not significantly associated...

Five new species of Shaanxinus Tanasevitch, 2006 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China

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Five new species of Shaanxinus Tanasevitch, 2006 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Shaanxinus are described from Gansu, Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Sichuan Provinces, China: S. baitianhe sp. nov., S. kuankuoshui sp. nov., S. liangdang sp. nov., S. micangshan sp. nov., and S. zhongzhai sp. nov. Detailed descriptions, photographs of the copulatory organs and somatic features of all five species, and a distribution map are provided. In addition, colour photographs of the body and genitalia of Shaanxinus griseolineatus (Schenkel, 1936) are presented. This study improves our understanding of the species diversity, distribution, and morphological variation of Shaanxinus, and underscores the importance of further integrative taxonomic research in this biologically diverse yet poorly sampled region.

Irfan M, Rehman T, Wang L-Y, Zhang Z-S (2026) Five new species of Shaanxinus Tanasevitch, 2006 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China. ZooKeys 1296: 27-44. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1296.213068