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ArticleThe journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases2021

Widow spiders in the New World: a review on

Marjolly Brigido Caruso, Pedro Santana Sales Lauria, Claudio Maurício Vieira de Souza, Luciana Lyra Casais-E-Silva, Russolina Benedeta Zingali

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Article in The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [A series of poisonings due to spider bites (Latrodectus spp)].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
    Observational
  2. Article
  3. An overview of spider accidents in the Brazilian Amazon.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Pulmonary involvement from animal toxins: the cellular mechanisms.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marjolly Brigido CarusoLaboratory of Hemostasis and Venoms, Leopoldo de Meis Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1244-3450
Pedro Santana Sales LauriaLaboratory of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6986-8444
Claudio Maurício Vieira de SouzaLaboratory of Arthropods, Vital Brazil Institute, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3978-5760
Luciana Lyra Casais-E-SilvaLaboratory of Neuroimmunoendocrinology and Toxinology, Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3746-1348
Russolina Benedeta ZingaliLaboratory of Hemostasis and Venoms, Leopoldo de Meis Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3156-6923
Universidade Federal da Bahia · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRInstituto Vital Brazil (Brazil) · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humankind has always been fascinated by venomous animals, as their toxic substances have transformed them into symbols of power and mystery. Over the centuries, researchers have been trying to understand animal venoms, unveiling intricate mixtures of molecules and their biological effects. Among venomous animals,

Indexed as

AmericasLatrodectismLatrodectusSpider venomWidow spiders

Identifiers

PMID34745240
PMCPMC8553018
OpenAlexW3210437081

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