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Developing a Computational Pharmacokinetic Model of Systemic Snakebite Envenomation and Antivenom Treatment [PDF]
, 2022 Snakebite envenomation is responsible for over 100,000 deaths and 400,000 cases of disability annually, most of which are preventable through access to safe and effective antivenoms.
Blee, Johanna +2 more
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Crosscurrents of Contagion: Snakes, Rumours, Rivers, and Ebola in Sierra Leone's Borderlands
Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 847-871, May 2024.Abstract When the Ebola virus crossed undetected into Sierra Leone and exacerbated the 2014–15 crisis, the World Health Organization blamed the breach on a traditional healer treating patients from Guinea. Meanwhile, local residents initially maintained that her death was not Ebola‐related but a serpent's curse, an assumption grounded in lived ...
Samuel Mark Anderson
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Lapachol and synthetic derivatives: in vitro and in vivo activities against Bothrops snake venoms.
PLoS ONE, 2019 BACKGROUND:It is known that local tissue injuries incurred by snakebites are quickly instilled causing extensive, irreversible, tissue destruction that may include loss of limb function or even amputation.
Marcelo A Strauch +12 more
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The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on snake‐bite‐associated wounds in dogs
Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 211-221, May/June 2024.Abstract Objective To assess the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on Crotalinae envenomation‐induced wound swelling and severity and pain in dogs, and to describe the safety and complications of HBOT. Design Prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded study (2017–2021).
Shelly Olin +9 more
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Comparative study of anaphylaxis incidence in patients receiving anti-snake venom with or without prophylactic adrenaline: a prospective, randomized, blinded study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Anti-snake venom serum (ASV) administered for snake-bite patients is the most specific treatment available. Unfortunately, it can cause severe anaphylaxis which can be fatal sometimes.Methods: Fifty patients were included in the study and ...
B., Sivaraman, S., Raghuraman M.
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Allergy, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 580-600, March 2024.Abstract Diagnosing immediate drug hypersensitivity reactions (IDHRs) can pose a significant challenge and there is an urgent need for safe and reliable tests. Evidence has emerged that the basophil activation test (BAT), an in vitro assay that mirrors the in vivo response, can be a complementary test for many drugs.
C. Mayorga +11 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Snakebite envenomation (SBE) constitutes a public health, social, and economic problem affecting poor communities in intertropical and subtropical regions. This review sought to synthesize literature on snakebite envenomation in Benin to highlight research perspectives and strategies for better management of the menace. A literature search performed in
Ayékotchami Jacques Dossou +4 more
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NEUTRALISATION OF THE ANTIFERMENTING PRINCIPLE IN SNAKE VENOMS BY ANTIVENINS
, 1937 The antivenins against venoms of the cobra and black tiger snake, which protect guinea-pigs against the lethal effects of these venoms, also neutralise the inhibitory effect of the venoms on alcoholic fermentation.
E. Chain
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Acta Toxicológica Argentina, 2010 Las mordeduras producidas por serpientes venenosas son un serio problema médico en varias regiones del mundo y sobre las cuales los sistemas de salud actúan en diferentes grados en lo referente a tratamiento y prevención.
Adolfo Rafael de Roodt +5 more
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, 2017 South Africa and the World Health OrganisationMultiple AuthorshipCost-benefit analysis of hepatitis B ...
Gear, J.H.S. +2 more
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