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A Quest for a Universal Plasma-Derived Antivenom Against All Elapid Neurotoxic Snake Venoms
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 This review describes the research aimed at the development of universal antivenom against elapid neurotoxic snake venoms. The antivenoms produced in Thailand in the 1980s were of low potency, especially against the elapid venoms.
K. Ratanabanangkoon
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Histopathological analysis and in situ localisation of Australian tiger snake venom in two clinically envenomed domestic animals [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: To assess histopathological changes in clinically envenomed tiger snake patients and identify tissue specific localisation of venom toxins using immunohistochemistry.
Balmer, L. +5 more
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Toxins, 2021 The toxin composition of snake venoms and, thus, their functional activity, can vary between and within species. Intraspecific venom variation across a species’ geographic range is a major concern for antivenom treatment of envenomations, particularly ...
L. Bourke +8 more
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Consequences of neglect: analysis of the sub-Saharan African snake antivenom market and the global context. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BACKGROUND: The worldwide neglect of immunotherapeutic products for the treatment of snakebite has resulted in a critical paucity of effective, safe and affordable therapy in many Third World countries, particularly in Africa.
Nicholas I Brown
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 The Samar Cobra, Naja samarensis, is endemic to the southern Philippines and is a WHO-listed Category 1 venomous snake species of medical importance. Envenomation caused by N.
Praneetha Palasuberniam +3 more
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Biomedicines, 2020 The Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) is an elapid snake of major medical importance in southern China. We describe the in vitro neurotoxic, myotoxic, and cytotoxic effects of N.
Qing Liang +4 more
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Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic clinical syndromes and can be complicated by serious and life-threatening ...
Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023 Snakebite is a global public health concern, which often occurs in tropical and subtropical underdeveloped areas, but it is often neglected. In the southern China, Naja naja atra (Chinese cobra) is a common venomous snake that causes swelling and ...
Jie Yang +10 more
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The management of a blood donor bitten by a snake [PDF]
, 2017 The worldwide burden of snakebite is high and venomous snakes are found in many regions of the world and are a threat to public health. In Italy, for instance, viper bites are an infrequent but not negligible event.
Catalano, Liviana +5 more
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Moderate-to-severe Vipera berus envenoming requiring ViperaTAb antivenom therapy in the UK
Clinical toxicology, 2021 Background Bites by the European adder (Vipera berus) in the UK are uncommon but potentially life threatening, and can be associated with marked limb swelling and disability.
Thomas Lamb +8 more
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