| development and evaluation of the neutralizing capacity of horse antivenom against the brazilian spider loxosceles intermedia. | spider bites due to loxosceles intermedia are currently a major public health problem in south brazil. about 3000 cases are reported annually. specific treatment for spider bites is provided by the polyvalent anti-arachnidic antiserum produced by butantan institute, são paulo, brazil by immunizing horses with mixtures of venoms from tityus serrulatus and t. bahiensis scorpions, as well as phoneutria nigriventer and l. gaucho spiders. due to the large amounts of the anti-arachnidic antivenom requ ... | 1999 | 10400292 |