PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases broadens its coverage of envenomings caused by animal bites and stings

[...]envenoming by animal bites and stings goes beyond snakebite and includes scorpions and spiders, insects, jellyfish, and other marine creatures. Spider bite is also a significant problem in many parts of the world, with bites from widow spiders causing a painful neurotoxic envenoming syndrome (latrodectism) that occurs worldwide and cutaneous and systemic loxoscelism that can result in necrotic ulcers and haemolytic and renal complications [4]. To broaden the coverage of a variety of conditions that share the features of currently recognized neglected tropical diseases, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases will accept manuscripts dealing with scorpion sting envenoming, in addition to snakebite envenoming. [...]it will consider manuscripts on envenomings by other animals, especially if the studies deal with epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic, social science, and/or public policy aspects.