An Infestation of 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders (Araneae: Sicariidae) and No Envenomations in a Kansas Home: Implications for Bite Diagnoses in Nonendemic Areas
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- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 39 (6) , 948-951
- https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.948
Abstract
During a 6-mo period, 2,055 brown recluse spiders, Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch and Mulaik, were collected in a 19th-century-built, currently occupiedKeywords
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