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Severe reaction from envenomation by the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae)Jerome Goddard
Mississippi Department of Health, and the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Jackson, MS 39215, USA
South Med J 101:1269-70. 2008..Symptoms included severe pain, cramps, nausea/vomiting, and fasciculations in the pectoral and quadriceps muscles. This report signals a need to re-evaluate previously held ideas that brown widow bites are of minor consequence...
