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Funnel-web spider envenomation

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Link to WHO Definition

Funnel-web spider envenomation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1310513714

Envenomation following a bite by certain species of Australian funnel-web spiders of the subfamily Atracinae. The venom contains a mixture of neurotoxins which can rapidly result in agitation, confusion, pulmonary oedema, metabolic acidosis, elevated intracranial pressure and death.