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Hong Kong Poison Information Centre: Annual report 2019

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 236-247, July 2022., 2022
Background: The Hong Kong Poison Information Centre (HKPIC) provides consultation service to health care professionals and collect epidemiological data on poisoning in Hong Kong since 2005. Objective: To report and analyse the data of Hong Kong Poison Information Centre on poisoning in 2019.
Tin Yat Anthony Chow, Chi Keung Chan, Sze Hong Ng, Man Li Tse   +3 more
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FabAV antivenin use after copperhead snakebite: clinically indicated or knee-jerk reaction?

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) (FabAV) antivenin is commonly recommended after pit viper snakebites. Because copperhead envenomations are usually self-limited, some physicians are reluctant to use this costly treatment routinely ...
Stephen C. Gale, Jo Ann Peters, LaDonna Allen, Robert Creath, Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy   +4 more
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Green Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Aerva javanica Leaf Extract and Their Characterization and Investigation of In Vitro Antimicrobial Potential and Cytotoxic Activities

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The development of green technology is creating great interest for researchers towards low‐cost and environmentally friendly methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles. Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO‐NPs) attracted many researchers due to their electric, catalytic, optical, textile, photonic, monofluid, and pharmacological activities that depend on ...
Fozia Amin, Fozia, Baharullah Khattak, Amal Alotaibi, Muhammad Qasim, Ijaz Ahmad, Riaz Ullah, Mohammed Bourhia, Anadil Gul, Saira Zahoor, Rizwan Ahmad, Weicheng Hu   +11 more
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Protein Identification of Venoms of the African Spitting Cobras, Naja mossambica and Naja nigricincta nigricincta

Toxins, 2020
Cobra snakes, including Naja mossambica and Naja nigricincta nigricincta, are one of the major groups of snakes responsible for snakebites in southern Africa, producing significant cytotoxicity and tissue damage. The venom of N.
Ottilie Katali, Loide Shipingana, Peter Nyarangó, Mirva Pääkkönen, Erastus Haindongo, Timothy Rennie, Peter James, John Eriksson, Christian John Hunter   +8 more
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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Treated with Snake Antivenom

Case Reports in Emergency Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Cardiac complications following snakebites are uncommon but fatal. Here, we discuss a case of a snakebite that led to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Forty‐five‐year‐old male presented to the emergency room with snakebite on the right middle finger. He was given symptomatic treatment and admitted for observation.
Waleed Salem, Mohamed Gafar Abdelrahim, Layth Al Majmaie, Mohammed Dahdaha, Faten Al-Bakri, Amr Elmoheen, Kazuhito Imanaka   +6 more
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Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera

Toxicology Reports, 2022
The Green Bush Viper, Atheris squamigera, is native to West and Central Africa and has few well reported envenomations. Bite victims experience dizziness, nausea, headache, regional lymphadenopathy, and localized edema.
Sam T. Ontiveros, Priya Srihari, Garret A. Winkler, Jake Del Rosso, Julia Sobel, Richard F. Clark, Alicia B. Minns   +6 more
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Ophiophagus hannah Venom: Proteome, Components Bound by Naja kaouthia Antivenin and Neutralization by N. kaouthia Neurotoxin-Specific Human ScFv

Toxins, 2014
Venomous snakebites are an important health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the largest venomous snake found in South and Southeast Asia. In this study, the O.
Witchuda Danpaiboon, Onrapak Reamtong, Nitat Sookrung, Watee Seesuay, Yuwaporn Sakolvaree, Jeeraphong Thanongsaksrikul, Fonthip Dong-din-on, Potjanee Srimanote, Kanyarat Thueng-in, Wanpen Chaicumpa   +9 more
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Characterization of Chicken-Derived Single Chain Antibody Fragments against Venom of Naja Naja Atra

Toxins, 2018
Traditional, horse-derived antivenin is currently the most efficient treatment against snake bites. However, it is costly and has unpredictable side effects. Thus, alternative, cost-effective strategies for producing antivenin are needed.
Chi-Hsin Lee, Sy-Jye Leu, Yu-Ching Lee, Chia-I Liu, Liang-Tzung Lin, Pharaoh Fellow Mwale, Jen-Ron Chiang, Bor-Yu Tsai, Chi-Ching Chen, Ching-Sheng Hung, Yi-Yuan Yang   +10 more
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An Unexpected Case of Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) Bite in Switzerland

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2017
Mambas (genus Dendroaspis) are among the most feared venomous African snakes. Without medical treatment, mamba bites are frequently fatal. First-aid treatment includes lymphatic retardation with the pressure immobilization technique.
Verena Quarch, Lukas Brander, Luca Cioccari   +2 more
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Purification and Partial Characterization of a Thrombin-Like Enzyme (AH144) from Venom of Iranian Snake Agkistrodon Halys [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2012
The snake venom´s thrombin-like enzymes comprise a number of serine proteases, which are functionally and structurally related to thrombin. Purification and partial characterization of a thrombin-like enzyme from the venom of the Iranian snake ...
Mohammad Ghorbanpour, Farzin Zokaee Ashtiani, Abbas Zare Mirakabadi, Hosein Zolfagharian   +3 more
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