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Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: a comparison of plant usage

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2006
The success of snake bite healers is vaguely understood in Kenya, partly due to their unknown materia medica and occult-mystical nature of their practice.
Kisangau Daniel P, Owuor Bethwell O
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Loxosceles spider bites in the state of Paraná, Brazil: 1993-2000

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2006
This study presents the epidemiological analysis of 20,699 reported spider bites involving the Loxosceles genus in the state of Paraná, Brazil, from 1993 to 2000. The incidence rate in the period was 290.24/100,000 inhabitants.
E. Marques-da-Silva, R. Souza-Santos, M. L. Fischer, G. B. G. Rubio   +3 more
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Envenomation by an arachnid (Latrodectus or Steatoda): Case report involving a woman and her female dog

Case Reports, 2020
Introduction: Accidents involving spiders bites usually cause mild medical reactions that lead to local symptoms and, less commonly, systemic effects. The most medically significant spiders belong to the genera Latrodectus and Loxosceles.
Julián Felipe Porras-Villamil, Mario Javier Olivera, Ángela Catalina Hinestroza-Ruiz, Gabriela Andrea López-Moreno   +3 more
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Envenenamento por serpentes do gênero Bothrops no Estado da Bahia: aspectos epidemiológicos e clínicos Envenomation by Bothrops in the State of Bahia: epidemiological and clinical aspects

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
Descreve-se características clínico-epidemiológicas de 655 casos de acidentes botrópicos atendidos e/ou notificados ao Centro de Informações Antiveneno da Bahia, no Estado da Bahia, em 2001.
Yukari Figueroa Mise, Rejâne Maria Lira-da-Silva, Fernando Martins Carvalho   +2 more
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Snakebites in lebanon: a descriptive study of snakebite victims treated at a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2018
Background: Snakebites lead to at least 421,000 envenomations and result in more than 20,000 deaths per year worldwide. Few reports exist in the Mediterranean region.
Tharwat El Zahran, Ziad Kazzi, Ahel Al-Hajj Chehadeh, Riyad Sadek, Mazen J El Sayed   +4 more
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Effects of the canine rattlesnake vaccine in moderate to severe cases of canine crotalid envenomation

Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, 2014
McGee J Leonard,1 Catherine Bresee,2 Andrew Cruikshank1 1Animal Specialty and Emergency Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2The Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA Abstract: This is a ...
Leonard MJ, Bresee C, Cruikshank A
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Aspectos epidemiológicos e clínicos dos acidentes ofídicos ocorridos nos municípios do Estado do Amazonas Epidemiological and clinical aspects of snake accidentes in the municipalities of the State of Amazonas, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1999
No Amazonas, o acidente ofídico é um problema de saúde pública pouco conhecido. Por este motivo, foi realizado um estudo descritivo dos acidentes ofídicos atendidos nas Unidades de Saúde de 34 municípios, um distrito e dois pelotões de fronteira do ...
Célio Campos Borges, Megumi Sadahiro, Maria Cristina dos Santos   +2 more
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Progress and improvement of the manufacturing process of snake antivenom

Archives of Razi Institute, 2013
Antivenoms have been used successfully for more than a century and up to now constitute the only effectivetreatment for snakebites .The production of antivenin started long time ago when the calmette was preparedthe antivenom in 1894.The method currently
Zolfagharian H., Mohammadpour Dounighi, N.   +1 more
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Hemorrhagic stroke following viper bites and delayed antivenom administration: three case reports from the Western Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Snakebites were included by the World Health Organization in their list of neglected diseases. In Latin America, most snakebites are caused by species of the Viperidae family, notably by the genus Bothrops. Bothrops atrox accounts for 90% of the cases of
Aline Stephanie Pérez-Gómez, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Guilherme Augusto Pivoto João, Jose Diego de Brito Sousa, Izabella Picinin Safe, Marcia Melo Damian, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Iran Mendonça da Silva   +7 more
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Antivenin-related Serum Sickness

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2010
Serum sickness is a type III hypersensitivity reaction that occurs due to the deposition of excessive circulating immune complexes in patients treated with foreign proteins or haptens. Serum sickness induced by antivenin for snakebites has been frequently reported in the USA, but not in Taiwan.
Huang, Chin-Yuan, Hung, Dong-Zong, Chen, Wei-Kung   +2 more
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