Snake Envenomation in North-West Iran: A Three-Year Clinical Study [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, 2019 Background: Snakebite is a medical emergency and must receive high-priority assessment and treatment, even in patients who initially appear well. A few reports have been published regarding snakebite in Iran.
Rahim Nejadrahim +3 more
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TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS--SNAKE VENOMS AND ANTIVENINS [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1907 A specific antivenin against crotalus venom can be prepared bv the immunization of goats. A specific antivenin against water moccasin venom can be produced by the immunization of goats with this venom, modified by hydrochloric acid. Immunization with the
T. Madsen, H. Noguchi
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Ophiophagus hannah Venom: Proteome, Components Bound by Naja kaouthia Antivenin and Neutralization by N. kaouthia Neurotoxin-Specific Human ScFv [PDF]
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 +9 more
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Caracterización epidemiológica de accidentes ofídicos en un hospital de tercer nivel en Colombia. Estudio retrospectivo 2004-2014 [PDF]
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2018 Introducción. En Colombia se presentan 5 000 casos de ofidismo anuales, un problema de salud pública que por manejo inadecuado provoca mortalidad en el 8% de los casos y discapacidad en el 10%. Objetivo.
Karen Sarmiento +5 more
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Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: a comparison of plant usage [PDF]
, 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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Presentation, management, and outcome of snake-bite in two district hospitals in Ghana [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 INTRODUCTION: the burden of disease represented by snakebites is widely underestimated and often neglected public health problem in the tropics. There is insufficient epidemiological data to guide distribution of antivenin and proper management of ...
Damien Punguyire +9 more
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Immunothérapie d'urgence : antivenins de serpent et de scorpion [PDF]
, 2010 L'immunotherapie passive, decouverte en 1894, est le seul traitement etiologique des envenimations ophidiennes et scorpioniques. Elle est fondee sur l'utilisation d'anticorps produits par un animal hyperimmunise contre du venin.
J. Chippaux
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Herbal Antivenins as an Eye Opener Towards Snake Envenomation
International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences ResearchSnakebites are the most neglected health problem in India. Antivenoms are used in treatment, but since they are mostly unavailable, the mortality rate is even higher in rural areas. The currently available antivenoms are monovalent and polyvalent and are
Vyshnavy Devy D K +4 more
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Acidente botrópico em paciente pediátrico: relato de caso
Residência Pediátrica, 2023 Botropic accidents are the most common among snake accidents in Brazil. The species Bothrops jararaca, the popular jararaca, predominantly inhabits the south and southeast regions, and thus is the most relevant venomous snake in the region, being ...
Karoline Silva Zeni +7 more
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Does the traditional snakebite severity score correctly classify envenomated patients? [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2016 Objective This study aims to help set domestic guidelines for administration of antivenom to envenomated patients after snakebites. Methods This retrospective observational case series comprised 128 patients with snake envenomation.
Seungho Kang +2 more
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